Few furniture materials match the distinctiveness and sturdiness of Southern cypress. Pair this watertight softwood's inherent handsomeness with the sharp contrast of galvanized steel hardware and a provocative design recalling the grand sweep of the frame of some bygone sailing ship, and you have a feast for the eyes that will often lull your eyes to closing! Cypress naturally ages to a kind of pewter-gray, though it also takes to varnish like a small child is drawn to an empty hammock, and maintaining this stand's original lustrous sheen is as easy as some light-grit sandpaper and a couple of coats of quality stain, or linseed oil. Hang your Nags Head Hammock from this elegant 15-foot eye-stopper, and experience your own smooth sailing, right in your own back yard! Also, expect admirers: Our Cypress Hammock Stand just begs for passersby to stop and point, or if close enough, to reach out and touch it. Really, who can blame them? Hammock is sold separately.