Christina Molinaro

Hi, Guy and Jeffrey.

I'm Christina Molinaro calling from Dayton, Ohio.

I'm the co-founder of 25 and Pine with my husband, Nick.

We build functional furniture for parents and kids to share where you make your space theirs in 10 seconds.

Well, a bunch of kids' furniture is built just for toddlers and just for kids.

And so when we had our son, our furniture stopped working for us.

It was either made for them or made for us, and it didn't work for both of us.

So you're constantly choosing to sit on the floor and be uncomfortable or send them into a playroom while you're emptying the dishwasher and they're somewhere else.

And that's just like the part that nobody thinks about, I think, when they're designing.

Kids furniture is that your space starts separating you from your kid.

So we wanted to make furniture that helps you stay in the same space.

So we built our business around side tables pretty much.

And so where we started was with a table and a chair set for him.

So for him, it's a place to read, have a snack, play with his toys, something that's his size and easy for him to use.

Okay.

But then for us, it also works as well.

So it's...

It's weight tested for adults, but the chair that he sits in actually flips and becomes a stool for one of us.

And then the table flips into a bench so we can sit down and be a part of it with him.

So we're not hovering.