A rocking cocoon for a summer residence is a device that allows you to enjoy your vacation as comfortably as possible. The structure fits perfectly into any landscape, giving it originality and originality. A wide range of products of this line is on sale, but if you make a cocoon swing with your own hands, you can save a lot and create a structure that best suits your views and needs.
Design features
The cocoon swing is a variant of an oval-shaped hanging chair. The main feature is the teardrop shape and the presence of rounded closed walls at the top, covering 3/4 of the surrounding space.
The hemisphere is suspended from a base with a wide base for stability and stability.
The design looks interesting, is comfortable in terms of physiology, allows you to create a feeling of privacy, comfort, without weakening the pleasure of being in an open area.
Pros and cons
Swing a cocoon for a summer residence has come into fashion relatively recently, but is gaining more and more popularity.
This is due to such advantages:
- Originality. The product will never go unnoticed by guests.
- Versatility. The hanging chair can be placed outdoors, under a canopy, or indoors. He will find a place everywhere.
- Variability. The walls of the hanging bed can be deaf, transparent and wicker, in the form of an egg, a drop or a ball.
- Availability. Any master who has the skills in handling household tools can make an egg swing with his own hands.
Such pendants also have disadvantages:
- Static when fixed to the ceiling. This is not always convenient, and after removal or movement, traces remain on the surface.
- The need to prepare a stable platform for outdoor installation. It should be borne in mind that the possibility of moving the structure and the base along with it.
However, the advantages are obvious and the disadvantages are not fundamental.
Types of cocoon swings
Before you start making an egg swing with your own hands, you should familiarize yourself with the varieties of their designs and choose the most optimal option.
- Weaving. Rattan, belts, rope or wire in insulation are stretched on a rigid frame. An excellent solution for outdoor construction that is exposed to the sun, moisture and temperature changes.
- Soft frame. It is made by analogy with the cases filled with balls, which take the shape of the human body. You can sit and recline.
- Deaf. For the manufacture of contours, an opaque fabric is used, which covers the seated person from prying eyes.
- Double. A standalone oversized version for a romantic time for the couple.
Chairs are made on a stand, universal or suspended, which imposes certain restrictions.
Materials and tools
The durability, strength and cost of furniture will directly depend on the materials from which it is made. This primarily concerns the chair frame and support frame.
- Square shaped tube. The metal is strong, resilient, with proper processing, it lasts for decades.
- Polypropylene. Plastic pipes have a sufficient strength reserve and are immune to corrosion.
- Wood.The material is easy to process, but it is prone to rotting and insect damage. Requires careful and regular processing
For the manufacture of cladding, manufactory, vine, polymer nets, leather cords can be used.
Basic set of tools for any model:
- roulette;
- square;
- level;
- Bulgarian;
- welding;
- pipe bender;
- electric drill;
- screwdriver;
- marker;
- Bulgarian;
- a hammer;
- pliers.
We should not forget about our own safety. It is necessary to work in goggles, gloves and a respirator when sawing.
Drawings and dimensions
In the drawing, you need to display the following details:
- sizes;
- base;
- rack;
- bracket;
- suspension;
- mounts and hinges;
- frame;
- plating, cover and filling (if provided);
- options (depreciation, lighting, airflow).
Materials should be taken with a margin of up to 15% based on errors, losses and subsequent repairs.
The size of the product is determined by the dimensions of the person for whom it is made.
The following convenient standards have been adopted:
- child - 30 cm;
- a person of average build - 40 cm;
- full man / woman - 50-60 cm;
- double seat - 80 cm or more.
The parameters are approximate, individual dimensions should be taken into account, not forgetting about the perspective.
How to make a cocoon swing with your own hands
The following step-by-step instructions will help you make a comfortable and beautiful hanging chair:
- Draw up a project, estimate, purchase materials, prepare and check tools.
- Assemble the cocoon frame. Here the technology is determined by the selected material. Polypropylene pipes are heated, bent and then welded using fittings. The result is a strong and resilient monolith. The tree is more difficult. It will take days or even weeks to give it a rounded shape. It is easier to take thick plywood and cut out solid arcs from it, which are connected with bolts and glue. Steel structures are the most durable, but a pipe bender is required. Docking is done by welding or hardware. If necessary, anti-corrosion treatment is carried out.
- Lay the seats, cover the cocoon with the selected upholstery. It can be a rope net, a vine, dense or translucent fabric.
- Assemble the support device. For a ceiling-type cocoon, a strong hook is made, fixed on several powerful anchor bolts or self-tapping screws. For hanging, a structure is assembled, consisting of a support frame, a figured stand and a hanging ring.
It remains to take all the details to the parking lot, connect them and enjoy life, swaying in a comfortable and beautiful chair.
