In our country's hay-days when furniture was made in America by Americans, everyone had porches, and every porch had porch rockers and chairs. If you have a porch, you need to put some chairs on it...hit the yard sales, flea markets and barn sales! The old porch rockers and chairs were usually quite well made and crafted to last lifetimes...with the exception being the woven parts. Too many great-grand daddy's porch chairs have gone into the burn pile because no one knows where or how to get the seats and backs re-done. I am the answer to the where and how...if you are able to get it to me, I can re-new it for you!
This picture shows the most common pattern used on porch chairs; I call it a basket weave. There are a couple variations of this pattern where there may be more space between the rows, or more rows between the spaces; and all reed patterns are do-able in different size reed widths. My personal favorite size is the 1/4 inch flat or flat oval reed, but if you are trying to match other chairs I will get whatever size needed.
