It's called a garden kneeler/seat. I'm going to plant flowers for my mom, when I go to Ohio next week. And I was worried about how I was going to get up and
down off the ground. (Bad back. Left hip isn't 100%) This gizmo is going to make it so much easier. I plan to use it for chores at home, too. My lower cabinets
haven't been properly cleaned in a while. Now I'll be able to do them! I just thought I'd post this because I know some of us Geeks have mobility issues. I got this
I could me toppling over and getting my legs tangled with the handles if I wasn't mindful to balance my weight evenly when trying to get up. The sight of that would amuse my neighbors
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My mom gave me a gardening cushion years ago. Problem is, I move around so much and really don't kneel so I never used it. Heck I don't even kneel in church. It's bad for the knees so I just don't do it.
I can't kneel anymore, but I can see its practicality.
I want on of the old kitchen stools. The ones that fit nicely in a corner, but has a fold out step.
I think it'd make cooking easier for me.
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In the kitchen, I have what's called a
"library" step stool. It is on casters.
When you position it where you want
to use it, just put some weight on the
first step, and in hunkers down so the
casters can't move. It has a max of
two steps, so you don't have to worry
about balancing. The only problem
is that it takes up a lot of floor space.
A flock of flirting flamingos is pure, passionate, pink pandemonium-a frenetic flamingle-mangle-a discordant discotheque of delirious dancing, flamboyant feathers, and flamingo lingo.
My mawmaw had one, it's still there, I want to ask for it, but at the same time, I don't want to take it from her kitchen.
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I have a stool like you want. It’s a wooden stool, no back, and it has wooden steps that flip out from underneath it. My great-grandmother died in 1970 and when we would go visit great-grandpa, I’d sit on the stool and try to flip the steps out. Before he died, he gave the stool to my mom who passed it on to me.
Don't buy this one. It's crap. I have that exact model. Flimsy. The seat is ok, but the steps are not sturdy.
Oh, no. I only used this picture to show what I am looking for.
I really want my mawmaw's, it's older than me, and butter yellow.
Plus, I remember her using it, and she would put me on it as a kid.
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When I was younger, I had kneepads that I could pull on, and they stayed in place with elastic bands. They were nice, because I didn't have to pick anything up and move it.
Years later, after back surgery, surgery to repair a broken left leg, and arthritis in my left hip...I can't get up and down easily, without something to hold on to. (I can do it, but it's painful, and difficult.)
That's why the garden kneeler makes so much sense, for someone in a similar boat to me.
The first person to try it out was my dishwasher repairman! He had never seen one before...and he thought it was the best thing since sliced bread!
