Tents, yurts, camping shelters of all kinds

[Divash]

Kittywitch, excellent point. The first time I bought a tent to go camping, I read the package that said "Sleeps three," and thought it was actually true. I thought it meant there would be room for me, my best friend, our gear, and another friend and her gear too. No chance. We wound up stashing our 'hard' gear outside, and used our softer gear (garb and such) for pillows, and still hating one another come morning, because two of us were pressed to the outer tent wall and therefore wet all along one side. Never again! Now when I buy a tent for two, I'll be getting one that says "sleeps 6" at a minimum!

Actually, I'm planning to get one next week. REI is having a sale on floor models and bought-and-returned models, up to 80% off in some cases, so I've got my eye on some two-person (meaning, sleeps 6) tents. I wouldn't spend $300 to get a perfect one out of the box, but getting it even half off makes them more reasonable to buy, at least until I can afford to make or buy a yurt. Yes, they're modern-ugly, but I can cover them up with a white sheet so they'll look Period enough from a distance.  

[Mrsbruhaha]

Kittywitch

I would like to mention my personal peeve about people taking obtrusively modern campers to events. They could at least put a little livery on it. It's not a big thing, but it's becoming more common and it annoys me. I rather feel as if they're missing the point.

hence why i wanted to put mine UNDER a easy up, that at 10 yards looks perfectly passable as a period pavilion. razz
my problem is that i have a hard time sleeping in strange places, or when it's not dark enough, or when i can't find that groove in the ground to fit my hip, or i have that root digging into said hip. and i have yet met an air matress that agrees with my fat a**, i usually wake up the next morning on the ground anyway. and you can't cuddle on cots. and no matter how waterproof they claim to be, i've woken up with puddles in my tent before.
when i don't get enough sleep i can be kinda cranky or downright unpleasent to be around. and i'd rather not ruin someone elses event by it smile

bear in mind, i am only defending my idea.  

[Runa Whynd]

Kittywitch

Modern tents are sized by how many sleeping bags you can roll out inside them, edge to edge. No one actually sleeps like that.
Except maybe on the floors of hotel rooms at cons or on the living room floor of someone with crash space.

Oh tell me about it. I've been going camping since I was a kid so I'm well aware of this. However many people it says it fits, you should at least halve it to get a more accurate idea of the space.  

[Runa Whynd]

hey, any suggestions on where to buy/how to make a Viking A frame tent?  

[Runa Whynd]

Hello?
Did everyone run away to Pennsic?  

[Seilde]

I have a big cabin tent. It's not period but I have one of those wooden bed things and a wooden clothes rack to go it it.

I love decorating my tent for the longer events. 4laugh I have all these rugs for the floor and fabric that I drape from the walls and celling. I also have a beautiful lantern I hang from the center. =3 The outside gets decorated also.

I love it.

<3  

[Divash]

Sorry, no, I'm not at Pennsic, just taking a couple days rest offline.

Where to buy a Viking A-frame tent (or pretty much any other kind of tent your little heart desires): Panther Primitives. I've heard from SO many sources now -- Gaia, Yahoo groups (nine at last count), and when walking around mentioning "I love your tent, where did you get it?"... According to pretty much everyone, Panther Primitives are the best, with only one exception: they don't make yurts. They'll cover a yurt frame if you can buy or make one, but they don't make the frames themselves. If you want a yurt, go to Traders of Tamerlane.  

[Runa Whynd]

Thank you. I will have to check those out.