There’s just something so gleefully thrilling about a swing, isn’t there? I mean, I have trouble walking by an empty one on a playground without taking it for a ride, but these…these are indoor swings! So completely, don’t-run-in-the-house forbidden in feeling, but so adult-sized, in scale. They’re saying, “It’s ok. Kick up your heels a little. Have fun!!” (And who doesn’t need more of that in their life?)
So live a little. Let the kid in you out. And well, if you can’t go outdoors to play…how about an indoor swing of your own?
Where we found the wonderful indoor swings shown above -
Top Row, left to right:
1. The Designer Pad
2. sfgirlbybay
3. Apartment Therapy
4. Dwell
5. Desire to Inspire
Bottom row, left to right:
6. Lushlee
7. Desire to Inspire
8. Apartment Therapy
9. Apartment Therapy
10. Poppytalk
More great ideas and inspiration -
1. How To: Build a Simple Indoor Swing (for winter)
2. 3 Swell Swings For Grownups
3. Bring In The Outside Furniture!
4. Inspiration: A Swing in a Living Room
5. Look! A Sneak Peek Inside Padma Lakshmi's Home
Images: 1. The Designer Pad 2. sfgirlbybay 3. Apartment Therapy 4. Dwell 5 & 7. Desire to Inspire 6. Lushlee 8 &9. Apartment Therapy 10. Poppytalk
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Thanks so much for this post! I've been eager to make an indoor swing for my timber loft... this might be the motivation I need to finally do it
Oh how fun it would be to have an indoor swing.
lord almighty
On the one hand it could be fun for a short while, but on the other all these look pretty ridiculous as decor. And how fun would it be beyond that first week anyhow? I think a porch swing is sufficiently fun enough for me without making the inside of my house look like a playground.
There was a tour recently that had a swing as well. Love the idea, wish I had somewhere to out an indoor swing!
oh my poor poor ceilings if i did have one, this is a fun idea though!
Aw, no Padma sitting on her living room swing with ankles artfully angled?
Does this remind anyone else of that Sex in the City episode?
Some of this look oddly out of place, but I love the ones that have been integrated into the living room set. Very creative :)
Swings inside? How naughty of you Apartment Therapy. Just in time for V-day
Barnwoodurbanist! Yes! Very first thing I thought of.
http://blog.ounodesign.com/2008/10/28/everyone-loves-an-indoor-swing/
looks like i found some more...
yes HIndu indian wedding happens in one of these... :)))
I think I love the long workbench in pic 2 even more than that swing http://shelovesyellow.tumblr.com/post/571295888/love-that-swing
I totally want an indoor swing. But i wouldn't want to sit in anyone else' indoor swing, if you get my drift.
Hey hey some people have kids who would like these, too!
I already wanted an indoor hammock. Now I have to add this to the list.
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S19809351
Max. load: 220 lb
My toddler loves it.