DIY hammock chair 500 photos, step by step instructions

 

Chair a hammock for giving

The presented example, a cross between a chair and a hammock, can be used on sunny days in the garden or taken with you to nature. Very comfortable design and easy to adjust - you can sit almost directly or lie back deep, suitable for using a laptop. Like that buy a hammock chair not a problem, but it's not cheap.

If you are not one of those who scatter money, you have basic wood skills and know how to tie simple knots, then this chair a hammock for a summer residence You can easily do it in one weekend and at no special cost.

You will need

• 1.4 m of canvas or other durable fabric, at least 1.3 m wide
• Durable sewing thread
• Powerful enough sewing machine to flash denim
• 2.7 m from 25 mm wide webbing
• Pencil
• Ruler or tape measure
• Strong scissors capable of cutting canvas and webbing
• Sewing pins
• 28 mm wooden rod (handle from a broom or mop) 1.2 m long
• Two more rods with a diameter of 23 mm long by a meter
• A carabiner that can hold your weight

From tools drill, saw, skin

The photo on the right shows marking and cutting canvas
If you live in a dry climate, then of course it is better to use canvas and sewing threads made of artificial fibers that will not rot. Because sooner or later a hammock chair will still fall in the rain. Choose polyester or nylon instead of cotton, if you have a choice.
The strength of the hammock chair depends on the materials used: quality fabrics and knots. The design is designed for an adult man weighing 73 kg, but you may need to strengthen the components if the user is much heavier. Do not take risks, especially if you want hang a hammock chair high above the ground. Also remember that the load will increase if the chair is used as a swing. Be sure to check the seams and knots each time, especially if you have not used the hammock chair for a long time.
And yet, the best knot depends on factors such as flexibility and slippage of the rope, its fibers, structure and diameter. If in doubt, better contact people who are good at knotting.

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DIY hammock chair

The hammock chair provides a cozy place to relax indoors or outdoors. Great for children's rooms, porches, patios, gazebos and other places of relaxation.

The step-by-step pictures simply and readily show how to make a do-it-yourself hammock chair.

Detailed instructions can be found on the website.

Here are the things you need

• Wooden dowel
• 1.8 m fabric
• 80 mm stainless steel spring latch
• 3/16 "Stainless Steel Carabiner
• Fabric paint (of your choice)
• Brush
• 3/8 "drill bit
• Sewing machine
• Iron and ironing board
• Scissors
• Ruler
• Hanging hook

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Macrame do-it-yourself hammock chair

To relax on the porch with a warm summer day, it’s good to have a comfortable and stylish hammock chair. With a few tools and thanks to elementary mathematical skills, you will have a beautiful hammock chair that will demonstrate your skills and abilities, that is, a thing you can be proud of. This hammock is made using the macrame technique, which requires certain skills, although everyone can learn to tie shoelaces together. Macrame is a centuries-old method used to make furniture, plant pots and other home decor items.

Instruction how to weave a hammockYou can read on the site, it is long and detailed. And a few more comments. After bringing the chair to the hammock chair in a permanent place, make sure all the ropes are level. Make adjustments if necessary. Then tighten all knots. Be careful when you sit in the hammock for the first time, the ropes will expand a bit. Once everything is ready, cut off the excess rope hanging under the knots.

Things you need

• 3 dowels 3 cm thick, length 75 cm
• 2 dowels 1.5 cm thick, 92 cm long
• 200 m cord for macrame or rope
• rope 1.5 cm long 8 m
• 4 screws
• Drill
• Measuring tape
• Scissors

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Armchair hammock for the garden

There is no better way to spend a lazy summer day than in a hammock in a shady garden. This project takes only an hour and costs about 200 rubles ($ 15). There are tons of information on the Internet, how to make a do-it-yourself hammock chairbut this is a very easy way, you will surely like it.

What do you need to make a hammock chair:

• 6 m sisal rope cut in half
• wooden plank with a diameter of 4 cm, length 1.1 m
• drill, sewing machine and scissors

Everything is done simply.

1. Fold the fabric one and a half times, bend the outer corners by 30 cm, as shown in the photo.
2. Cut corners and sew pockets for rope on each side.
3. Make marks at the ends of the slats 9 cm and 14 cm and drill holes.
4. Thread the rope as shown in the photo and tie the knots.

That's it, the hammock is ready to use, just tie the two pieces of rope at the top.

