I'm planning to replace my bed for a hammock. I came here for advice.

[bkrgi]

I don't think that it is a good idea to replace the bed for a hammock. In the beginning you'll be enthusiastic about it, but after that you'll start to feel pain in your back.

Humm...I'm losing count of how many yrs I have been full time in the hammock and my back loves me. My back though sure does not like beds...beds are plain outright torture devices.

[FuzzyJew]

I went with a prefabricated stand, a 10 foot hammock, and have been living the good life for more than a year now. The stand breaks down into 4 pieces with the twist of a few screws, and packs down into a bag small enough to hide. Love it, unlike others who complain of leg and neck pinch with shorter hammocks, I've had good results at 5'10".

[rhotic]

I have some $10 400lb rated anchors screwed into studs in the wall, and I spliced myself an extra set of whoopie slings for indoors. I use my backpacking hammock as my sleeping hammock on the diagonal of my room and got rid of my bed, and just pack away the hammock when I want full use of my floor space. It's great

I sleep in a 9'6" Grand Trunk UL, which only costs $30 but is extremely light (I took off the biners), durable, and highly reviewed by thru-hikers. Inexpensive doesn't mean cheap! A caveat that I'm only 4'10". I don't think most tall people would be comfortable sleeping in a 9'6" all the time.

If you're a taller person looking for an everyday hammock, you can get a longer hammock from Dutchware Gear for under $50.

[cougarmeat]

After years of looking at my walls, not in a meditation sense, I’ve realized if I were to bring the hammock indoors, I’d need an indoor stand. There are plenty of posts from people who have successfully attached bolts/hangers to unseen studs behind sheetrock walls. For me, chicken little that I am, it’s too much of a risk - not of falling but of pulling out a wall stud. If I knew I was going into solid, well anchored top and bottom, wood, then no problem.

But there are indoor stands. So you have some support choices.