What image comes to mind when you hear the word "tent"? Summer camp or African safari? A fort made with couch cushions or a honeymoon in Bali? Native American tepee or cabana at a beach club? No matter what type of tent you envision, summer is the perfect time to enjoy nature in a less-structured way . . .  

"Guests sleep in a cabin that is actually a wood-frame tent, made from a kit from sweetwaterbungalows.com."
Photography by Victoria Pearson.
"A Classic Cottage in Napa Valley" by Christine Pittel.
House Beautiful (July 2008).

 "The tepee in the terraced garden is by Earthworks."
Sheryl Crow's Hollywood estate.
Interior design by Sheryl Crow.
Photography by Roger Davies.
Text by Mayer Rus.
"Good Vibrations" produced by Robert Rufino.

"[Sheryl] Crow's canvas pavilion serves as an outdoor living space, complete with a desk, chair, bed and even electricity."
Sheryl Crow's Hollywood estate.
Interior design by Sheryl Crow.
Photography by Roger Davies.
Text by Mayer Rus.
"Good Vibrations" produced by Robert Rufino.

"Just a 30-minute drive from Missoula, the getaway is set on 37,000 acres of unspoiled wilderness. Accommodation options are as expansive as Montana's much-celebrated big sky. The luxe tents (six in all) of the resort's River Camp perch along the Blackfoot River. . . .  'We wanted these tents to feel luxurious and very comfortable,' says [owner Nadine Lipson], 'and to fit with the environment - the majesty of the river, the color of the rocks and timber - not fight with it.' "
 Decorated by resort owner Nadine Lipson.
Photography by Michal Venera.
"Montana Getaway" written and produced by Jenny Bradley.

River Camp tent at night.

A striped tent on the terrace "shelters outdoor tools and extra furniture."
Designer Stephen Shubel's San Francisco "office and overnight getaway."
Photography by William Abranowicz.
Text by Ruth Graham.
"Master of Illusion" produced by Dara Caponigro.
Domino (May 2008).

"Until a permanent house can be built, Glen Lajeski and Gerry Etcheverry erected a trio of tent cabins - fabric walls stretched across wooden frames. . . . The tents have proven so popular that the owners plan to keep them as guest quarters even after the main house is completed. 'You're living with nature much more closely than if you were living in a house,' observes Lajeski, who enjoys snuggling under his Frette sheets while acorns assault the roof and frogs serenade him to sleep."
Tents purchased from Sweetwater Bungalows.
Photography by Grey Crawford.
"Renovation Getaway" by Fred Albert.
Metropolitan Home (July - August 2009).

"Until a permanent house can be built, Glen Lajeski and Gerry Etcheverry erected a trio of tent cabins - fabric walls stretched across wooden frames. . . . Interiors are furnished with castoffs reupholstered in outdoor fabrics. . . . The tents have proven so popular that the owners plan to keep them as guest quarters even after the main house is completed. 'You're living with nature much more closely than if you were living in a house,' observes Lajeski, who enjoys snuggling under his Frette sheets while acorns assault the roof and frogs serenade him to sleep."
Tents purchased from Sweetwater Bungalows.
Photography by Grey Crawford.
"Renovation Getaway" by Fred Albert.
Metropolitan Home (July - August 2009).

"Tucked into a corner at the end of the verdant green lawn sits an Italian canvas tent fringed playfully with green tassels and decorated with Helene's usual panache. Rattan furnishings have been covered in a lively mix of fabrics and patterns in blues and oranges that add energy to the otherwise peaceful space."
Pepper Hill Farm, a 10-acre compound in Santa Barbara wine country that is home to Helene and Patrick Aumont and their children.
Interior design by Helene Aumont.
Photography by Michael Skott.
Text by Leslie A. Westbrook.
"Body and Soul: Perfectly Content" produced by Jenny Bradley.

"Philippe Starck's light and waterproof polypropylene armchairs add an edgy, modern vibe to this breezy backyard's living room arrangement that is ideal for conversation and entertaining guests. Cabanas enveloped in gauzy white drapery offer respite from the sun."
Cabanas: Windsor Tent and Awning.
Photo: Stacey Brandford.