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Beautiful hammock chair

It is necessary to take off the hats in front of those who invented a hammock. There really is no better way to relax (or accidentally fall asleep with a book on your face) than plunge into a rocking chair. But most importantly, make a do-it-yourself hammock chair simply. Therefore, take out your tools and make a comfortable hammock chair that is ideal for your yard, porch or even living room.

In this case, canvas was used to make the hammock chair, so you can color the hammock as you like. Plan your design or create abstract shapes, everything that your fantasy tells you. Once you finish your painting, let it dry completely. If it turns out very beautifully, forget about the hammock - you can just hang your creativity on the wall!

Materials:

• 3 dowels with a thickness of 0.5 cm by 80 cm
• 2 dowels 5 cm thick by 90 cm
• 8 meters of rope for 150 kg
• 4 screws
• canvas
• paint

Tools:

• a half inch drill and drill
• roulette
• scissors
• sewing machine
• paint brushes
• pencil

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How to sew a hammock chair

it hanging chair hammock done in just three hours.
To make a hammock you will need:

• 3 meters Riley Blake fabric
• Wooden rod length meter
• 1/2 "drill
• rope
• carbines
• hook screw
• strong rope

Brief instruction

To begin, drill holes at both ends of the wooden rod.
Take 3 m of fabric and fold in half. Sew the raw edges.
Turn the fabric right side.
Sew two parallel rows to create a rope body.
Pass the rope and tie a double knot at the top. Repeat for both sides.
Lay the chair on the floor and tie a knot on each side of the rope. Then thread both ends through the holes in the shaft.
Tie the rope into a common knot, attach the carabiners.

That's all, it remains to fix the hammock chair where you are comfortable.

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DIY hammock chair made of fabric

Here's an idea that doesn't require perfectly located trees. Nothing complicated make a DIY hammock chair easier than you think.

Tools + Materials

• oak dowel
• polypropylene rope
• 2 meters of black material
• white fabric handle
• drill
• 3/8 "drill
• sewing machine
• scissors
• ruler
• stainless steel spring latch 80 mm
• stainless steel carabiner

The manufacturing procedure for a hammock does not fundamentally differ from the above options, the difference is only in design. So special difficulties should not arise. If you have questions, detailed instructions are on the site.

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Photo by Emily Stanley

How to make a swing from a hammock

If you already have a hammock, you can easily make a swing out of it.

Necessary materials:

• Hammock
• Rope
• Metal or wooden crossbeam

Making is pretty simple.

Tie a rope to a tree.

Choose a board of suitable length and drill two holes at the ends to thread the rope. Of course, you can swing without the crossbar, but it is not very convenient.

Thread the ropes and tie knots as shown in the photo. It is possible in another way, the main thing is to be reliable.

Enjoy the new swing :)

DIY hammock swing

See an example of how to make simple, portable DIY hammock swingwhich can be installed anywhere and carried in a backpack (weight 5 kg).

In order to make a hammock a swing you need:

• A wooden block, approximately 1.2 m, then it will need to be sawn into short bars
• Wood glue
• Two wooden sticks (40 cm long)
• A piece of cloth and a rope that can hold your weight

Operating procedure

1. Since it is almost impossible to drill one long straight hole, you will need to drill the bars to get 8 pieces of 10 cm long.
2. Then, with the EDGE, drill holes as shown in the photo.
3. When you drill all the parts, check or fit a wooden stick.
4. Drill holes for the rope
5. Then the hardest part is to thread the rope through the holes. This is not shown very well in the photo, but you can read it on the site.
6. Fasten the fabric
7. Gluing parts together and assemble a hammock chair

Final step: make sure you can adjust the height of the rope

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How to make a hammock chair

The step by step photos show how to make a do-it-yourself hammock chair

What is necessary

• Durable fabric
• 90 cm tube
• Spring
• 40 m rope

Cut a fabric 114 cm long and 127 cm wide.

Sew a hem on 4 sides of the fabric.

Cut 24 strips 15 cm long and 6 cm wide

Sew them and twist

Chalk the main part of the fabric into 12 parts.

Take the strips, lay in the center of the main fabric, sew.
Cut a piece of fabric 19 inches long 48 cm and 50 inches wide 127 cm, lay in the center and sew.
Drive the cloves at the two ends of the stick.

Start making knots, use double rope for extra strength.

Fasten the rope to the carabiner.

Hang a hammock chair, put pillows.

