After finally clearing out the overgrown mess of trees and bushes along the fence line, we found ourselves with a nice gap of space between the playhouse and the fence. Just on the other side of the fence is a nice sized tree whose limbs mostly hang over our yard, and we figured we’d take advantage of one nice sized one that hangs right over that gap.
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We went back and forth on which one we wanted. All I knew was that I wanted one with a solid seat versus a web of ropes. I found this nice circle swing for not too much money, and it is perfect. It comes with a hanging kit. However, the limb was too high for the kit to reach, so we went to our local hardware store and found some rope with a 700+ lb weight limit to stretch the rest of the gap to the limb. (Note: we did eventually replace it with industrial strength cord with
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The girls had a blast helping Richie put the swing together. It’s now one of my favorite places in our yard.
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