Features of using a hammock chair, the nuances of choice
Various hanging structures for a comfortable stay are very popular when decorating the interiors of children's rooms, bedrooms, as well as street verandas and loggias. The usual hammocks were replaced by more advanced and comfortable furniture - a hammock chair, which provides complete relaxation and rest. There is a wide variety of species that are suitable for any room. And if for the interior it is not possible to choose a suitable model among the existing options, you can try to make this home furniture yourself.
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Design features
A hammock chair is a hanging element of a movable type, which has a fabric base, is mounted on a frame that allows you to swing. Variations for the performance of the seat and backrest can be a huge amount. Products are made both from fabric and from metal, wooden, wicker and even glass materials. Depending on the model, the design may include armrests, barriers to increase safety, improve support. Distinctive features:
- Lack of mobility - most models are mounted to the ceiling, so if necessary, the chair is difficult to move to another part of the room or put out on the street.
- Form - allows the human body to take any position convenient for it.
- Comfort - gives you the opportunity to relax as much as possible, soothes during stress.
Hammock chairs have many advantages. The main advantages of this weightless furniture:
- It promotes good rest, relaxation, relieves stress, distracts from turmoil and life problems.
- Fits perfectly into the interior, makes it more comfortable and homely.
- It gives maximum convenience while reading books, watching TV, communicating with guests.
- Creates high-quality support for the spine, smoothly and gently supports its bending.
- It is an effective tool to combat insomnia, provides complete relaxation and good sleep.
- Suitable for motion sickness and bedtime babies.
Despite the impressive list of advantages, it is impossible not to mention several disadvantages of this furniture. Cons of hammock chairs:
- Inability to install the product anywhere. For example, it will not be possible to fix a hammock on a suspended or stretch ceiling if fasteners were not built into it in advance.
- It is necessary to take into account the possibilities of the ceiling, so that the design does not contribute to the collapse of the ceiling.
- If you plan to place furniture on the street, you need to carefully select manufacturing materials, as products made from natural fabrics do not tolerate the effects of wind, rain, and the sun.
- High cost compared to classic options.
Typically, a hammock chair is used for outdoor seating, for example, in a summer cottage, in a garden, in a personal garden, on the veranda. But if the area of the apartment and individual rooms allows, people place them indoors. Such furniture becomes an excellent find for children. She is able to replace a tree house, bring a lot of pleasure. The design is safe for games.
Varieties
Before you start weaving a hammock chair with your own hands, you can consider ready-made options that are offered by various manufacturers. There are types for every taste:
- The models fixed on a rack - have a stylish design, suitable for indoor use. Landing of a low type provides additional convenience, if necessary, you can rearrange the hammock from place to place.
- Armchairs for two imply increased capacity and the ability to withstand loads of up to 200-250 kg, suitable for families with families.
- Spring hammocks have an additional detail - a spring-mount, which allows the chair to swing not only back - forward, but also up and down.
- Models with armrests or high sides are protective structures that provide comfort and safety during rest. Suitable for small children.
- Varieties with pillows and mattresses in the kit are convenient, include everything you need for comfortable relaxation and rest. Usually they have covers that are convenient to take off for washing.
- A hammock chair is suitable for kids, which can withstand up to 40 kg of load. Thanks to the bright colors, it will be able to decorate any children's room.
Often for the manufacture of child seats use the safest material, which quickly takes the shape of the child’s body. Sitting can swing well without the threat of rolling over. The design provides protective sides that serve as a barrier to falling or tipping over.
Materials of manufacture
For the manufacture of a hammock chair, materials for the frame, seats are needed. The most common options are:
- Shapeless fabric frame - in this case, denser materials are selected, depending on the expected load on them. It can be tarpaulin or raincoat fabric.
- Products from a hoop with a padding from synthetic winterizer. The basis of the chair is a regular gymnastic hoop, but in this case its strength will be enough only for a children's swing.
- Metal carcass. It can be an ordinary pipe, which will make the structure strong, but weighty. To create such a hanging chair-hammock from metal with your own hands will be problematic, as special pipe bending equipment will be required.
- Wood allows you to create light, environmentally friendly structures for your home or garden. In the second case, additional impregnations for wood will be needed to prevent rot.
