How to Turn Your Classic Bell Tent into a Home Away from Home

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From bonding with loved ones to carrying out a retreat, there are several benefits to camping and glamping in classic bell tents.

If you are camping as a way to distress and improve your mental health, then your camping tent should be cosy and free of triggering elements. One way to achieve this is by turning your bell tent into a home away from home. For homebodies who want to sacrifice the comfort of their homes to go camp or glamp in the wild, here are four ways you can retain the familiarity of your home on your camping trip:

Camp with family

What’s more fun than solo camping? Family camping! To turn your bell tent into a home away from home, go tent camping with your family. This is the easiest way to have a homely camp experience because it will be with family. Get a bell tent big enough for your family with the ideal number of sleeping cots and bedding, and you are good to go.

Homely décor

Whether you are camping alone or camping with family and friends, decorative items are needful accessories to any glamping tent. In the same vein, making your bell tent as homely as your real home can be accomplished by adding décor objects to your bell tent. A flower vase from your living room can be added to your side table in the bell tent. You can pick out fresh flowers from your campsite to put in the flower vase. Also, stringing lights around the centre pole, guy ropes and other parts of the tent will add warmth and cosiness to your tent.

Make a fire

For the perfect cosiness in a bell tent, build a fire. Some tents have an inbuilt chimney hole and come with flame retardant properties to keep campers safe from potential fire hazards. You may bring along a wood-burning stove and create a fireplace in your bell tent, similar to that in a home. Nonetheless, you should be cautious due to the side effects of burning wood in enclosed places and take every necessary precaution against a fire outbreak or fume inhalation.

Personal effects

From a pillow to a book, hanging plant, or a lantern, sentimental objects from your home will give a personal touch to your bell tent, adding the congenial allure. However, technological items like phones and similar gadgets do not come under the umbrella of personal effects as they tend to shift your focus from detoxifying and de-stressing and may trigger anxiety and stress. Therefore, instead of scrolling through social media, read a book and, rather than watch a movie, tend to your plant.

In essence, without a classic tent, the steps to making your camping experience cosy and homely will be defeated. Therefore, buy a quality and sturdy bell tent as the primary staple for your next camping or glamping trip, then go ahead and style it as we have highlighted. You’re welcome!