The mild rocking motion allows you to sit forward while eating and to sit back between bites to converse and consider. This chair also works well for a desk chair and occasional seating with it's diminutive and delightful rocking motion. There may be a continuous book match through the length of the piece provides an opportunity to showcase uniquely beautiful boards. There are both dining and living room versions of this chair. The dining version is taller and with less rocking motion while the living room version is lower, more reclining slightly more rock and wider.