droolicious : chair

A Cushy Fatboy Junior To Lounge In

Lisa Estall — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:36:00 GMT

I think this Fatboy Junior is totally cool! Your kids can sit, recline and even nap on it. It's made of nylon fabric and can be cleaned with a damp cloth.

This "chair" comes in bold colors and patterns. The Unikko Red was featured here in December. I would pick the orange and hot pink ones!

It's 40 x 50 inches and would look great in our family room.

Sold at Design Public.

Little Seat for Big Imagination

Cathy Hale — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:00:00 GMT

Cozy, stable and funky, your Little Reader will quickly become the best seat in the house. It's lightweight (weighs 2 lbs) so your toddler can take it to his or her favorite reading spot. It has two big pockets for storing books and other important things. The wide base makes it stable so it does not topple over. It's made of high density foam and covered in stain-resistent faux suede.Check out all of the bright color options too. Check out the Little Reader and other chic & fabulous items from P'kolino at BabyEarth.

Flair Highchair From Boon Now Available In Hot Pink

Chris Ford — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:30:00 GMT

My personal rule of baby furniture is - buy the furniture to match your decor, not the baby. But if you've got a hot pink kitchen, then the newest color in the Flair Highchair from Boon is perfect.

The Flair Highchair has already been one of our favorites for a while. It's a modern, pedestal high chair with an easy to use pneumatic lift. Besides the lift it has all of the standard stuff you'd want in an away-from-the-table high chair, with a fresh modern look to boot.

The Flair Highchair from Boon, available in Pink in February from Amazon.com. Check it out at BoonInc.com.

A Child's Modern Rocking Chair

Lisa Estall — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:54:00 GMT

This Mod Rocker would look sleek in any room. For extra comfort you can even get a Mod Pad ($25) with a...

non-skid underside. It's available in maple, cherry stain and walnut.

Sold at Modern Nursery for around $300.

For tots 18 months. Too bad they don't have an adult version!

In the Nursery: Furlicious Beanbag

elizabeth leach — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:30:00 GMT

Soft and shaggy, this pouf is a comfy seat for a nursery, playroom or any room in the house. I love it in a modern nursery or even in front of the TV.

Measures 41" diameter. Slipcover is removable. Dry clean only. Find Furlicious Beanbag at PB Teen for $199.

CES 2009: New Pyramat Disney Gaming Chairs And Sofa In Q3 2009

Chris Ford — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 17:00:00 GMT

The cool thing about CES is sometimes you see stuff that hasn't been seen by anybody before. And when I do, I then get to introduce it to you. Pyramat, maker of gaming chairs we've written about before, have announced a new partnership on a couple of new products with Disney.

The Disney Chairs (prototypes pictured above) and Disney sofa (pictured kind of in the background to the left) have the usual Pyramat stuff built in (two speakers at the head rest and a sub woofer in the seat) and will of course have fabric designs by Disney. The other cool thing is that they will also fold flat for storage (to go underneath a bed for example). The sofa has a speaker that raises out of the back, and again has the same subwoofer seats that we love.

The chairs should retail for around $120 and the sofa for somewhere in the $700 to $900 range. More details will definitely be available in the future, as they're looking for a September 2009 availability.

Read all of the posts from CES 2009 the Consumer Electronics Showcase on Babble.com here.

Coolest Nursery Rocker Ever!

SunnyChanel — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 19:06:00 GMT

Yes, I know this is not the economic climate for a nursery rocker that retails for $1,100. You’d have to be a Mr. or Mrs. Moneybags complete with monocle and a solid gold toilet to think of this as an impulse purchase.

Regardless of price, I just wanted to share with you the prettiness of the rocker. You don’t have to buy it, but let’s all take a moment, stare at the chair, and imagine lazily rocking back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. Now wasn’t that nice? This Lawson-Fenning design for Nurseryworks is pictured here in a lilac velvet and there are oodles of color options. And best of all, it really could live anywhere in the house, there’s nothing about it that screams nursery. I’m day dreaming of having one in my own bedroom. Sigh.

For more info go here.

Tavo High Chair From Monte Design Is Small And Modern

Chris Ford — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:04:00 GMT

The Tavo High Chair from Monte Design is a product I missed at the ABC Kids Expo this year, and it's definitely a regret. The Tavo is a basic under-the-table high chair that looks great and doesn't look like it will take up a lot of space in your home.

