1. The great looks of the first hanging chair, the Tropicalia Cocoon by Patricia Urquiola for Moroso, come with a great big price tag &mdash it costs more than $8,500.
2. The Ikea PS Svinga chair, shown here in the yard of one of the designer's friends, retails for $69.99. In the United States, it's being sold in blue and white, not black.
3. Almost as colorful as the Tropicalia Cocoon but slightly more reasonably priced, Anthropologie's Knotted Melati Hanging Chair comes in at just under $500.
4. This striped chair from Byer of Maine is 100 percent cotton, looks good, and, at $59.99, is the most affordable of the lot.
5. This natural-colored, cotton hammock chair costs $69.99 and looks very beachy.
No matter your budget, don't forget to check out tips for hanging your chair safely indoors or outdoors.
(Related Note: If you're actually looking for a hammock that you can nap or sleep in, a friend who lives in Guyana advises me that you don't want to buy one with wooden bars on each end. Instead, opt for something like this or this.)
Images: 1. Alexandra Angle Interior Design 2. Design Sponge 3. Anthropologie 4. Outdoor Living Showroom 5. Hammocks.com
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I plan on purchasing the Ikea Svinga chair for my sons room. I am wondering what the best way is to hang it though? Obviously it will need to be in a ceiling stud but will that be good enough to hold a child that may want to swing from it?
I love my Sky Chair! (I have no affiliation with the company) http://www.skychairs.com/
I love the rainbow one.. of course it's the most expensive one!
No affiliation with Sky Chairs either, but I adore mine! I have a hook in the living room and one in the bedroom so I can move it about if I want to. It's great when I'm sick and need to sleep somewhat sitting up so that I can breathe. It's my favourite chair in the house. (The cats, however, are leery.)
I love that first one so much that I wish I'd never seen it! It's going to haunt me. :)
I CAN'T WAIT to finally move into my first own apartment in the fall and yes, it's going to be teeny-tiny, probably around 200-300 square feet (not just because I'm on a serious budget, but also because I LOVE small spaces). And because I cringe at the thought of cluttering up a tiny studio apartment with too much furniture, I'm thinking of skipping the big honking couch and the bulky armchairs and only getting a nice comfy hammock chair... and one of those big hammocks that can hold the weight of four or five people so that I will have plenty of seating for guests on the one hand but something that can easily be stashed away in the closet when I don't need it on the other hand. Since the rest of my furniture is very modern with clean lines and my color scheme is entirely black and white (I have my eyes set on a black hammock chair, and a white hammock), I hope that things won't end up looking beachy or college-y... I'd hate for that to happen.
I'm sorry this got so long, I'm just really enthusiastic about hammocks :) love 'em!
Is there a link to the last one from Hammocks.com? I can't find it on their site...
Just kidding! Realized I just didn't see the other color options on the link you posted above :)
@lillielechic we have the ikea chair in white in our daughter's room. The ceiling joist is more than sufficient to hold our swinging toddler (who takes a running start to really get it going) and/or her parents (we bought hardware for it rated up to 250lbs). It's a great option, although to have enough space to swing it really takes up exponentially more floorspace than a regular chair.
AHH AT you are amazing. I can't wait to put up one, or two, hanging chairs in our loft and I was almost trying to figure out how to make one since they are all so expensive. Thanks for showing some great affordable options!! (Save the first one, which-is-AMAZING).
Late to the party, but another vote for SkyChairs.
I have a second from the shop (some minor markings that you can't really see) for $47.
Don't know if they still do that, but I saw them in Marin County at a show price of $79.99.
I swing in mine and it is fine. My son lived in it for about a year.
Just think long and hard before getting the natural canvas.