Vintage Porch Swings

We make porch swings from our shop in Charleston, South Carolina.

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A New Line of Fabrics

What pairs well with the most comfortable porch swings available for sale? The most beautiful textiles, sewn to fit, of course! That's why Vintage Porch Swings is introducing a new way to outfit your bed swing or custom piece of outdoor furniture. 

We've just partnered with Laurie Bell, who does some amazing work as a textile chemist and fabric designer. Laurie Bell offers high performance outdoor fabrics to match the style and needs of every customer. She engineered a premium line of outdoor furnishings and accessories that are fashion-forward, luxurious, longer-lasting, and easier to care for. 

But It wasn't just her fabrics that drew us to her. All of the work she does for Vintage Porch Swing is sewn with perfection, crisp and clean. We love how her textiles look on our hanging porch swings.

You'll be hearing a lot more about Laurie soon on our website. In the mean time, browse her selection of fabrics as well our line of Charleston style porch swings. Pick a perfect pairing and call us with your order. Toll Free:  866-610-6322

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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Our Favorite Porches

We've had some fun on Houzz these last two weeks, most recently, compiling a new ideabook of porches that will make your jaw drop and you reach for your wallet.

But what's missing in all of these compelling photos? Well, we think we are! Vintage Porch Swings bed swings are the perfect compliment to the luxurious comfort of outdoor spaces just like these. Take a look at a few below or visit our ideabook on Houzz.

Traditional Exterior by Houston Architects & Designers Brickmoon Design

Who wouldn't want to swing on the second story?

Rustic Porch by Savannah Interior Designers & Decorators Linn Gresham Haute Decor

We love this simplistic and monochromatic screened in porch. But it could use a comfortable place to take a nap.

Rustic Porch by Venice Architects & Designers tumbleweed and dandelion.com

The Vintage Porch Swing Weathered Wood or Barnwood finishes would look great on a cottage porch like this one.

Enjoy the view of these porches!

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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Our Favorite Rooms

Vintage Porch Swings just created a new Ideabook on Houzz to hold some of our favorite rooms. We make swings that belong in all types of homes. However, here are a few rooms that provide that comfortable, vintage look that we are all about. Check out some of our favorites here:

Farmhouse Living Room by Danbury General Contractors Blansfield Builders, Inc.

These ceilings are gorgeous but this room must feel a little low. Why not get their furniture off the ground and create the illusion of height with open air underfoot? All of the VPS bed swings are able to be hung indoors. See it here.

Beach Style Family Room by Charlotte General Contractors Andrew Roby General Contractors

Here's a perfect pairing: swaying on a bed swing and the sound of a crackling fire. The color palette and structure of this room is what we're all about. Buy a bed swing here.

Transitional Bedroom by Sausalito Architects & Designers Urrutia Design

Did you know we can make our bed swings into beds that swing? Twin, Double or Queen size all able to be hung from a vaulted ceiling. Check out the VPS Indoor Collection.

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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We're on Houzz

Vintage Porch Swings is honored to be featured un the Charleston Furniture and Accessories section of Houzz. Check out our Houzz page here. 

Charleston Furniture & Accessories

Below, some of our customers and Houzz onlookers favorite swing designs:

The Joshua Swing

The Emerson Swing

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Charleston Style and Design

We love our friends over at the Charleston Style and Design offices. Photographer Holger Obenaus has done excellent work every time we have been able to partner up. 

Check out the newest look of Vintage Porch Swings in the Winter 2014 edition of Charleston Style and Design's Magazine.

The advertisement features shop owner, Brent McHenry and his family at their finest! Brent's inspiration for each of his swing designs comes from his children. You'll notice all of his swings have his children's names. Check out the Vintage Porch Swings Outdoor Collection to see the resemblance.

Click here to view an online version of the Charleston Style and Design magazine.

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McHenry Family Outing

Over the Holidays, Brent (shop owner) and his family of nine celebrated by gathering two Vintage Porch Swings around a fire pit near the water. Wouldn't you like to be in his family?

This custom swing built in the shop is called the Glider Swing. Our Outdoor Collection is full of swing designs that hang and glide from your porch or ceiling. But this one is free standing, so you don't have to own a porch to enjoy the outdoors. The guys in the shop love working with your ideas to build custom designs just like this one. Check out the other designs in the Custom Orders section of our website and contact a sales associate to place your order.

The swing is shown in the Weathered Wood finish. This finish is ideal for swings that have to stay outdoors and "weather" the elements. Check out all our custom swings and finishes on the Vintage Porch Swings website. 

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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Great Way to Ring in the New Year

We were featured on Houzz! Check it out!

Charleston Furniture & Accessories

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Classic Christmas Swing

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Vintage Porch Swings!

The Eliza

The Emerson

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You know Avari and Brynny and Hayden and Joshua... Emerson, Eliza and now little Noah. But do you recall... the most famous bed swing of all?