The Tavo High chair seat is made of black or brown "bonded leather" which is (as I learned) a type of recycled leather. It also makes it a soft-seat (which is kind of unique) and easy to wipe down. The base is solid maple (an appropriate wood type for a product made in Canada) and is for kids who can sit unassisted - six months to four years.

The Tavo High Chair, available now for $345 from MonteDesign.com

Very Big Toys: Video Game Beanbag Chair - Pyramat Gamebag 2.1

Chris Ford — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:07:00 GMT

Getting your kids a special comfy chair with built-in speakers is kind of encouraging them to play video games, watch movies or generally waste time, but think of it this way. When they go to bed you'll have a totally sweet chair to waste time in too.

The Gamebag 2.1 is a bean bag type chair made out of "breathable microfiber fabric" that has surround sound speakers and a subwoofer in the seat. It's compatible with all gaming consoles (XBOX, PS3 etc.) as well as televisions, DVD players, hand held video games and iPod/MP3 players. There's even a smaller version (pictured below), the Gamebag Mini, that is pink only and is a little cheaper.

The Gamebag 2.1 is apparently available now at Linens N' Things for $89.99 and the Mini is available at Toys R Us for $49.99 (though nothing is available at their respective web sites yet). You can also check out products from Pyramat at Pyramat.com.

ABC Kids Expo 2008: P'Kolino Todder Bed Converts Into A Chair

Chris Ford — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:30:00 GMT

P'Kolino makes children's furniture that we've spoken about before on Droolicious, but they had a few new things that are definitely worth mentioning. My favorite was the P'Kolino Toddler Bed - a bed that converts from a toddler bed to a chair once your toddler grows up.

There are a ton of Toddler beds out there that convert to a toddler bed from a crib, but I haven't seen any that convert from a toddler bed to something else. And did I mention the price? The P'Kolino Toddler bed costs $189, and that comes with the padding you'll need to make it a chair.

Available in white or orange (both pictured) available at P'Kolino.com.

ABC Kids Expo 2008: BBO2 Outdoor Kids Furniture from notNeutral

Chris Ford — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 12:00:00 GMT

I'm a big fan of children's product design group notNeutral, and at ABC this year they had a big announcement. Working off of their already extremely popular line of bedroom and playroom furniture "BB2", they've created a durable outdoor version of the table and chairs called BBO2.

The table and chairs are made of an extremely durable post-consumer recycled plastic that won't fade or chip. Which means all those soda and milk bottles that you've been dutifully recycling all of these years have been transformed into beautiful children's furniture. The table is square (as opposed to the round BB2); available in blue, green, and special order black, white, red and brown; and should be available in January of 2009. It's not cheap, the table should retail for around $455 and each chair will go for $180. But if you've been looking for a play set that your kids can also bring outside, then this might be for you.

Check out all the other notNeutral kids products over at notNeutral.com

ABC Kids Expo 2008: Kaboost Deluxe Portable Chair Booster

Chris Ford — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:05:00 GMT

We've written about Kaboost before. It's the portable chair booster that allows your child to sit at the proper height of the table, eliminating the need for a separate high chair. The new product they are showing at ABC is the Kaboost Deluxe, which is a normal Kaboost with a travel bag (sitting on the chair in the picture) in the (Deluxe only) charcoal color.

There's no doubt Kaboost is a cool concept, and one thing I learned from the rep at ABC was that Kaboost will fit any four point chair, including a Stokke Tripp Trapp. This kind of seems like it's defeating the purpose of a Tripp Trapp in the first place, but they said they had customers who weren't happy with the height of the Tripp Trapp and the Kaboost was the perfect solution. The other interesting thing about a Kaboost is that it increases the base of any chair it is underneath, thereby increasing the overall stability of the chair.

Kaboost Deluxe, $41.95 from Kaboost.com. (And if you've already got a Kaboost, you can pick up the travel bag for $9.95).

ABC Kids Expo 2008: Stokke Baby Set

Chris Ford — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:02:00 GMT

Stokke had some new products at ABC this year, and my favorite is what they're calling the "Baby Set." It's a plastic railing (for kids aged six to eighteen months) that goes around your Tripp Trapp chair, but now it has a higher back for extra support. I'm a huge fan of the Trip Trapp chair for older kids, and with this attachment I can really see using it as a high chair for any aged child. It's available in all eleven colors that the Tripp Trapp is available in, or you can mix and match like in the picture above.

The Stokke Baby Set should retail for $89.99. Check it out at StokkeUSA.com

Picnic Table Craft Table From P'Kolino

Chris Ford — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 23:08:00 GMT

We've written before about the kids funiture from P'Kolino, and now they've got a new activity table for kids that matches the rest of their collection. It looks fun and modern, but is a picnic-bench type of table best for you?

