Saturday, 31 May 2014

How placemats are helpful for kids?

Wondering why you need to use placemats at all, and how placemats are helpful for your kids? Before we start understanding the usage of placemats for kids, let’s understand why you need to use placemats and how they help us. Placemats is used to protect the surface of a table, against heat, water and moisture. 

Tablemats can be used both at home and at restaurant. They not only function as heat resistant, but add style to your table. With placemats on your dining table you can easily clean its surface and also act as a fantastic surface protection. With the use of placemats, your dinner experience will never be the same again!

Listed are few points which tell you how placemats are helpful for kids.


  •       With kids around, using placemats helps you to keep the table clean and stain proof.
  •     You can add a personal touch to your dining table by personalizing the placemats. There are various ways to personalize them; for example, you can add a photo of your choice, a picture of your kid, craft done by your child, and your children’s room decorated on Christmas, and so on. Kids love seeing their own photos on placemats. Having photos on your place mats will impress the people who will come to dine with you.
  •     You can also use the personalized placemats to decorate tables at your kid’s birthday party or at other celebrations.
  •    You can use placemats to engage children at birthday parties. You can print few games on them, which acts as a great entertainer for the kids, or you can just leave a few colour pencils with plain placemats.
  •    You can use disposable placemats to serve any type of food. Paper placemats provide a sense of cleanliness unlike tablecloths. Since paper placemats are disposable they can be replaced during each sitting.   A paper placemat also saves time and money on cleaning and maintenance. Paper placemats can be handmade, and they also act as an excellent protection for table from ink, crafts made by children, dirty fingerprints, and more.

When you print the photos or any other work of your kids on your placemats, you can admire them at every mealtime.  You can choose to print your best holiday shots to child’s craft work on the placemats, plus as these mats are heat resistant, and have longer durability. Cleaning them is also simple, and it does not take much time and energy to maintain them. When you decide to print anything on these placemats, ensure there are no important details around the edges, as those details may get cropped while printing the information to fit on the mat.

So, why wait, if you have a photograph, art, or anything that you are notably proud of? Or is there any written message or art of your kids’ that you simply want to show it off, do it by personalizing them on the place mats. Kids will love seeing their own photos on place mats. Get creative and add a touch of fun to every mealtime with personalized photo placemats.


Wednesday, 21 May 2014

Difference between table mats and place mats.

If you have got yourself a new dining table, or planning to gift someone something exclusive, and wanting to try something different, think  about gifting a table mat or a placemat. To begin with let’s understand the difference between a placemat and table mat.
A common definition that can be used for both table mat and place mat is that they are a protective pad made out of different materials like paper, plastic or cloth, which can be used either at home or in restaurants.  However, if you want to clearly define the purpose of table mat and placemat, they can be defined as following:

Table mat: is a mat used under a hot dish to protect the table from the hotness. It is a flat mass of soft material that can be used for protection or as a decorative piece.
Placemat: is a mat set on a dining table beneath a place setting.

Some of the uses of table mat / place mat:
·         The main function of a table mat/ place mat is to protect the dinner table from stains, dust and damages caused by heat and water marks.
·         They can be used as a decorative piece, when made from special fabrics like silk or lace.

·         When used in restaurants, you can use them to promote and provide more information about your business, or to advertise important information, or use them to entertain the children in the form of games.
So now that you have known the differences and the uses of the table mats and place mats, and have decided to use them at your home or gift someone, and wondering how to go about?  When you search in the Google to find places or stores that deal with, table mat/place mats. The first Google search will take you to the Taurus Table Mats website. They are the manufacturer and seller of customized synthetic re-usable table mats and disposable paper placemats table mats / placemats.  There are wide ranges of designs available and you can also customize these mats as per your requirements. We not only take bulk orders, but take orders for small quantity. Your order can be as less as 100 mats.

Why choose Taurus Table Mats?
Following are some of the advantages of choosing Taurus Table Mats.
·         They protect the table from wetness, heat, and light.
·         They are hygienic; the nonporous synthetic material prevents absorption of most food stains and odours.
·         They are elegant; the table mat designs blend unobtrusively with any decor adding elegance to the table.
·         They are easy to maintain, our placemats do not require any special care or maintenance.
·         They are economical; these table mats are highly cost effective when compared to the cost of using other table mats of similar quality.  

You can choose from the hundreds of designs from the online catalogue which is updated every week. The designers at Taurus Table Mats can create designs specified by you at most competitive charges and can create special designs for parties and banquets. Since we take orders for small quantities too, you can order table mats in lesser quantity. This in return will help you maintain a clean and fresh look of the table, without much investment in inventory.

So, if you have decided to buy the placemats/tablemats, you can do so by starting to view the current collection on the Taurus website and if you like them you can place your order online.

For customized table mats or place mats, send us an e-mail with your requirement. We will design it and send it to you to see how it looks before placing orders. Please note that colours seen on the computer screen may differ from the printed ones.

You can reach Taurus Table Mats for all your placemats / table mats requirement. We will assure the best quality placemats delivered in the shortest time.
Contact Us: Taurus Table Mats, 4, Mallikarjuna Temple Street, Basavanagudi, Bangalore - 560 004, India, Call us at: Ph: 91 80 4150 5393, 91 97421 96770, email: info@taurustablemats.com, website: http://www.taurustablemats.com