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Chair swing hammock

Convenient swing chairthat you can carry with you. Compact, small in size, weighs only 5 kg.

Materials:

• MDF boards
• piece of cloth
• cardboard
• rope
• the screws
• shoelaces
• 2 clamps
• 2 o-rings

First, make a wooden frame from MDF.

Cut parts:

• 1 pc as a support with dimensions of 60 cm
• 2 pieces of small pieces at the ends of 19 cm
• 2 pieces a little larger to give a 30 cm leaf shape
• 1 large piece in the middle of 36 cm

When everything is ready, glue the frame with wood glue. Then fasten two metal plates, sheathe with a cloth, thread the ropes and you're done.

This is for short, but in detail, you can read on the site.

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Portable hammock swing

A holiday that is always with you. Each tree, pillar or pipe that you meet on your way can be used for your hammock chair. Just take it out of the backpack, set it up and swing. These swings are similar to a rain cover that can be stored in a small bag, while the weight of the structure is only 1 kg. As a second function you can use hammock swing as a protective cover for a backpack from rain and wind!

Materials you will need

• Parachute silk (it is used for raincoats, tents, hammocks, ...). You will need 2 pieces, one for the chair: 90x200 cm and one for the small cover: 27 x 47.5 cm.
• 4.5mm nylon rope
• 8mm nylon rope
• 2 carbines
• 2 S-shaped metal hooks
• Copper wire
• Leather 40 x 44 cm
• Scissors for clothes, thickness 15 mm
• Scotch

Tools:

• Sewing machine
• Drill
• Metal handle and hammer

It seems not difficult to make such a hammock, but you will have to tinker with sewing.

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Chair hammock made of towels

Nature is a wonderful thing. Hiking, camping in the forest, is a great way to enjoy the beauty and natural world around us. How good it is sometimes to spend time away from computers, cell phones, televisions, traffic jams and other delights of civilization. But the joy of communicating with nature does not at all include sitting on stones or on a log teeming with ants. A convenient place to relax comfortably is a big plus.

Here is an idea how to make a very simple chair a hammock from a towel - Agree, it is much more convenient than carrying a large heavy folding chair.

You only need a paracord (nylon rope), a towel and ... a bump.
How to tie the ends of the towel to get a reliable hammock chair, shown in step-by-step photos.
By changing the angle of the hanging towel, you can change the position of the seat. If the towel is really big and there are two trees, you can even make a hammock.
As an added bonus, at night you can put food in a hammock and tie it on a branch so that local rodents do not leave you without food. In general, all options for using this wonderful design are limited only by your imagination.

By the way, here is a master class in pictures, how to tie knots at the ends of the towel. This is the best knot for connecting two cords of different thicknesses (or cord and towel, as the case may be).

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And here are step by step photos of the whole process

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Office chair hammock

Office chairs, the thing is comfortable, but do not overestimate them. A little creativity never hurts, useful for work and leisure. Hanging chair hammock perfectly enliven the atmosphere in your office. If the room has the opportunity where to hang a chair, then all the work can be done in an hour.

For this project you will need:

• Rope
• Durable fabric (meter wide and 2 meters long)
• Thick dowel that can withstand 150 kg.
• Ceiling Crossbeam.
• Drill + drill, slightly larger than the width of the rope
• Sewing machine
• Scissors or blade to cut the rope
• duct tape (optional)

How to make a hammock chairshown in the master class in step by step photos. The main point, be sure one hundred percent that the ceiling beam can support up to 200 kg, everything else is not difficult to do.

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You may also like this option, also suitable for both office and home.
It is built from a thin plastic-coated tube and mounts that allow you to attach the pipe to each other without being screwed in. The advantage of using such a system is that you can easily change it if you want (add supports, add new features, etc.). You just need to spend a little time to adjust the height of the table, the height of the steps and the distance between the hammock supports to make everything fit your body.
Please note that if you weigh more, you may have to strengthen the design, but this is not difficult to do.

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Plastic chair hammock

Do you have piles of plastic grocery bags that are scattered around? Throwing it to a landfill is also not very good, they are so full of plastic waste, when you have to start taking care of the environment. Do not delay, start today.

Here you will learn how to turn plastic bags into a convenient bag. durable hammock chair. All you need is some free time and lots of packages.

The chair you see in the photo has passed test weighing up to 100 kg.

In addition to packages, and they will need 500 pieces, at least, prepare two carbines and a couple of meters of thin rope from woven nylon.

