By some accounts, the Blue House fits the description of a commune. But they're not starving artists. Blue House rules require each of the nine residents to weave one hammock a day and to volunteer several hours a week on a community enhancement project.
Any extra hammocks make extra money for the residents.
The group makes 10 to 15 hammocks per day in their back yard, but mass production isn't their goal. In addition to making hammocks, the residents seek to improve their community. One early project was helping design a garden for the Union Mission, giving residents of the mission organically grown herbs and vegetables to eat and to sell. Blue House was originally the name of a Savannah community center geared toward the arts. The center, which was nonresidential and did not produce a commercial product, closed in 1999 due to government cuts in arts funding.