Rocker

We make our Old Rockers, the original fully upholstered swinging garden sofa, here in Oxfordshire. By using Odd's canvas, velvet and hopsack fabrics or old tribal rugs, we will create something for you as exotic as the inside of a palanquin or you can choose the Original Old Rocker which is as English as a herbaceous border.

  • Leave it out all summer long, all our canvas is water and rot resistant and an Overall Cover keeps the weather out

  • Frame from which the sofa hangs is made entirely of stainless steel, eliminating rust and the need for painting, and the sofa's frame is made of hardwood

  • Packs away easily for winter storage, or use it indoors

  • Choice of sofa shapes; wide range of canvas colours and fabrics; and lots of accessories to suit every taste

  • Some very interesting ODD FACTS about how Rockers are good for your health - click here

We have named our new Old Rocker the Kune Kune model after the much loved FAT and ROUND breed of pig of that name. Kune Kune pigs are originally from New Zealand and the Maori word Kune Kune translates as FAT and ROUND, so we thought the name was very appropriate for our new Old Rocker, with its fat upholstered back and rounded arms.

 
 
ODD'S ORIGINAL MODEL - With 6 cushions on sofa, with square arms, and with straight upholstered back:

£2,915 plus Optional Extras:

Canvas Inside Walls £197,
Spring Gaiters £61.
  ODD'S KUNE KUNE MODEL - With fat sprung and upholstered rounded back, with one long cushion on sofa, and with rounded arms:

£2,985 plus Optional Extras:

Linen Inside Walls £245,
Spring Gaiters £61,
Ball Finials £63.
Kune Kune Old Rocker in Sail White canvas with extra Bolsters and Round Cushions, Ball Finials and woven Alpaca Rug.
 

The above Rocker with an Overall Cover on and zipped up. We recommend that an Overal Cover is put on to keep all your blankets, books and the radio safe from the rain blowing in - £345.

 

Cover still on with front panel flipped over the roof, creating a canvas back. The sofa can be used with the Cover on, providing a back to the Rocker, so even when it rains, you can carry on rocking!

 
We show below a selection of some of the Old Rockers we have made, which will give you an idea of what is possible. Given the wide choice available, we encourage you to ring us (+44 (0)1993 830674) and we will explain the options and make some suggestions, so that you order exactly what you would like.
 

The Original Old Rocker in Odd's Sail White water and rot resistant canvas with Odd's 'ROCK' woven cotton fabric on all the cushions, arms, Inside Walls, scatter cushions and Spring Gaiters. Short fringe:

£2,915 plus Optional Extras:

6 Sofa cushion in 'ROCK' Woven Cotton instead of Canvas £197,
Inside Walls in Rock £245,
Spring Gaiters in Rock £61,
Arm Loose Covers in Rock £135.

Rock in the City.... Clock off  early and relax in an Old Rocker on a City rooftop ( Shoreditch House has a couple ) but grab a bunch of foxgloves to soften the late arrival home.

Kune Kune Old Rocker
sofa in Faded Red canvas with Baby Elephant canvas roof and outside walls. Feather scatter cushions in 'Angus' woven wool:

£2,915 and only extra - Ball Finials £63.

Faded Green Original Old Rocker, with Maud velvet Inside Walls and extra cushions. Equally at home in the city or the country. Every bit of our 'Old Rocker' is made in England. Inside Walls and Spring Gaiters are optional extras – available in matching canvas or any of Odd's fabrics, they hide the stainless steel frame. The Sofa's base is the traditional galvanised sprung wire mesh. We keep stock of Rockers in six canvas colours: Sail White, Faded Green, Elephant, Faded Red, Cornish Blue and Baby Elephant but other colours are available:

£2,915 plus Optional Extras:

Inside Walls in Velvet £269,
Spring Gaiters £61.

The Kune Kune Old Rocker in Odd's Sail White Canvas with old french linen used on the Inside Walls, Bolsters and round feather extra cushions, and Ball Finnials. An African Tribal Rug is shown across the back of the sofa. Long fringe:

£2,985 plus Optional Extras:

Inside Walls in Linen £269,
Spring Gaiters £61,
Ball Finials £63.

A lot of love goes into every Old Rocker that we make.
City Rocker

KUNE KUNE 'MAROC' in Elephant canvas with the sofa, Inside Walls, Gaiters and Bolsters covered in a soft woven kilim fabric. The fringe is handmade from old sari silk. With large faded old tassles, velvet cushions with pompoms, and painted hardwood Ball Finnials, this Old Rocker is ready to go straight onto a roof terrace in Marrakech.

'DREAM ON'. Sail White Kune Kune Old Rocker with old french linen used on the bolsters and round feather extra cushions. African Tribal Rugs have been used for Inside Walls. See the Oddities page for more information about our Rugs.

