There is a 14-year gap between my second youngest and my youngest child. During that gap we bought grown-up furniture, not knowing that we would be blessed with a bonus baby. I would be lying if I denied thinking about the fate of my furniture while expecting Rew. We now have a delightfully messy two-year-old and I try to balance his desire to explore with my desire to protect our belongings.
Beige, cloth seats? You know we were not expecting any more children!
Woven seats? The better to permanently entrap crumbs, my dear.
In an attempt to protect our chairs I bought plastic seat covers (2 pack for $9.99 at Bed, Bath, and Beyond, used a 20% off coupon, so the final price was $7.99) to cover Rew’s seat at both tables. There are plastic ties attached to the seat covers, which IMHO, are not long enough, but I was still able to tie them to the chair back. They do fully cover the seat and there is a couple of inches of overhang to provide a little extra protection. The best part is that I no longer worry about food or paint damaging the chairs, because the time goes by so fast, and I don’t want to spend it fretting over a chair!
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Porch Days says
Looks like you have done a good job protecting your chairs. You are right. It's just furniture and children grow up quickly and leave home! Our Bonus Baby (# 4)was only 3 years younger than his brother.
Alea says
C-re, I have really been trying to get some of my friends to blog about some of their great ideas. This is an example: One of my friends bought plastic by the yard and used a staple gun to tack in down underneath the seat(she did it to all of her kitchen chairs). My chair seats over hang the frame, so it wouldn't have worked for my style of chair.
C-re says
Love this! I wonder if you could just buy the plastic off those rolls at Walmart in the fabric section? Maybe cheaper?
I'll have to look into this since I have a 2 yr old myself and 2 woven seats on those stools I bought. I've been putting a towel down when they eat there but plastic might be better…hmmm…
The Thrifty Countrywoman says
I think I need the protective covers for myself. I'm as messy as any two year old!