I can imagine this type of table being perfect for some playrooms. In apartments or other places where space is at a premium, this might be the perfect solution. But in my house, one of the best aspects of the activity table is my kids can take the chairs and move them around. Not to mention the fact that I've sat down at the table once or twice myself. Plus, with the bench attached to the table, it would have been hard for my youngest to get to the table with her sister when she was learning to walk.

But either way, if you're shopping for a play table for your kids this one is worth checking out.

P'Kolino Craft Table, $129 from Design Public.

Green and Grown-Up Furniture for the Nursery

elizabeth leach — Fri, 16 May 2008 14:20:00 GMT

Metrosofa recycles antique and old classic chairs with modern fabrics to create one of a kind pieces. So, not only do they make beautiful furniture but their furniture is also Green.

I've always loved the idea of having grown-up furniture in a nursery. I like Metrosofa's Numbers Up Green Chair (above) for $699 or the White and Polka Dot Kids Couch (below) for $299. If you are looking for something a little different, not your average pink and blue rocking chairs, take a look at their website. They even do custom orders.

Rock a Bye Baby in the Collins Rocker by ducduc

SunnyChanel — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:04:00 GMT

Forget the pasty pastel and gingham rockers that you find in most baby superstores, the kind of chair you try to hide in the corner of the nursery with a big blankie over it hoping no one spies it’s ugliness. The master designers of ducduc have come up with a sleek stylish rocking chair that I, personally, would have on display anywhere in my home. The Collins Rocker was inspired by the shapes and colors of the art deco era and comes in a variety of colors, a couple lovely Marimekko fabrics (as pictured above) and some great Knoll shades. It also boosts being constructed of 100% sustainable hardwood, a non-VOC white lacquer finish and is greenguard indoor air quality certified. $1295 will get one for your own home.

Kiss Bench: A Chair Especially for Valentine's Day.

Chris Ford — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:07:00 GMT

Happy St. Valentine's Day! If there's one thing I've learned over the years, nothing says "I love you" more than furniture shaped like a big-ass pair of lips. The Heller Kiss is a bench of sorts, small enough for one adult or two kids to sit on.

Designed by Studio 65, the Kiss Bench is thirty-nine inches high and thirty-three inches wide, made of resin and would probably look pretty cool in your kid's playroom. Actually, I can't imagine having this anywhere else, but that's just me.

Kiss Bench, $500 from Modern Seed

Rock the Retro: SoHo Black Children's Chair

chrisjordan — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 17:03:00 GMT

The problem with most furniture made for children is that it is ugly, flimsy, and covered with cartoon characters. The kids don't use it and who really wants that in their living room!

Retro styled children's chair is comfortable and attractive. Constructed of a wood frame for durability with a drawer underneath that is perfect for storing books.

SoHo children's chair is priced at $129 so it won't break the bank.

Big Deal: Vintage Inspired Tent Chair

chrisjordan — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:02:00 GMT

Summer is not over yet. There is still plenty of beach going, sitting around bonfires, and evening concerts on the green to be enjoyed. Right? Right?

Your child needs their very own chair just like the one you have. This child sized chair folds for easy transport and has a 3 position recline.

Originally $119, the chair is marked down to $39.90 at Oliebollen

Julian Chair is an Instant Friend

Mir — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:02:00 GMT

I dunno, I'm always trying to convince my children not to play with the furniture. But with a chair like Julian, how could anyone resist? Designed by Javier Mariscal with pure fun in mind, clearly, each sturdy polyethylene chair is suitable for indoor/outdoor use. Available in four colors from Mimmo for $86 apiece.

Spit Up: Baby Hairy Bertoia Chair

chrisjordan — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:02:00 GMT

"Classic Revitalization" by Harry Bertoia reminds me that people in the 70's did too many drugs. Also, some things should not be revitalized, they died for a reason.

This child sized chair looks about as comfortable as snuggling into a chair of fake Christmas tree branches.

And for $850, I want the chair to at least be comfortable.

Orbit Bassinet Cradle Rocks

modmom — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:25:00 GMT

Orbit's Bassinet Cradle (combination $240 at BabyStyle) rocks babies up to 20 pounds front-to-rear or side-to-side. The innovative Orbit Rocker Base ($80 here) can be used alone or with the Orbit Infant System ($900 here)

via BabyGadget