Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Recovering Your Seat - Toddler Style
Posted by Missy W. @ 7:08 AM
[Ed. Note: Thanks to GHM contributor Shauna for writing up this review!]
How did Gearhead Mom know that my sad, stained dining room chairs were making me absolutely bonkers? Well, somehow she did and was kind enough to let me review the SmartSeat Chair Protectors. My husband brought a beautiful dining room table with upholstered chairs to our marriage. These seemed so lovely until my first child started eating solids. And then they were not. They were a mess. Somehow everything from her booster seat got onto the upholstery and it got even worse once she stopped using the booster and half of what was meant for her mouth went instead onto the chair. Now every chair is grim looking and I always feel a little chagrined to ask anyone outside of our immediate family to sit in them.
So I needed a solution that did not involve me buying new dining room chairs. And so the SmartSeat covers to the rescue. These were, no surprise, invented by a mom who must have had messy little ones just like I do. (Aren’t mom’s just the most clever and industrious people that you’ve ever come across? Yay, Moms!) They come in khaki and navy and will fit nearly any upholstered dining chair. They attach to the seat using velcro straps that after one false start were on my chair and looking snappy. The fit is very good, although not perfect, at least not on my chair, but is a huge improvement over how it had looked. And the cover is machine washable so that if it ever starts looking sloppy, which it hasn’t yet, I can throw it in the wash and it will be back to new in no time.
Now that I think of it, I so wish that I had had this product before I first strapped the booster seat on the dining room chair and had used it for whichever chair my kids sat on! That would have been truly clever and would have saved me from the eventual reupholstering project in my future. And imagine how happy your mother-in-law would be if you brought this when you come for Thanksgiving dinner!
I would love this product even more if it came in some chic fabrics that would give my dining room a little punch. Maybe that will come next for this mom-preneur!
Overall: Very clever and useful product that suits a real need for those of us with upholstered dining chairs.
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April 15, 2011 @ 02:46 AM
furniture said:
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