The lifespan and appearance of hanging chairs is largely dependent on the right fabrics. As finishing materials you can choose:
- Linen, cotton. They are pleasant to the body, pass air well, and are suitable for hot weather.
- Synthetic nylon. This material has a huge variety of colors that do not fade in the sun. Differs in speed of drying. Less - synthetic fibers can cause skin irritation.
- You can even create a hammock chair using the macrame technique yourself, having studied all the nuances of this type of weaving. Brings its zest to the interior.
- The mesh perfectly allows air to pass through, perfectly suits as the main material for street models.However, you need to take care of an extra pillow or coverlet, since the mesh is not always pleasant to the body, and is also easily torn.
- Vine and rattan are environmentally friendly materials that can decorate absolutely any interior design.
- Glass and plastic - are the basis for the production of more modern and high-tech models, which usually have a rounded shape and are convenient to use.
You can create a hammock chair frame from metal-plastic pipes, which are distinguished by their high strength, low weight, and lack of susceptibility to corrosion. You can connect them to the hoop with the help of an additional insert made of plastic or wood and fastened with screws.
Use in the interior
To finally determine the type of hammock chair, you need to identify its main purpose, place of application, level of load. Given the requirements for the materials and construction of the swing placed inside the house or apartment, you can correctly enter it into the surroundings:
- For an interior in a classic style, you should choose models with plain low-key colors, preferably from natural materials.
- For styles of Provence or country, a sofa hammock made of canvas material, as well as with variegated colors, is suitable.
- The interior in a Mediterranean style harmoniously looks a cobweb chair in white, a hammock woven from white threads or ropes.
- In modern styles, for example, minimalism or hi-tech, the latest original versions of suspended structures will fit. It can be a cocoon model, a plastic egg or a chair made of chromed rods.
- For the Art Nouveau style, a frame product devoid of strict straight lines is suitable.
A hammock chair is not the most standard piece of furniture in a home. It will attract eyes and attention, can become a bright accent in the interior. It is desirable to place this convenient product in the recreation area of the room, closer to the corner. But it is important to remember that some space around must be left in case you want to swing harder. Other suitable locations:
- on the balcony or loggia;
- in the children's room;
- in the living room;
- in the office;
- on the terrace or porch;
- in the yard.
The chair should not block the passage, prevent free passage through the room, be placed near the wall. Do not put fragile and traumatic objects near it.
How to do it yourself
Masters who are accustomed to do everything with their own hands will do the weaving of a hammock chair using the macrame technique. It is considered one of the most simple and affordable options. It is necessary to prepare:
- 4 planks made of plastic or wood (2 thinner, 0.6-1 cm wide, 2 thick - 1.6-2 cm);
- rope rope;
- drill and screws;
- threads.
Furniture manufacturing includes the following steps:
- First you need to create a frame of planks. In those that are thicker and denser, it is necessary to drill holes at a distance of 2 cm from the edge and insert two other bars perpendicularly, fix all the fasteners.
- For further work, you will need a special scheme for the manufacture of a hammock chair, which will be used to weave macramé. The pattern and pattern is the most diverse, you can add brushes, fringe, and other elements to it. Another version of the frame is a gymnastic hoop.
- After braiding the frame, you can proceed to fastening and installation.
- In thicker planks of the frame, holes are drilled at a distance from the edge of 3.5 cm, two-meter ropes for hanging are fixed in them.
- The ends of the ropes are fixed by sea knots.
It remains to hang the finished hammock on a ledge prepared for this, a hook or an arm.
Attachment Rules
When choosing a suitable design for seating, you need to consider the features of installation, since it is simply impossible to make a hammock hanging chair without quality fastening comfortable and safe. If the model does not imply a rack on which the product is suspended, then you will have to mount the fasteners to the ceiling or hinged beams. It will take 1-2 fastenings in the ceiling. They can be hooks, brackets, bolts with a ring. The hammock is connected to the mount using a rope or chain. Place the hanging chair at a height of 40-50 cm from the floor.
Owners of ceilings with concrete slabs will be much easier to install fasteners. It is enough to place anchor bolts in them. Residents of high-rise buildings, where the floor is made of hollow slabs, can use a chemical anchor, which will give the same reliability.
Armchairs-hammocks can be an excellent find for home, apartment, cottage. They contribute to good rest and relaxation, comfortable and convenient work. Versatility and durability are the inherent advantages of this piece of furniture.
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