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Hanging Furniture for Swinging Rooms
Hammocks, air chairs and hanging beds for the indoors make furniture fun again
Houzz Contributor. I am a former magazine editor specializing in travel and design. I just completed my first remodel, turning my crumbling 1941 kitchen into a beauty of grays, whites and natural wood. If I could, I'd sleep on the countertop. That's how much I love it.
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I'll admit it, I'm a swinger. I love hammocks, porch swings and hanging beds. And I especially love them inside. Having a hanging seat or a bed indoors automatically adds playfulness to the space. It also lightens up a room, seeming to create more space and a little more air.
These 14 examples illustrate how hanging furniture can work in all different types of rooms with all different types of aesthetics. But they do have one thing in common: a touch of the permanent vacation. What else is a hammock aside from an invitation to relax?
These 14 examples illustrate how hanging furniture can work in all different types of rooms with all different types of aesthetics. But they do have one thing in common: a touch of the permanent vacation. What else is a hammock aside from an invitation to relax?
by Kerrie L. Kelly
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This hanging loveseat is the perfect place for an afternoon snooze. It also adds something unique to this traditional living room.
Designer Kerrie Kelly had this piece custom made with stained wood and drilled holes for the rope. "We lagged hooks into the ceiling and created the beehive knots after it was looped through," she says.
Designer Kerrie Kelly had this piece custom made with stained wood and drilled holes for the rope. "We lagged hooks into the ceiling and created the beehive knots after it was looped through," she says.
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No floor space for a chair in the bedroom? How about ceiling space? You could curl up with a good book here. And the real bonus: Chairs like this run about $50.
by escale design
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An elegant black hanging sofa. There's no lazy Dagwood vibe here.
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| Swing, baby! These rattan numbers have a distinctly '70s feel. |
by Sure Thing
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This is not technically indoors, but OMG, I couldn't resist. Romantic afternoons, family story time and solo naps. This item from Floating Bed is made with a stainless steel hoop with an adjustable-tension woven surface and a memory foam mattress on top. A little slice of heaven.
![kids by Inga Romberga (Jud [Džūd])](http://st.houzz.com/fimgs/7d41be780d03db23_1000-w422-h600-b0-p0---kids.jpg)
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Who needs one of those fancy electric baby swingers when you have a good old-fashioned hammock chair like this Chill Out Chair from Latvia? Babies the world over spend their naptimes in these.
by Tewes Design
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The space-age version: the Eero Aarnio Bubble Chair. Nothing hippie about it.
by Anthropologie
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Another hanging bubble chair, groovy in a different way.
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by GayleDesigns
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| We have this indestructible PS Svinga chair from Ikea hanging outside, but there's no reason it can't come in. |
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An elegant hanging bed. It adds a feeling of spaciousness to this room, but it's sturdy enough so that it won't make you seasick.
by Anthropologie
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A simple, modern hanging bed. Or you could DIY with wood, ropes and a very secure connection to a strong beam above.
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by Jeffrey Post
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| The deluxe porch swing: an invitation to nap. |
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A bunk room with hanging beds. Nautical, but not too nautical.
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| Hanging bunk beds. I call the top. Browse swings in the Products section More: Fun Furniture: Chairs in the Air |
Ideabook published on April 9, 2012.
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I was at the Home & Garden expo in Melbourne last month and I saw an amazing "Convertable Hammock" that is being released this summer. It looks like those Chillout Chairs you have pictured, but they can pull out to a full size Hammock and it has a kind of sun hood too! It is Australian made by "The Outdoor Hammock Company" here in Melbourne and they said details soon on their site: http://www.outdoorhammock.com.au you may want to look at them when they are out. They couldn't tell me the price though...
Cheers.