How to protect top of dresser/changer?

DarcyLongfellow

So, I bought a dresser that has that little bar that goes around the top to make it into a changing table.  Then, as DH and I were looking at it, we realized that the wood is going to get scratched pretty easily -- with the bar going around the top, plus the pad, plus I was planning on putting a basket up there to hold all the changing supplies.

Since the crib is convertible, I'd like the dresser to not get scratched all to heck in the first year of my child's life.

What can I use to protect the top?  Just buy a huge amount of felt and put that on there?  Some sort of plasticy, see through covering?  I don't really care about looks since it'll mostly be covered.

mediadiva

people often get glass cut, with little stoppers under it to keep it from sliding around. Or get a place matt, ours isn't scratched at all on top. We didn't use anything and it's furniture from target. It's not like anything really ever went on up there and the changing pad was soft and the basket never scratched it.

MidwestTexan

mediadiva:

people often get glass cut, with little stoppers under it to keep it from sliding around.

This works really well! My parents did this with some of our furniture growing up.

You could also try shelf liner.

1SwtWld

glass

abrightgirl

contact paper?  Would that help and then you can peel it off?  or would that stick to the dresser and pull off paint when you peel it off later?  if it is a nice dresser I guess glass would be good.

TwinCitiesGirl

I used shelf paper... the non-skid stuff.  Hopefully that will do the job.  I put it under the changing pad so it couldn't slide around and then under the basket so it wouldn't scratch the wood.