buying a beanbag

There are many safety issues to consider when buying a beanbag and whether it is water and/or sun resistant. When you have purchased a good quality beanbag chair by checking out the quality. If you take care of you bean bag it will take care of you for many years to come.

When you are selecting a style you need to consider the recipient of this gift. Are they children, elderly, pregnant, middle aged? Where will this beanbag spend most of its time? Will it sit by the pool, in a bedroom or in a lounge? Children are more suited to stronger fabrics and darker colors, as they are likely to spill something and be rough with it. If the recipient is a fan of a local football team then a bright green to suit the team’s colors is a great idea. There are many sizes available for a small to larger person and a style that can seat up to 2 people. An elderly person may prefer a softer bean bag with warmer colors to suit their home and lifestyle.

When you have purchased you new beanbag chair cover, now you will need to fill it. This can be done with polystyrene beans. Close all windows and doors when you are pouring the beans into the bag as they are light and may escape.

bean bag : The School Bell

I was finishing up a home call one late autumn afternoon. As I pulled out onto the narrow road skirting the school I heard the school bell ring. I braked, put the car in reverse and sidled back to the sidewalk. It was a lovely day. Warming sun and autumn fragrances danced on a thin breeze.

I turned to look at the schoolyard, but my sight was focused on memories, years old. I couldn’t recall the last time I’d heard the old fashioned school bell. It had been childhoods ago--that much I was certain of. My body was sitting in the car, behind the wheel, but my senses had transported me a long distance from the present.

I inhaled and I could smell sun-warmed skin on a summer afternoon. Gangly limbs akimbo as a group of children played tether ball. Goofy grins from several of my schoolmates as they took turns throwing a small beanbag and jumping to another hop scotch square. Out of the corner of my eye I catch the flurried movement of kids scrambling on jungle gyms, merry-go-rounds, swings, and monkey bars. They were the school’s younger pupils, playing in their designated area of the yard.

Overhead, a shiny crow caws out, as if directing the play of the little humans below his perch. Over near some blooming shrubbery, fat bumble bees saw the air, up and down, as the bees’ thickly rounded bodies wobble among the sweet-scented flowers. Hanging damp and animated, the fragrance of newly cut lawn lingers in the air, fills my breath with its clean aroma.

Some one comes up from behind and pounds me on the shoulder, hard enough to send me lurching forward. I clench my hands into fists and spin around ready to spit venom. The words lose direction in my mouth and all that comes out is the collective sigh of the words not used.

There, with red hair gleaming, with freckles looking darker on his pale flesh in the sunlight, and a crooked grin stretched across his face, stood Jimmy. My first crush since Kindergarten. Past a grin he said, "Do you want to play?" Jimmy held a basketball and gestured to the blacktop court. I goggled at him, nodding in the affirmative.

Basketball wasn't my game but I loved to throw the ball and watch it drop through the netted hoop. I had a few "trick shots" that every once in a while I could execute perfectly. We laughed and jumped and ran. While I bent over to catch my breath I could hear the echoed thwang of the basketball as Jimmy bounced it on the asphalt behind me.

Just as I was straightening up the school bell rang. Everyone scrambled to pick up their possessions and equipment, then off to their classrooms they went. I didn't follow them. I drifted for a while on scattered memories. Lunches in the cafeteria--the same place we had our concerts and watched educational films. And on those nights we had school carnivals the cafeteria was the place they held the cake walks, and played musical chairs.

Another tolling of the school bell and the students swarmed out of their classrooms, past the metal fence and over to the crosswalk where students given the honor of being Crossing Guards monitored the foot traffic. Kids who had parents waiting for them ran over to their cars. The rest of us walked home.

Home was less than a block away and took no time at all, even when I dawdled. Once at home, no thought of school entered my mind with the exception of required homework. The bell that regulated the important intervals in my school days held no significance once away from it.

And so it has been now, for many years--no thought of the school bell had I entertained...until I was parked next to the elementary school, and the bell rang out.

By Kathy Pippig Harris

bean bag : Decorating Your Teens Bedroom

When your kid gets to be a teenager, that little kids furniture and bedroom décor just won’t do. Your teen wants a cool new look, and here’s how you can get it.

First of all, don’t toss out that old bedroom furniture yet. Unless the furniture is totally banged up and broken, you may be able to give it a cool new look with some paint and new knobs. Before you start on that, however, you need to figure out the theme of your teen bedroom design.

