Photo courtesy of P The Fisher Price Healthy Care high chair is loaded with convenience features and comes in two patterns - Rainforest and Ocean Wonders. The vinyl cover wipes down easily and can be machine-washed if necessary. The high chair frame is sturdy, can be adjusted to seven heights and folds for storage. The bottom tray can be removed with one hand and the top snack tray is dishwasher safe (though it takes a lot of space). The roomy seat reclines with one hand to three positions. Some models have fun... The Graco Blossom high chair can be used in four different ways, and can even seat two kids at once. You can use Blossom as a regular high chair, infant feeding chair, chair booster, and youth seat. You can use the chair booster for one child while using the high chair for another child, so this might be a great choice for grandma's house, or for places that might need lots of seating options for different kids. Graco's Blossom high chair is stylish and fairly lightweight, and it costs...
The sleek, modern design of the Svan high chair is definitely eye-catching, and the gorgeous wood tones will coordinate with many home interiors. More importantly, though, this is a comfy high chair that will grow with your child. You can adjust the high chair by height and width to give baby a comfortable fit. When your baby grows into a toddler, you can take off the tray and use the Svan chair at the table. It even becomes a chair suitable for adults, so you won't need to relegate this... For those of you who want to store baby's high chair between uses, the Graco Contempo high chair is a great choice. This high chair folds to super-slim proportions, so you don't need lots of storage space. Two trays, six height adjustments, and three recline positions mean the Contempo is a comfy and convenient high chair, too. This high chair costs about $115. The Boon Flair high chair has a space-age look and a cool, pneumatic lift that sets it apart from other high chairs. It's a bit pricey at around $200, but it doesn't lack for convenience features or style.
The base has hidden wheels that glide around effortlessly and lock into place with a step-button on the base. The one-piece seat has no seams to trap food, so you can wipe it easily and thoroughly. The removable foam pad won't soak up messes, either. If your baby likes to relax after a big meal, the Prima Pappa high chair is like the big, cushy recliner of the high chair world. The height-adjustable base has locking caster wheels for portability. I like that there's just one big rear brake on the casters. Although the high chair is pretty big when ready for use, it folds surprisingly small. The sleek Italian design will appeal to style-conscious parents looking for a high chair that blends with home decor. Seven height adjustments, four... The sleek and stylish Zuma high chair from Inglesina wipes clean easily and has a removable snack tray that fits in the dishwasher. You can use the eight height adjustments to feed baby away from the table or to scoot the Zuma high chair up to the table so baby can join you.
This is another compact fold high chair, which is nice if you need to fold your high chair often to conserve space. The Chicco Polly high chair combines convenience and style. Not only does it come in some fantastic color combinations and patterns, you get two pads with the high chair for easy clean-up and added style. The Chicco Polly has seven height adjustments and three seat recline positions. This high chair folds easily, plus the armrests and seat tilt and the tray hangs on the back for an even more compact fold. The center post is on the bottom of the tray on this high chair, which means the tray...Shop All On the Go My wife's office has solid hickory hardwood floors, and I'd like to protect the floor from her rolling office chair. What can be done to protect the floor? Should I even be concerned about the chair damaging the floor? In two old homes now I've shredded the wood floor under my chair, monster splinters eventually emerging. I work at home in semi-rural New Hampshire.
I think they're very old pine floors, so softwood. I plan to try Shepherd Brand Urethane Casters after putty and repainting. From the manufacturer's site, "Nylon tread for carpeting, and urethane tread for hard floors." Much buzz on Amazon about these. Edit: After months with the new casters there are no new paint flakes or splinters. I haven't repainted the floor yet, but it appears these casters will do the trick. Replacing your chair's casters can help. Most chairs come with hard nylon casters, but softer rubber/polyurethane/neoprene casters are less likely to scratch or damage your floor. I live in a house full of wood floors (engineered hardwood). If the floors are kept clean and the wheels of the chair also are kept clean, every little damage will ever happen to your floors. If your floors are perfectly smooth and any imperfection will bother you, I do recommend either a low pile or woven rug under the desk and chair. I say this, because if some sand or small rock gets between the chair caster and the floor it will mark it.
You can always fill the small imperfection but a rug is a small insurance plan for that area of floor. I was initially worried about this, but I've had my office chair on hardwood for about 2 years without issue, with generally at least an hour to 4 hours use every day (and more when I occasionally work from home). It's a pretty typical chair with fairly hard plastic castors. I would either get some sort of "mat" or area rug. There are some plastic mats that are sold without the plastic spikes. There are also 'floating vinyls" or fiber floors that come in rolls (often at Home Depot) and they can just go on top of floor without adhesive. You can cut them to size. Usually, their weight holds them down. I would not use a plastic mat, as I did because a tiny piece of something got under it and I must have rolled over it a dozen times and it left a bunch of annoying marks in my beautiful hardwood floor. I would use some sort of sacrificial mat, either a pre-made mat or a section of some laminate flooring material to cover the area that you will be using the chair.
Of course I have bamboo floors so it blends in. The trouble is, no matter what you put down there, if it's a sunny room, your floor will age unevenly. I had one of those clear plastic mats down and when I removed it after a couple of years, a huge light spot was left behind. I have recently refinished the floor in this room and I'm reluctant to put anything down on the new floor--though maybe with the modern tools & chemicals it's fade-proof I don't know. But I think I have to expect some change of color over time. It's a very sunny room. Kept hoping I'd find something like casters with felt coated wheels. I had no luck. Maybe I should invent such a thing, Lol. Bet they'd sell well. My office chair is also terribly loud rolling across the floor. If you're really really into a solution here, you want a Flexible Glass Chair Mat. It's that: glass you lay on the floor to protect it. Just Google that term. The first results lead to solutions. The chair mat is the way to go.