Casual hanging porch bed seating can be shrewdly adapted to indoor rooms.
There’s nothing quite as inviting as Swinging Porch Beds — one of our all time favorite topics on this blog. So adapting that look for a country house makes perfect sense. That’s why I was immediately drawn to the pair of sofas in this room by Brad Ford, a rising star in the New York interior design world. These are essentially no different than outdoor porch beds though lightly scaled and considerably dressier. Frames are white-painted to coordinate with the pale scheme in the room and suspended from the ceiling. While the physical dynamics of that can be tricky, the lack of legs ensures some degree of movement. Unlike the suspended Industrial Strength Beds anchored with steel cables in lofts designed by Ghislaine Viñas, we don’t see the ceiling “works” in this very refined room where the concept appears to be more about the use of fiber than the ergonomic engineering.
Not only do the sofas appear to be suspended by cords, there is an elaborate wall hanging that consists of bell shapes made with cord and cloth. Additionally, the mirror over the fireplace has an applied cord frame that was shown close up in our Vignette Departures post.
But back to these amazing sofas which hang, and thus appear to float, in the elegant porch-like space. Lacking legs, really let both the natural fiber floor covering and the animal skin rugs stand out. It wouldn’t be difficult for a talented carpenter to copy these and the cushioning is straight forward as well. But more importantly, Ford’s work is packed with subtle ideas. I’m also a fan of his somewhat intellectual blog that, like these sofas, is all about innovative design.
(Source: bradfordid.com)
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I love the look of suspended sofas, but as the mom of 2 boys, it looks like an emergency room visit waiting to happen. It would take about 3 seconds alone in that room for couch surfing and suspended bell breakage to occur. Still they’re beautiful images from afar. Thanks for sharing.
This looks like an adults only room, admittedly, yet I am always surprised at how much variation there is in the notion of child-friendly decor. As kids, we knew the living room was Mom’s and was off limits to us. We still had plenty of space to play.
I was happy to see this post about porch swing beds today! We have a “camp” in Maine with a huge screen porch. I’m interested in purchasing one this year for the porch. Any manufacturer suggestions?
These swinging beds are great up to date versions. I was first drawn to AtticMag from Alisons’s previous article about porch swinging beds. The movement of these beds is not so great that they can work great even inside. The size, weight and four ropes/cables/chains keep movement more limited than regular swings. Marsha, there is no better place for one of these than a screen porch. You will find someone often spending all night on the porch. I built my first swinging bed quite a few years ago and as late as today while having an injured shoulder evaluated the doctor related to me how much he, his family and all his friends love their swinging bed at their lake house. If you ever get a chance to try one out…go for it.