Pick up a good summer read, don a pair of sunnies and a big straw hat, and you are ready to indulge in one of summers favorite pastimes: The Great Art of Hammock Lounging. Colorful or classic, there is a hammock with your name on it, just hang it from two trees in the shade and suddenly, life isn't just good, its great.

Channel an exotic overgrown Amazonian jungle while swinging in L'Aviva Home's scalloped Bolivian Hammock, designed with age-old techniques that take a month to weave in a remote Columbian village

Long, elaborate multi-colored fringe and vivid orange fabric on Anthropologie's bohemian Canyon Hammock was meant for a bungalow garden in Los Angeles

"Featherlight and superstrong", Yellow Leaf Hammock's nautical Newport would be perfect on a boat or balcony

This colorful woven striped hammock Kate Spade Saturday is easy to move around and easy to get lost in

 With a new take on the traditional, rope hammock,  LL Bean's fun striped hammock is made of super durable Sunbrella fabric to withstand the elements all summer long.

Hmm, I wonder how this fringe-edged macrame lounger from Terrain works at the beach. No matter, its Brazilian vibe is sure to be transporting wherever you happen to be.

Swing the day away in Novica's blue and white waves design, woven in the Yucatan