Dad's Diary: Bedroom Swing

his weekend I installed a swing in our bedroom. I’m not entirely certain how common this is since I’ve only seen something like it once before. But that was in 50 Cent’s house on MTV Cribs and our swing looks quite a bit different than his did.

The thing is, My Keiki really likes to swing. He also really hates winter which means for the past few months, my wife and I have been looking for ways to adapt to the approaching, looming, ominous months of despair (December – February).

Instillation was not easy. The hardware the playground people sold my wife wasn’t really usable and I spent quite some time in the attic getting a feel for the strongest points of contact and best installation options. Ultimately, I’m confident the hooks I drilled into the ceiling aren’t going anywhere.

Though it’s a bit unconventional – installing playground equipment in the master suite – it works for us (really, not much of our lifestyle is genuinely “conventional” anymore at this point). We considered many different places for the install but our room had the best combination of ceiling height, swinging arc and anchors for the chains. Plus it doesn’t look as out of place as it may seem. I hear playground chains are all the rage in home décor these days.

Though we’ve only found time for My Keiki to use it twice, he likes it. In fact, when he woke up this morning the first word he said was his own little version of “swing.” I think that makes it all worth it.