Now a rocking chair conversion kit that will allow you to easily convert your ikea strandmon wing chair into a comfortable rocking chair.
Convert ikea chair to rocker.
This kit is ideal for the budget minded.
Chair cushion all leather in ikea products is chrome free since 2017.
Strandmon drill rocking chair runners description.
Our kit is less than buying a rocker which can cost anywhere from 300 to 500.
The answer came in the ikea strandmon wingback chair which kenz combined with some unfinished runners she found online to.
I found a site online where you could buy unfinished rocking chair runners.
Check out ikea s widely popular poƤng series of affordable ultra comfortable arm and rocking chairs a favorite around the world for over forty years.
Take a lesson from typical antique rocking chair designs.
The generic runners without pre drilled holes are suitable to convert or repair any other chair.
Even if we were able to find one we liked for cheap it probably wouldn t fit in our itty bitty.
Rocking chair frame renewable material wood.
The runners measures approximately 34 long by 1 1 2 thick by 1 1 2 wide.
The rocker rails or the bottom rails of the chair should be approximately the same length as the total depth of the chair from.
Ektorp jennylund chair swivel rocker base and hardware a 2 4 a 1 2 a piece of 3 4 plywood scissors wood screws description.
I decided to turn an ikea strandmon chair into a rocking chair.
When she was finished mckenzie had a gorgeous and one of a kind rocker for her nursery for 335 less than half the price of most wingback rockers on the market which typically run 800 or more.
I ordered a set and measured where the feet of the strandmon would go.
Using the ikea strandmon wing chair at a cool 279 mckenzie ordered a pair of unfinished rocking chair runners online stained them drilled holes and attached them to the legs of the chair.
They come unfinished and with 4 wood screws to easily attach to your ikea strandmon chair.
Very carefully we used a drill press to.
First of all they are expensive.
The rocker legs fit into sockets under the chair underneath look for screws and or nails they need to come out.
We had searched tirelessly for a rocker or glider to put in our baby s room.
If later when a nursery rocker isn t needed any longer remove the runners and use.
This prevents any risks of chrome vi which can be harmful to workers in production and to the environment when a product reaches its end of life.
Secondly they are almost always huge.
With a baby on the way the last thing kenz from interiors by kenz wants to do is frivolously spend money.
If they appear stuck cover the legs with a protective scrap of piece of plastic something that won t dent the wood and tap with a hammer.