I always wanted to install one in my sunroom but my husband thinks it's crazy. I did have a swing installed indoors at a cottage I once owned.

no, they take up a lot of room and arent even comfortable. they just seem like a good idea.

I think they'd be a great idea in a teen's room and obviously a professional should install it so that it is anchored to the ceiling correctly.

I think it's a cool idea, especially kids would love it so would others.

Yes I installed one in my daughter's bedroom as a seating option and place to just 'hang out' :) It was placed between 2 windows where the walls came to a corner. That utilized otherwise dead space in the smallish room. Actually had an artist paint a mural of a tree in that corner, with branches up onto the ceiling--from which the hammock (with a large size net) hung from a joist. The inspiration was to feel as though one could be outside regardless of weather and gave a place to read or relax to anyone in the family.

I spotted this on Houzz while looking for other stuff. How cool is this! I wonder what this kid is looking at and how he got up there?

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pamweston, loved your hammock story! So sweet, creative and useful!! :)

I like the idea of a relaxing spot at home, a special place to hang out and get that 'holiday' free feel on any given day of the year.

A hammock would be lovely in the conservatory/sunroom!

Part of my dream for converting an extra garage into a fun space!

Installed a seat type swing in my daughter's room over two years ago and it is great for extra seating when her friends come over, also it is very relaxing. My husband anchored it to the attic floor joists and it is extremely sturdy. All her friends want one now!

Slept in one for a few nights in a motel room in Colombia when I was 12 - one of my favorite experiences.

If you think a hammock is not comfortable, you haven't had the right one. The Mayans of Mexicos Yuacatan region make wonderful hammocks from a very fine silken thread. You should never feel a knot. When I lived in Mexico, I napped daily in a hammock on my verandah, Poodle cuddled up with me. Nothing like it.

I suffer from terrible hot flashes at night and I would love to install a hammock over my bed so I could sleep through with good air flow.

I had one in an apartment near Lake Michigan in Milwaukee when I was young and poor and working as a server while going to grad school. I just took huge eyebolts (thick as a finger), put them into the wall studs, and hung the hammock high enough to catch the lake breezes while I put my feet up late at night. Then I hung baseball caps on the hooks to hide them from the landlord. I patched the holes nicely before moving out!

I don't have one, but a very good friend of mine has one at the beach house in NJ..it's on their deck, off the master bedroom. I haven't tried it, but the kids did and they said it's fun:)

My nieces have ENO hammocks hung one above the other like "bunk hammocks" in a wide door opening in their family room and my son has one in his room that he hangs out in to watch tv or use as a guest bed if a friend stays over. They all took them with them to Oklahoma on a family trip and hung them outside the cabin. Don't know what we would do without them.

Designing our home just now, almost ready to be built. Everyone thinks we are crazy - but being ordered by the town council to have a house with thatched roof (no flat roof allowed), we decided to get good use of it and we are going to have the house opened in one part from ceiling to the roof and install netting for our kids to climb, swings and hammocks including. Simply allow them to use up their energy even during rainy days (which there are many in central Europe). Hoping to keep them (and their friends when visiting) away from computer games :o). That idea of a hammock over parent's bed is amazing - I wish I had the same idea (and opportunity) when our boys were babies, and poor sleepers too!

Now that's cool!

I live in West Philly and I made this 3-part hammock very simply with a strip of aerial silk that Cleveland Ohio Aerial Silks Performer Leslie Friend (she is awesome!) gave to me. I used eye-hooks from Home Depot screwed into the ceiling joists, carabiners from Eastern Mountain, and tied knots the determine the heights for the hammocks. These are in the "up" position out of the way. I simply pull down any of the hammocks I want to use. The piece hanging down from the ceiling in the corner pulls the hammocks back up and out of the way.

I would like to install a beautiful hammock in the room of the master bedroom that is full of sun with a sky light and lots of books.

Yes to indoor hammocks and to outdoor showers!