the PERFECT coaster

a little confession...

  i am obsessed with good design.

i want things to work (all the time...  perfectly)

i will search high and low for the "perfect" solution.

because when something doesn't work

it bugs me.

IT BUGS ME!!!

so my latest (7 year) obsession has been the coaster.

my first set were of the marble variety

and they were beautiful.  

 i loved them because they had cool graphics on them... 

butterflies, cigar labels, old poster graphics.  they were porous,

 cork bottomed to protect my table...  perfect in every way.

 UNTIL i put a big iced beverage (in a glass) on one and left it for 

a bit, and when i went to pick it up, up came the 

beverage WITH the coaster attached!   it fell of course

and hit my bare foot.  (i decided they needed to go 

because i didn't always want to wear shoes when i used

my coasters)... so the search continued.

my next adventure were these...

 the eames chair coasters.  AGAIN, cool looking.

lovely silk screens on a plastic base that floated a bit

above the table (by rubber nubbins).  i liked this because they

sort of blended in to the table.  

PROBLEMS... size too small, if you put your cup down wrong it would tip

over and spill (big problem for anything that relates to a beverage.  plus...

it was too small in size.  big cups simply didn't fit.   it was a sad day when

they went off to the thrift store

the next round were a gift, and i was SO HAPPY to receive them.

they were so up my alley (birds).  lovely illustrations on metal,

round.  cork bottomed, but too small (again).  my coffee cups wouldn't

fit, so they only got used half the time.  plus they would stick to the bottom

of a glass from time to time, which is so annoying when you want to have

a sip of your delicious beverage.

but then...  i FOUND THE ANSWER!!!  (7 years later)

felt planet on etsy is the answer to my search for the  perfect coaster!!!

(THANK YOU, FELT PLANET)

they are 5 inches across (so they can handle

my big old coffee cups), and are wide enough to not have

the tippy problem.  they are made of felt

so they suck up the moisture and protect my table.

they DO NOT stick to my moist cups, and they are so 

SO pretty.

basically

they are

PERFECT!

if you need coaster THESE are the answer (i have done 

all the research for you).

OOx  cori

*i think i could work for consumer reports (for real)