Furniture Corner Protectors

The bauhaus movement brought us simple, elegant and futuristic looking furniture

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that still looks modern 80 years after it happened in Germany’s mid 1920s to mid 1930s.

The designs were so successful that inspired somehow most modern furniture one can buy these days.  The reason of their success could be thought to be because of it great aesthetic appeal.  But once you have a child you realise of the real reason:  Sharp, clean cut corners means cheaper production costs, one of the goals of the original designers. Children safety was most definitely not one their priorities…  specially when you realize that furniture edges tend to be right at the height of a child’s head for the years that they are learning and mastering walking and like running to go to places.

So here they come the sharp corner protectors, and we found out that the only ones that really stick well are the soft foam ones (image 1).

Forget the other ones in hard plastic.  They are cheaper, but they just don’t stick enough and your son or daughter will play getting rid of them in a fraction of a second.  These can also be detached from the surface, but it is much harder to do so and they can be adhered again easily.

Image 3: Toddler Shield

If you happen to have a really dangerous piece of furniture, like a crystal table and want to keep it (probably the best would be to send it to the storage room for many years), I found this extreme solution (image 3).

Expensive, but sure worth it if it works well.

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