Comments on: Little Tumblers Table Topper: A Coffee Table Bumper

By: KittyCat

KittyCat — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:51:44 +0000

I totally agree with you that coffee tables have no place in a home with kids. I love my coffee table but I love my baby’s easily-bumped head more…got to think of how we’re gonna find a new home for it :-)

By: Having Twins

Having Twins — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:47:52 +0000

Kids just need so much space. Coffee tables are a distant memory for us!!

By: Cathy

Cathy — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:25:33 +0000

I’m with you on the no coffee table thing. We disassembled ours and tucked it into a closet in order to make the living room a play area, and we haven’t missed it at all. In fact, we’re pretty sure that when we need the closet space, we’ll get rid of the coffee table instead of putting it back in the living room!

By: Alma

Alma — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:11:46 +0000

Oops, we put food and drink ON TOP. The toys are hidden inside.

By: Alma

Alma — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 21:10:46 +0000

We Craigslisted our coffee table after having shoved it against the wall for over 6 months. But we finally replaced it with two rattan cubes from Target. We store toys inside, place coffee mugs and bowls of snacks inside (our almost 2 year old is much more reliable now), and sit on them when we’re short on seating.

By: Patti

Patti — Wed, 18 Oct 2006 18:15:57 +0000

Cute, yes. Lush, definitely. I got similar results by covering my barbarian table with a throw rug (bought for the express purpose of covering it… but prior to baby) and then topping that with a throw blanket. The throw rug was nice and thick, though not nearly as rounded and padded as the table topper thingy. The edges of the rug hang over my table just a tad. Putting the throw blanket on top of it makes it impossible for my tyke to accidentally pull the rug off the table. The blanket is a thick, soft not-quite-chenille thing and hangs quite low over the edges of the table. It rounds out the edges of the rug creating a natural edge “guard”. So when little man does bump his head standing up too quickly, it’s no big thingy… and the table looks really nice too. Still quite usuable for coffee, water, magazines, chinese food, books, feet, sacrifices to the gods and what have you.