Mad About… Indoor Hammocks

Last week I wrote about Outdoor Rooms and right on cue the heavens opened. This week I am going to beat the weather at its own game and bring the outdoors in. As I sit here typing looking at my very soggy hammock through the drizzle, I thought if only we had an indoor hammock…

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I have always loved hammocks. Many many years ago I spent a year living in Senegal, west Africa. The house we lived in had a wraparound verandah with a hammock on it and I often slept out there curled up on a duvet so the string didn’t dig in.

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A few months ago my elder son asked if he could have a hammock in his bedroom. We’re still talking about it. Which is basically code for: we haven’t got round to doing anything about it yet.

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I think it’s probably a great idea as when not in use you can unhook one end and just fold it flat against the wall so it actually takes up much less space than a chair or a beanbag.

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According to The Ultimate Hang the minimum hang distance for a hammock is about nine foot (2.7m) but if your room is smaller than that then you can always hang it diagonally.

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You can also hang it from the ceiling joists if you use a long chain (which means you can adjust the height if you want).

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I would really like to hang one in the library (pretentious name I know but it is a room full of books) as the ceiling is incredibly high in that room and I can think of nothing nicer than whiling away the afternoon reading a book and gently rocking from side to side.

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Or you could hang one really low like this and use it instead of a seat. And that way, whatever the weather is going outside you can still be lounging about in your hammock.