Not possible to hang a bridge hammock in a small room.

[The Old Boot]

I was going to say that you could make your bridge hammock body only 6" longer than you are tall and have a have a small suspension triangle using a shorter spreader bar. However, the solution from packeagle is a better idea.

Good luck with the project and post pictures when it's done.
Cheers

Brian

Thanks Brian - Pics will be a while coming - first I have to construct the hammock and then the stand.

Materials list in progress!

I'd like to just say a big, big thank you to all of you who ever so willingly took up the challenge!

[GrizzlyAdams]

I used google to hop back in the WayBack machine to dig up a pointer to this old post on a frame stand for a bridge hammock. In the house for a semi-permanent arrangement I would use more substantial single 2x4 lengths on the floor. I would probably run a length from end to end up high on one side for good measure.

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[Redoleary]

What about a vertical hang like the ones from this thread? I ask cuz I don't know anything about bridges, this might be a terrible idea.

[gargoyle]

What about a vertical hang like the ones from this thread? I ask cuz I don't know anything about bridges, this might be a terrible idea.

That'd work Red, just that the OP asked for a non-damaging way to hang.

The overhead spreader "ridgepole" can work for any hammock, but you still need to screw something into the ceiling.

Edit: I s'pose it could be on a stand...

I see you making making a Lord Nelson hammock in the near future..