Mackka, it is incredibly comfortable, the incentive to get it done was Lorraines impending op, needs a good chair with arms to assist with standing up.
Jaros, yes it was a labour of love, I'm really pleased with how it came up, it's got a few woodworm holes and some teeth marks on a bottom stretcher where a dog has had a chew on it at some stage plus the usual knocks which I left, I wanted the chair to tell a story and have some character.
I am putting together its history and putting in a sealed envelope under the chair so in another thirty or forty years when the kids get it they will know its provenance.
Looking forward to nursing the grand kids in it.