
The kneeling chair is a saviour for your back if you have a job that requires a lot of sitting or you just have a bad lower back. The kneeling chair is meant to reduce lower back strain by dividing the burden of the weight between the knees and the buttocks. A proper kneeling chair creates the open body angle by lowering the angle of the lower body, keeping the spine in alignment and the sitter properly positioned to task. In a proper kneeling chair, some of the weight bears on the shins, not the knees, but the primary function of the shin rests (knee rests) are to keep one from falling forward out of the chair and most of the weight remains on the buttocks. Everybody who have tried this kind of chair will tell you that it provides a significant relief for your back.
Because kneeling chair is not a typical piece of furniture we will show you how to use it in the video below.
After this introduction we can all agree that the kneeling chair can really help your back but when you see the price of this chair then your head starts to spin. The simpliest kneeling chair cost around 100$ and they go up to two thousand but in this article we will show you how to make your own kneeling chair. We will explain you how to make the simple model but you can always play and add some tweaks to it.
We recommend using oak, walnut, cherry or maple wood for this project but don’t use pine because it is not strong enough. We will start with the main frame (on the picture below) and for that part you will need one 5×5 cm plank 49 cm long, two 3×5 cm planks 60 cm long and one 3×5 cm plank 16 cm long.

Glue the three pieces together with Wood Glue

When you finished with gluing and polishing it is time to attach the upper plank like in the picture below. Use the Drill/Driver to drill four holes and attach the plank with four 3 inch wood screws

The next step is to make a “T” shape part which will be the back leg of your chair. For this part you will need one 5×5 cm plank 49 cm long and one 3×5 cm plank 75 cm long. Also you will need to drill four holes on this piece like in the picture below.


To complete the construction we must make the sprout that strengthen entire construction. For that you will need one 5×5 cm plank 37 cm long. One part has to be round and the other must be cut at 45 deegres angle. Also you must make two holes in it like in the picture below.




Attach the fabric with Upholstery Nails

Just cut the excess fabric with the scalpel and the seatings are done. Now attach the seatings to the construction and your new kneeling chair is finished.

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