Q. Enclosed is a photo of a child's rocking chair that I received from my great-aunt 55 years ago. The family story goes that her father, my great-grandfather, purchased it secondhand for her in 1905.

Oftentimes when you think about furnishing a nursery, child’s bedroom or playroom, you think in terms of the bigger, bulkier purchases: cribs, toddler beds, dressers, book cases and toy storage. But ...