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We Solved the Mystery!

The staff at Vintage Porch Swings loves Houzz - a web site and online community about architecture, interior design and decorating, landscape design and home improvement. Check out our own Houzz page here.

While browsing Houzz one day, we discovered something special. A recent post about a vacation home in Florida unveiled a photo of a beautiful porch draped in fabric. The porch held a comfy bed swing whose origin remained a mystery. 

Upon examination, it was clear to us where the swing came from. It was none other than an Avari Swing from our very own Outdoor Collection of Vintage Porch Swings!

Beach Style Porch by Atlanta Architects & Designers Historical Concepts

We have to give credit to Jim Strickland who designed this charming vacation home for him and his family - and for his excellent taste in porch furniture, of course. You can see the remaining photos of his tastefully decorated home in the Houzz Tour below.

  Houzz Tour: Lessons in Florida Cracker Style From a Vacation Home

Architecture, interior design, and more ∨ When decorating or building a home, don't forget about the walls. Collect and share photos of bathroom tile, bathroom vanities, shower curtains and bathroom mirrors to create your perfect home decorating style.

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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I'm dreaming of a white bedswing.

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The McHenry's of Vintage Porch Swings

Owners of Vintage Porch Swings, Brent and Krista McHenry have 7 beautiful kids. They were recently photographed by Holger Obenaus swinging on one of their handcrafted swings made from the shop. Great work by Holger! The shot shows off the beautiful spread of their family, as well as the sturdiness of one of their newest designs, the Noah swing. (Noah, the baby, is also sitting comfortably in Brent's arms.) 

Brent and the staff at Vintage Porch Swings likes to name each new swing design after one of Brent's Children. You can see a full showroom here. Below are a few more examples. 

The Avari

The Eliza

The Brynn

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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We're Not Just For Your Porch

It's cold outside! You may not be thinking about braving the outdoors. A book and a blanket by the fire might be what's in store for the next few months.

That's ok with us! Although Vintage Porch Swings started out making swings for your porch, in the last few years, we've become so much more. Along with the Indoor Collection and the Custom Orders our fans create with the help of our woodworkers in the shop, we primarily make Bed Swings. These swings have a comfy mattress and textiles and can be hung any where inside your home - even across from the fireplace. They also suspend from four points instead of two. So you can hang our swing one foot away from a wall, and still enjoy the rocking motion. Imagine swinging indoors to the sound of a crackling fire! It would be the perfect escape during your Winter Holidays. 

Check out all that Vintage Porch Swings has to offer on our website. And don't forget to visit the textiles options we offer on our Swing Things page. All those pillows will help you relax!

- The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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The Brynn Swing

Vintage Porch Swings just completed a local installation of one of our classic swing designs - Brynn.

We build Brynn with straight vertical strips of wood spanning the head and both sides of the swing. What makes the Brynn Swing truly special is the alternate design option. This bed swing can be sold with the head piece or without. Including this piece gives the swing a classic porch swing look.

Excluding it, as shown below, makes it look more like a double bed. This would be the perfect swing to hang indoors in a screened-in porch or bedroom. Ever thought of swinging to sleep every night?

Brynn comes with a gentle distressed vintage finish, but it's available in all of our new and existing finishes like The Weathered Wood or a Light Vintage White.  All of our swings include rope, hardware to hang, and wooden support slats. You can also shop our textiles section to choose your own fabric and pillow options like the swing shown here.

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings

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Weathered Wood Finish

We wanted to let you in on a fabulous new finish we've just introduced at Vintage Porch Swings. The feedback from our customers has been great. We've just started in on six new orders for the Weathered Wood in our shop. 

The Weathered Wood Finish presents a vintage contrast of dark and light brown colors and has a similar look to a piece of driftwood. It is much like our Barnwood in that this finish leaves much of the wood exposed. If you're looking for something that looks old but feels sturdy and smooth to the touch, the Weathered Wood Finish would be perfect for you.

The Weathered Wood Finish costs an upgrade fee of $125, due to process and materials. It can be applied to our Outdoor Collection, Indoor Collection and any Custom piece.

-The Staff at Vintage Porch Swings 

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Custom Orders

You've been hearing about our new and customizable finishes for the classic Vintage Porch Swing styles, but did you know that we can customize the design of a swing as well? We've had dozens of creative requests coming from our customers lately. Sometimes they involve sentimental pieces of leftover wood, sometimes a hand drawn pattern. Either way they've turned out beautifully!

The base of the white swing above is an old wooden door. 

Check out this beautiful pattern requested by one of our customers in the back of the swing above. 

For more swing ideas, check out our Custom Order page on the Vintage Porch Swings website. Prices for custom orders fluctuate based on each job. Contact us today to talk about your order.

-Vintage Porch Swings Staff