Decades have passed since bean bags chairs first arrived on the scene. It started in the sixties and lasted through the seventies. After a brief disappearance from the scene, they made a comeback in the nineties, refined, and made with costly materials and even more comfort.
These versatile pieces of furniture have found favoritism in homes with small children, and in college dormitories. They are also found in in households prone to frequent large gatherings as they are easy to move around and store.
These popular furniture pieces were originally made out of fabric and PVC pellets or Styrofoam filling. Most current bean bags chairs are made out of the more expensive polyurethane shreds, thereby propelling them into the more expensive price range, and making them a luxury to the average family.
The chairs started a trend in comfort when it comes to other things too. Not just the chairs themselves. Bedding and furniture are now made with the same type stuffing that is used in bean bag chairs. These items are sometimes called bean bag chair extensions. Even the family cat or dog can their own bean bag chair bed to sleep in. The possibilities are endless.
Production of the chairs is very simple. The polystyrene bead is usually in the form of sugar, which is then steam blown to expand it. Then it is stuffed into the fabric that is the bag. This material is also known as expanded polystyrene or EPS.
Sizes of the beads used to fill the bags vary, and depend on the material being used to stuff. A standard bead measure at three to nine millimeters. Alternately, you can buy micro-bead material for more comfort. That measure about one to three millimeters in diameter.
Bean bags, like many things that are stuffed, eventually do wear out, and get compressed. When that happens, one can usually find small refills to restore their bags to their original format. The bags of stuffing beads are fairly inexpensive, and will keep precious furniture in tact for years to come.
Many enthusiasts of the beans bag chairs have their own names for it. Atomic sac, beanie bag, and Physics bag and Oversized sac to name a few. Bean bags chairs are really making the come back as a comfortable alternative to video gaming chairs, and even cats an dogs can now have the bean bags chairs treatment. This could be the start of a whole new bean bag epidemic. - 30443
These versatile pieces of furniture have found favoritism in homes with small children, and in college dormitories. They are also found in in households prone to frequent large gatherings as they are easy to move around and store.
These popular furniture pieces were originally made out of fabric and PVC pellets or Styrofoam filling. Most current bean bags chairs are made out of the more expensive polyurethane shreds, thereby propelling them into the more expensive price range, and making them a luxury to the average family.
The chairs started a trend in comfort when it comes to other things too. Not just the chairs themselves. Bedding and furniture are now made with the same type stuffing that is used in bean bag chairs. These items are sometimes called bean bag chair extensions. Even the family cat or dog can their own bean bag chair bed to sleep in. The possibilities are endless.
Production of the chairs is very simple. The polystyrene bead is usually in the form of sugar, which is then steam blown to expand it. Then it is stuffed into the fabric that is the bag. This material is also known as expanded polystyrene or EPS.
Sizes of the beads used to fill the bags vary, and depend on the material being used to stuff. A standard bead measure at three to nine millimeters. Alternately, you can buy micro-bead material for more comfort. That measure about one to three millimeters in diameter.
Bean bags, like many things that are stuffed, eventually do wear out, and get compressed. When that happens, one can usually find small refills to restore their bags to their original format. The bags of stuffing beads are fairly inexpensive, and will keep precious furniture in tact for years to come.
Many enthusiasts of the beans bag chairs have their own names for it. Atomic sac, beanie bag, and Physics bag and Oversized sac to name a few. Bean bags chairs are really making the come back as a comfortable alternative to video gaming chairs, and even cats an dogs can now have the bean bags chairs treatment. This could be the start of a whole new bean bag epidemic. - 30443
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