Faded Red Original Old Rocker with Maud hopsack on the sofa cushions and Inside Walls. Stripe Dream hopsack and Maud hopsack extra feather cushions -

£2,915 plus Optional Extras:

6 Sofa cushion in Maud Hopsack instead of Canvas £197,
Inside Walls in Hopsack £245,
Spring Gaiters £61.

Imagine having your favourite sofa in the garden all summer long.
Rocker by Pool

Sail White canvas 'Kune Kune' Old Rocker with Rock loose covers and a selection of Llama wool scatter cushions


£2,915 plus Optional Extras:

Loose Covers in 'ROCK' woven cotton instead of Canvas £225,
Arm Loose Covers in 'ROCK' £135,
Inside Walls in Linen £269,
Spring Gaiters £61.


Faded Green Original Old Rocker with Maud velvet Inside Walls and 3 extra velvet Cushions
 
We have shipped our Old Rockers to all 5 continents.  

Original Old Rocker in Elephant canvas with Pohutukawa hopsack Inside Walls and extra feather cushions.

The Aga of the garden... you can't cook on it - but its much more comfortable to sit on!
 

Let sleeping dogs and children lie........

 

With the cover on, Rockers make the perfect den where no one can find you.

Why not use your Old Rocker inside during the winter months?
Photo: Steve Russell

The arms and back of an Old Rocker can be taken off easily, and the stainless steel frame folds away, so everything can be easily stored during the winter months. Preferably, though, why not move the Rocker indoors and use it as a 'special' sofa? We supply Loose Covers in velvets or hopsacks if you would like to change from canvas. Add some extra feather filled cushions, string up some fairy lights and your Rocker will look fantastic for the winter months.

Old Rocker entirely in Odd's Maud velvet, with Maud velvet Pouffes. For indoor use.

We put Maud velvet Loose Covers and Roof Lining on our Rocker and have it inside during the winter months and with a fire blazing and fairy lights inside, it is the best place for hiding away with a book (Fire retardant liner required when used inside).

The Nursery Old Rocker with Stripe Dream voile curtains at the front and back, which makes a wonderful Wendy House during the winter months.

   

Old Rockers never die, they keep on rocking...
And this is why...

Montage
Dave upholstering a sofa back and arm and Simon casting shoes and hinges in stainless steel here in Oxfordshire.
 
 

Design & engineering

         
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There is a pocket on the outside of the square arm. The sofa’s back can be set in three different positions.

 

The shoes for each leg are 6" wide.

 

The sofa’s base has a sprung wire mesh base.

         
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The stainless steel frame and the sofa fold easily – no tools required – for winter storage.

 

The stainless steel ‘T’ section ridge has a badge with the Rocker’s unique number.

 

The frame is entirely made of stainless steel with solid rivets holding the moving parts.

         
 

Styling Options

         
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The Overall Cover keeps the weather out.

 

The Rocker can be used without taking the Cover off, by unzipping the front panel.

 

With the Cover on, the front half of the roof can either be forward or back.

         
   
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Overall Cover with pockets to accomodate ball finnials.

   
         
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The roof’s edge can be either scalloped or straight and the fringe can be either standard length, long or no fringe at all.
         
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There is a choice of arms rounded or square.

 
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The Rocker frame has been subjected to gruelling tests by F.I.R.A. (Furniture Industry Research Association) which is acknowledged as a leading world authority on the testing of furniture. It successfully passed all the tests – including one fatigue test that involved the application of 16 stone 25,000 times!

         
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The sofa back of all Old Rockers is fully upholstered. There is a choice of a thinner back with three cushions or thickly padded without back cushions.

 
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Thickly padded back

     

Thinner back with cushions

     

The cushions are fibre and feather filled, and the canvas is both water and rot resistant. Assembly is very quick and easy - the frame simply unfolds and locks into position.

         
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MADE IN ENGLAND

The sofa hangs from four springs, two on each arm.

 

Inside Walls and Spring Gaiters in canvas or fabric, hide the frame and springs.

   
         
         
         

 

2010 OLD ROCKER Prices (including VAT at 17.5%)
Odd’s Old Rocker (H)5’ 5”(1.65m) x (L)7’ 10”(2.40m) x (W)4’ 0”(1.23m)
In Odd’s water and rot resistant canvas, with stainless steel frame and shoes:
  ‘Original’ model £2,915.00
‘Kune Kune’ model £2,985.00
Optional Extras:-  

Overall Cover in Odd’s canvas

£345.00
  Inside Walls in Odd’s canvas
"                " in hopsack or Rock woven cotton
"                " in velvet
£197.00
£245.00
£269.00
  Spring Gaiters in Odd’s canvas or other fabrics £61.00
 

Old Rocker’s Cushion Covers in an Odd fabric INSTEAD of canvas:

 
 

     ‘Original’ model – set of 6 sofa cushion covers

 
 

          - in hopsack or Rock woven cotton
          - in velvet

£197.00
£339.00
       ‘Kune Kune’ model – covers for sofa’s back and cushion  
 

          - in hopsack or Rock woven cotton
          - in velvet

£225.00
£379.00
  Extra Arm Loose Covers  
 

          - in Odd’s canvas
           - in hopsack or Rock woven cotton
           - in velvet

£127.00
£135.00
£145.00
  Ball Finials, removable, in painted hardwood £63.00
  Special Overall Cover with pockets on roof for Ball Finials £397.00

 

 
   
For Odd information, where to see our products and fabric samples, call us on 01993 830674
or email us at mail@oddlimited.com