New kitchens need a modern step stool. This integrated step unit is that device.
Technological development is an uneven process. Some devices advance year after year while others are left neglected, waiting for someone to re-imagine them. If you look at a brand-new kitchen and compare it to a kitchen build thirty or even fifteen years ago, you can see where the advances have been focused. Counter-tops, plumbing and appliances are all quite different. Spice racks? Not so much. The same goes for step-stools. Their designs have been variations on a theme for decades. Today, however, you have the opportunity to own something different. There is a real modern step stool. It is called the Step 180 and it is made by Hideaway Solutions.
The Traditional Step Stool
If you went back a century, step stools functioned much like they do today.
You put them down where you need it to be and then you stand or sit on it. It’s simple and it works, which is why there haven’t been a lot of changes to the design. The one big problem with step-stools is they took up too much space when not in use, which brought about the one big change to the device: the folding step stool.
The Folding Step Stool
The folding addressed one big issue with step stools…they take up too much space when not in use. If you don’t need a folding step stool at the moment, you can just fold it up and stick it against a wall or in a closet. The three main problems are that you have to go and get one to use it, that you typically need two hands or possible a hand and foot to open and close one correctly and that young children can use them to get themselves into trouble.
A Modern Step Stool
A modern step stool needs to address the convenience issue and the ease-of-operation problem. It is the ability to address these challenges that makes Hideaway Solutions’ Step 180 a truly modern step stool. This amazing device is built into the kitchen exactly where it needs to be at a point that gives a user a six foot wide area of accessible space. It provides 15″ of vertical height. The Step 180 is typically opened in 3.5 seconds by a 70 year-old woman. It only takes 1.5″ of width in the lower cabinets. This pull-out step stool can be operated easily with one hand.
The Step 180 is revolutionary because it eliminates the biggest drawbacks of traditional step stool design, namely that they are where you need to be but clutter up the area by taking up too much space or they are put away, which means a timely process of having to go and retrieve the stool when it needs to be used. This modern step stool is there when you need in the spot you need it and then you make it disappear in less than five seconds. The surge in convenience and utility is palatable. This is the type of device that makes things possible because it removes the barriers created in one’s mind by frustration and annoyance. Once the ability to access the full height of a cabinet is pretty much instant and effortless, that top space no longer has to be reserved for “only on special occasions” items.
Now, granting this vertical freedom to adults and older children is one thing. If you have a two year old, you know the efforts you had to go to to child-proof your house. If you’re concerned what trouble a two year-old can get themselves into with a step stool, we’re way ahead of you.
That’s why the Step 180 features…
A Child-Lock
The Step 180 features a child-lock, possibly a unique feature among other step stools. Once activated, the child lock prevents young children from being able to pull the Step 180 out and unfolding it, keeping the upper reaches of your kitchen inaccessible. You will enjoy some security knowing that your child can’t get onto the counter without your help.
The operation is simple. If you have the child-lock activated, a button on the top of the Step 180 must be pressed in order to pull it out enough for the stool to unfold.
The Step 180 is the modern step stool.
Modern design has to be better than what has come before it. It needs to be more attractive, better built and more useful. That is why we say the Step 180 is the modern step stool. Possibly competitors to the crown are few and far between and none can quite touch the full envelope of use that the Step 180 provides.
If you’re interested in learning more about the device, here are five (more) reasons this hidden step-stool should be in your next kitchen.
If you’re thinking about ordering one…
