One thing to remember during this Escapes Month here at Apartment Therapy is that escapes come in all forms and budgets. A simple nap outdoors can be an escape...
When is the last time you napped outdoors? We can't really think of a time we've slept in a hammock, but after seeing these photos, we may just have to escape to it sometime soon. What are some other simple escapes to keep in mind for summertime?
images via:
• 1 Real Simple
• 2 Green Hill Photo Graphics
• 3 Camp Saver
• 4 The Hammock by Gustave Courbet, via Art in the Picture
• 5 Domino, via The Lucky Stone
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My husband and I have the opportunity to receive a free travel hammock, very similar to the third picture shown. I'm not sure we'd get much use out of it, though, considering we'd probably prefer to lounge together. Does anyone have any fabulous experiences with this type of hammock?
as a little girl, I always used to love reading and sleeping in the hammock at my Grandmother's house in Puerto Rico... sometimes after lounging for many hours when I'd get out, seemed that the ground swayed a bit.
I haven't been in a hammock for about 10 years...but it was always a dream of mine to have my own hammock! And we will in about a month!
My parents have a canvas hammock hanging between two palm trees in their back yard. It is perfectly positioned, allowing for dappled sunlight and afternoon breezes. Wish I was there now.
We loved our free standing hammock kept on a screened porch...our cat, however, inexplicably decided it was a fine place to poop on...so, disinfect, replace, spray w/pet repellent....no luck. No more hammock.
my parents had a free standing one, and wasn't as much of a fan of it, plus it was like the intertwine rope kind, so it always left marks all over you.
my dream is to have a nice large padded one somewhere. I also see them at the store and think "how could i get this on my balcony..." So until i have a house, no hammock for now.
I am trying to decide if I should get this one its on sale, its soft and I like the blue/green combo one. I had the rope kind and I would have to use my quilt..this on is silk
http://www.toast.co.uk/product/outdoor and picnic/6APH1/parachute silk hammock.htm?categoryref=%2fcategory2.aspx%3fcategoryid%3doutdoor%2520and%2520picnic%26seoterm%3doutdoor%2520and%2520picnic%26
I love hammocks!!! I'm from Bermuda and every time I go home I make a point to take at least one nap in the hammock under the big poinciana tree in my parents' back yard! There is no better way to spend a hot sunny afternoon!
i really want a hammock, in our new home we have 2 perfectly spaced trees for one! my first time having a yard with trees!
The timing of this is eerie! For the past 2 weeks I've been trying to decide what kind of hammock to buy: I'm chartering a sailboat with friends down south this fall (a dream for years), and want to string a hammock up while at anchor; bug cover or no bug cover is the question. I also want one that I can use indoors, just to mix up the sleeping arrangement (newly-separated,I hate where I live right now; depressing space), so I'm trying find a compact, comfortable, cool fabric for sleeping...torn between a simple parachute fabric one vs a Hennessey with a zip-up built-in bugnet and optional tarp...decisions!
My friends think an indoor hammock is unusual...I can only imagine how sweet it is to have one in every room...ahhhh...then I chuckle thinking of the "Hammock district" reference from the Simpsons...but I digress.