Walterboro's Red Rocking Chairs

Pull up a chair and rock, Walterboro, SC   

Red rocking chairs have become a symbol of Walterboro, SC and I caught a few of them with my camera on a recent walk through the downtown area. I do enjoy browsing the antique shops. 

Walterboro's Red Rocking Chairs: “In the South, the front porch rocking chair has long been considered an icon for Southern hospitality and home. For generations, the front porch was the gathering place for family, friends and neighbors after a long day’s work, after evening meals and on long Sunday afternoons, where everyone was welcome, and rocking chairs were aplenty.
Perhaps that’s one reason the small town of Walterboro, in Colleton County, adopted the red rocking chair as the primary symbol in their marketing campaign for the city, where red rocking chairs can also be found in front of the retail businesses, offices and restaurants along the main thoroughfare of Washington Street.
While times have changed and families tend to spend more time in front of their computers than on the front porch, the values of the people of our region have remained the same; we still believe that our quality of life is tied to hard work, family and community . . .”

Pull up a seat

Bluffton, SC   

This scene looks more suited to the beginning of a weekend rather than the end. I took a day trip down the coast to Bluffton, SC this weekend and spotted the chair at the Oyster Packing shed.

It's getting late, kids. Time for bed. Hope everyone had a good weekend. 

Pull up a chair in Wraggborough

Judith St., Charleston, SC   

Looks like folks like to get comfortable on Judith St. 

Teeny, Tiny Houses of the Lowcountry

Walterboro, SC  

I don't know that it was ever actually a home but it is a cute little cottage. I cracked the door open and saw an old Santa's Workshop sign. Don't get your hopes up, kids. It looks like Santa may have moved on although he left his red rocker on the porch.


This little cottage is behind the SC Artisan's Center shop down the road in Walterboro.

Checking their website I see that Walterboro claims to be the Front Porch of the Lowcountry and their symbol is the red rocking chair. So there you have it!

Porch Library

Neighborhood House, Charleston, SC  

Grab a book from the porch library and settle in a rocker. The unusual bookshelf location caught my eye. This is the Neighborhood House Porch Library.

The Neighborhood House currently provides education services such as G.E.D. preparation, basic skills, literacy training, computer education, a clothes closet, a food pantry, direct emergency financial assistance, and a five day per week soup kitchen that serves an average of 120 people a day.   

Page's Thieves Marketing

Page's Thieves Market

I had nothing I had to do to day, nowhere I had to be and no one to do it with so I took myself across the bridges to Mt. Pleasant stopping at Celadon (pretty, pretty), Page's Thieves Market, Fort Moultrie and Sullivan's Island. What a nice day. You never know what they are going to have in Page's Thieves Market and the prices are more realistic than most antique shops. 

I found a couple of things I couldn't live without. I had them put a SOLD tag on the oak chest of drawers and I crammed the old rocking chair in the back of my little car.  The sales clerk saw me taking a picture of the autumn scene outside the store and offered to take one with me in it so I make a guest appearance this time. My rocking chair is home and settled in it's new spot next to the chest you all helped me pick out.

Mine! Just need to get it home.

The sales clerk offered to take MY picture :)

My rocking chair is settled in it's new home.