DIY
Tips for Designing a Fun and Kid-Friendly Family Room
The family room is one of the most important rooms in your entire home. It’s where everyone gathers to hang out, relax, watch TV, and generally spend quality time together. As such, you want to create a space that’s cozy and inviting for everyone, including young children and toddlers. Toward that end, here are some […]
Tags: design play room, Family Room, Foam Sack, kids playroom
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How to Safely Pack and Move Glass (Panes)
As a homeowner, renter, or DIY enthusiast, you might find yourself in the position of having to pack and move glass panes. This could be due to repairing a broken window, transporting a new window from the hardware store, or moving house and wishing to take a decorative stained glass piece with you. No matter […]
Tags: Packaging, Polyethylene, Safety
Posted in DIY, Foam Packaging, Shipping Foam | 4 Comments »
Fun DIY Halloween Decor and Crafts
Halloween decorations and crafts play a huge role in making your home, yard, or event more enjoyable for visitors. Trick-or-treaters approach a decorated home with much greater anticipation and excitement than an undecorated one, and partygoers are much more likely to get into the right spirit when surrounded by themed crafts and decor. Although […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Color Foam, DIY, halloween decor
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How to Make a DIY Foam Pit
Gymnasts, acrobats, and extreme athletes have long relied on foam pits to give them a safe area in which to develop new moves and work on perfecting their technique while minimizing the risk of severe injury. Usually these pits can only be found at sports training facilities, skateparks, and in the backyards of X-Games stars […]
Tags: DIY, Extreme Sports, Foam Pit
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Think You’ve Got a Great Idea For Foam? Let Some of Our Favorite Projects Help Inspire You!
We’ve all had flashes of brilliance while trying to find the answer to a difficult problem. Tossing out awful idea after awful idea, until you surprise even yourself with one that takes care of every issue at hand. It’s hard not to be proud when these moments happen, but it can be harder to tell […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Custom-Cut Foam, Foam Padding
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Stay Ahead of the Game by Getting Summertime Prep-Projects Out of the Way Today!
As one of the snowiest, coldest winters in memory drags on, it’s hard not to slide into a haze thinking about the fun you had last summer, or what you’ve got planned once the temperature finally starts to climb in a few months. Whether you’re a fan of yard games, swimming, barbecues, or gardening, there […]
Tags: Boat Mattress, Dryfast Foam, Patio Furniture
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Identify The Warning Signs of a Declining Seat or Sofa Cushion Before It’s Too Late!
When you’re watching the clock crawl backwards at work, with your back and neck aching from your poorly-designed desk, while ringing phones and non-stop messages fry your nerves, where’s the one place you’d rather be? Besides “a private beach,” or “anywhere else,” the answer for many people is in their favorite couch or chair at […]
Tags: Comfort Foam, Couch Cushion, Cushion Replacement, Foam Replacement, Open-Cell Foam
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Tabletop Gaming and Card Nights Made Easy With Foam Table Pads
In a previous post, we discussed custom poker tables, and the benefits of foam in their construction: it makes gaming easier, more comfortable, and more accommodating. When you have the space, ability, and funds to create a dedicated gaming table, there is nothing better to play on. However, spatial limitations can outweigh the ability to […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Neoprene, PE Roll, Table Pad, XLPE
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Practice Makes Perfect With Foam Sports Padding and Backstops
As the saying goes, “practice makes perfect.” When we’re young, practice is usually seen as a chore, as we’re told to practice tying our shoes, practice our handwriting, and practice instruments we may not even want to play. But as we grow older, the things we practice are more frequently things we want to do, […]
Tags: Closed-Cell Foam, Foam Sheet, Memory Foam, Neoprene, Sports Padding
Posted in DIY, Health and Fitness | 12 Comments »
Thinking About a Layered Foam Mattress? Check Out Some Build Examples!
Now that you’ve got a solid understanding of layered mattresses after reading our last post, Layered Foam Mattresses are the Easiest, Most Affordable Way to Get a Custom Bed, we at The Foam Factory felt it would be helpful to offer a few examples of mattress builds you can create with our foam. In these […]
Tags: Custom Comfort, Foam Bed, Foam Mattress, Mattress Topper
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