Todays hot new looks are centered around retro, modern or “cool” designs. Teens actually have pretty good design sense (probably from watching so much TV!) and you can design a really neat room just by adding some new accents. Of course, your teen may need a new desk to do their home work at if the old one no longer works but you can give the old furniture a new look as mentioned above.

Luckily, you don’t have to spend a lot on accents for your teenagers room. Most of the discount department stores like Target offer hip furnishings and accents at discount prices. You can buy inexpensive shelves, or build them yourself, and use it for them to put all their stuff that might normally be thrown on the floor. This will help the room look neat and reduce the clutter.

You can give your teens bedroom a fun but sophisticated look by painting the room in a "cool" color like chocolate, sage or purple and using accents to as focal points. A flokati or rag rug will lend a sophisticated air and you can even put the down as area rugs on top of wall to wall carpeting to give the floor a whole new look. Replace the kids ruffled or theme curtains with tab topped curtains in a denim or canvas for a more adult look.

Bedding for you teen can be plain, or funky - whatever goes with the room. Depending on your teens taste, a neutral colored bed set with nicely textured fabrics like silks or a velvet duvet can add interest with out being too flashy. Or if you want to make the bed a focal point, how about an animal print set or something in bright colors like hot pink and orange?

Accents are where you add interest and give the room personality. Some fun accents include chairs shaped like a giant shoe, faux fur covered lamps in wild colors, bean bag chairs of all types, phones in all shapes and sizes, funky accent pillows, rugs and wall art.

by Lee Dobbins

bean bag : bean bag game

Bean Bag Fun's Regulation targets are 41" long by 24" wide.

This Game includes 2 targets and 8 bean bags (7 different colors to choose from)

Built with hand selected 3/4" plywood. This creates a very solid target and virtually eliminates bounce back.

All joints have construction adhesives first.

Then they are all nailed to make these Targets very solid.
A Bean Bag Fun, Inc. regulation 6" hole is drilled.

Everything is sanded including all corners. These are ready to be painted, stained or just leave them how they are.
Store these standing up!

© 2002 - 2006, BeanBagFun, Inc. All rights reserved.

bean bag : Funky Bean Bags

Funky Bean Bags has been selling bean bags online since 2003. They were acquired in January 2006 by Ambient Lounge Designer Bean Bags an online designer furniture retail store that was created by award winning European and Australian designers with a passion for funky, functional and affordable furniture. Ambient Lounge bean bags have found their way into designer clubs, cafes, penthouses and luxury apartments - as well as student dorms, guesthouses and everyday living rooms


Sometimes it's hard to experience a product over the internet, so what feelings and emotions would overcome you if you sat in an Ambient Lounge bean bag? Words such as comfy, lush, snug, cozy, relaxing, blissful, cathartic, soft and therapeutic are all apt adjectives for immersing yourself in one. As for the look of our beanbags - elegant, cool, stylish, funky, chic, sexy, modern, vogue, innovative, fashionable, exclusive, beautiful and sleek have all been used by customers and critics.


Bean bags have been around in their traditional ‘teardrop’ form since the late 60’s, with little innovation and imagination. Even though they have been widely recognized as the most comfortable & cost effective form of furniture – many people did not wish to purchase beanbags because of the ugly aesthetics or poor quality of the products offered at retail. Ambient Lounge bean bags are now the sophisticated alternative for youth and adults alike - and no longer an embarrassing luxury shoved into the cupboard when guests come around.


The boutique bean bag chair is a piece of designer furniture for your home, studio, study, office or apartment. You just have to sit in the boutique beanbag chair to realise why it's the best of its kind. Contoured to allow your body to submerge completely with a curved back that keeps your head upright like an oversize pillow, you can watch tv, read or just completely relax in one of the body's most comfortable positions. Click the image on the right to read more about it

© 2006 Ambient Lounge

bean bag : A BeanBag Makes a Perfect Gift!

Keep in mind that children's beanbag furniture makes a great gift for holidays, birthdays, or any special day. Brighten your nursery, children's room, TV viewing area, or recreation room with a beanbag chair print in cheerful snoopy, cuddly teddy bears, or cosmic astronauts.

For the Sports Lover - Sports Theme BeanBags
Our sports theme beanbag chair features baseball, football, basketball, and soccer emblems that will encourage a budding athlete of any age!


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