"Custom banquettes against house. Custom hot tub. Tent pavilion by Frontgate. Wood-burning fireplace."
Photography by Antoine Bootz.
"Hamptons Getaway Contrasts" by Elizabeth Gaynor.
Veranda (June 2008).

"One of six suites at the Singita Mara River Tented Camp."
Photography: Singita via Architectural Digest.
"Safari in Style" text by Amanda Friedman.
Architectural Digest (February 6, 2013).

 "Spanning over 350,000 acres of untouched wilderness, Singita Grumeti is located in northern Tanzania, forming part of the Serengeti Mara ecosystem. Singita Explore Mobile Tented Camp is ideally positioned on the renowned migratory route traversed annually by more than a million wildebeest."

"Spanning over 350,000 acres of untouched wilderness, Singita Grumeti is located in northern Tanzania, forming part of the Serengeti Mara ecosystem. Singita Explore Mobile Tented Camp is ideally positioned on the renowned migratory route traversed annually by more than a million wildebeest."

"Palm and fig trees shade the main mess tent."
Lemarti's Camp, a safari destination in northern Kenya run by Anna Trzebinski-Lemarti, a fashion designer, and her husband Loyapan Lemarti.
Designed ["from the grand plan to the fabrics and cutlery'] by Anna Trzebinski-Lemarti.
Text and photography by Tim Beddow.
"Lemarti's Camp"
Architectural Digest (November 2007).

"Tent Five is pitched along the banks of a river."
Lemarti's Camp, a safari destination in northern Kenya run by Anna Trzebinski-Lemarti, a fashion designer, and her husband Loyapan Lemarti.
Designed ["from the grand plan to the fabrics and cutlery'] by Anna Trzebinski-Lemarti.
Text and photography by Tim Beddow.
"Lemarti's Camp"
Architectural Digest (November 2007).

"An octagonal tent opens onto a thatched veranda. Builders used wood from trees pushed down by elephants to construct the mess tent, which serves as a reception area. Tree branches form the bases of the glass-topped low tables."
Elephant Watch Camp - created by world-famous elephant conservationists Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton.
Photography and text by Tim Beddow.
Architectural Digest (August 2007).

"Furnishings that Oria Douglas-Hamilton designed decorate the honeymoon tent, which was built around a tree. She hung colorful cotton fabrics from the ceiling, 'to give it the feeling of sails blowing in the wind,' she says. The Indian bedcovering has an elephant motif."
Elephant Watch Camp - created by world-famous elephant conservationists Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton.
Photography and text by Tim Beddow.
"Kenya's Elephant Watch Camp"
Architectural Digest (August 2007).

"Robes made of khanga cloth hang in a corner of the honeymoon tent - one of six guest tents. The reed mats are from the Tana River district."
Elephant Watch Camp - created by world-famous elephant conservationists Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton.
Photography and text by Tim Beddow.
"Kenya's Elephant Watch Camp"
Architectural Digest (August 2007).

"White mosquito netting swathes the four-poster bed."
Elephant Watch Camp - created by world-famous elephant conservationists Iain and Oria Douglas-Hamilton.
Photography and text by Tim Beddow.
"Kenya's Elephant Watch Camp"
Architectural Digest (August 2007).

"Designer Linda Garland's own textiles and furniture fill a bedroom in the Long House at her Bali estate-turned-hotel. The sliding glass walls 'catch the cross breezes, and it has terraces and niches for every mood throughout the day,' she says. Her intention was to invoke 'the feeling of being in a grass A-frame barn.' "
Photography by Tim Street-Porter.
Architectural Digest (September 2004).

"An 1892 homestead house faces a handcrafted tepee and the Absaroka Range."
Paradise Valley, Montana, home of actor Peter Fonda and his wife, Becky.
Photo by David O. Marlow.
Text by Peter Haldeman.

"With its graceful crown and central fire, it's no wonder so many people fall in love with Tipis. Touching the ground and reaching for the sky, harnessing the elemental forces of nature. To live in a Tipi is to return to a simpler, more easy [sic] way of being on earth."
Photo obtained from website of Hearthworks, the U.K. maker of Tipis and Yurts, and the official provider of Tipis for the Glastonbury Festival.

"Tepees for the children in Kate's field."
Photo by Mario Testino.
"Kate Moss: Kiss Me, Kate" by Hamish Bowles.
Vogue (September 2011).


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