In total, 26 pieces of braided ropes of 7 meters and 20 ropes of 4 meters in length will need to be made. The essence of the design is shown in step-by-step photos, although it is not very clear. But if you are interested, the author of the idea wrote very detailed instructions on his website.

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Stul hammock of pallets

Interesting idea and very simple.

Tools:

• Drill
• Saw
• Lighter

Materials:

• Paracord
• pallets

The project is interesting in that, firstly, pallets, in most cases it is free. And secondly, it’s easy to work with them, it’s finished processed wood. Also use Paracord, these ropes are very strong and do not stretch much.

How to make a hammock chair, you can read on the site, there is a detailed instruction. The latest photos in the gallery are examples of a hammock chair that people made on the basis of this instruction.

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Wooden chair hammock

This, of course, is not a standard hammock chair, rather a hanging bed, but the idea is good. The author calls his design garden hammock swing - 140 cm long and 100 cm wide - maybe a swing. This thing was assembled from the remains of a disassembled roof, old swings and loops, ropes and other useful things found in the garage. Rainwater drains well through small cracks in the bottom.

Step 1: Frame and backstop manufacturing

1. Cut 2 boards of 140 cm, the sides are 20 cm high. The tree is 3.5 cm thick.
2. Cut 2 boards of 90 cm, the sides are 20 cm high. The tree is 3.5 cm thick.
3. Set the angle stops 5 cm x 5 cm.
4. Cut and fasten the 1 x 90 cm cross bracket to hold the middle.
5. Cut and secure the side stops that will hold the ends of the cross boards
6. Screw the two back rests to the sides.
7. Check that the rear seat stops are tight and not loose.
8. As a result, you should have a solid (and rather heavy structure)

Step 2: Assembly

1. Cut the boards to the required length, in this case - 90 cm and fasten.
2. Fill the bottom with boards.
3. Cut back stripes. The shaft was 100 cm x 5 cm x 2.5 cm (plate thickness).
4. Use thin pieces of plywood as spacers.
5. Fasten extra support at the top of the backs.
6. Drill 4 holes, one at each corner and screw the rings.

Step 3: Top support

1. Take the 5x10 cm pins. Twist the pairs together, the supports will be 2 x 10x10 cm.
2. Screw a board measuring 20 cm x 5 cm onto the outside wall of the house.
3. Attach chains or rope to hold the entire fixture in place.

Process and color the wood, lay the mattress, lay the pillows - it's time to relax.

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Unusual hammock chair

This hammock is a wooden chair literally, the seat is made of sawn parts of thick branches. The work, of course, will be painstaking, but the chair looks original.

The first problem is to collect the right material. The branches found on the ground may be too dry and weak, so you will need to cut from a tree. It is important not to harm and do it competently. Poor work can kill a tree or make it sick. Therefore, on this issue it is better to consult with competent gardeners.

Depending on the design, you probably need hundreds of sections.

When you have cut the required number of sections, you need to drill holes with a diameter of approximately 5 mm. Make sure the hole is in the center.
Then use a synthetic rope or natural rope to make one large carpet. Two ropes need to be threaded into the hole and then split. The two ropes are then returned and threaded through the next section. In general, look at the photo, the author tried to show it in the figure.

After a while, you will end up with a long and heavy carpet. Make a good knot at each end, you can give the chair a special shape. If synthetic ropes are used, burn the ends with a lighter.

The spider web mount will look good in the forest, but if you use the hammock chair indoors, you can make a simple steel frame. Be creative and make your own design.

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Chair hammock made of logs

A great option for uninhabited comfort tourists. Durable hammock chair for the forest camp made only of thick poles and ropes, will win any competition for the best camping chair when it comes to strength and comfort. It is clear that this is not a hammock for relaxation under palm trees, but for the harsh conditions of the hike, that’s it. To make this inexpensive, heavy, folding camp chair a hammock you will need some strong poles and a lot of rope, mainly for the mesh part of the seat. The exact rope length for this chair was not measured.
Six logs (poles) of 2.5 m, two of which should be at least 15 cm in diameter. The remaining four logs can be smaller - from 8 to 10 cm in diameter.
The assembly procedure for the design of the chair, see the step by step photos. Note that both ends of the cross-member must be formed in a triangular profile to fit into the dovetail section. Use an ax to add a lower “flat” portion at the ends of the log cross member.

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DIY hammock chair 100 photos

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