The rocker does not work on hardwood floors. It will only rock smoothly if the rockers are on 100% carpet. If it is on hardwood, the chair kicks back every time we try to stand up, pushing it into the wall behind it. The chair is also too low and deep for either myself or my partner (I'm 5'2" and he's 6') to get out of easily while holding our baby. My partner noticed that the armrests are too low for him to comfortably rest his arms. It does look beautiful in the room - just doesn't function as well as we hoped! And for its purpose (to rock a baby), we need the chair to function smoothly.