Meet mum-treprenuers Amanda Allerton and Venetia Fuller
Amanda and Venetia are best friends who used to meet for daily 'sanity coffees' after having their first children close together.
It was over one of these coffees that they had a lightbulb moment that was to change the course of their lives and turn their friendship into a lucrative business partnership.
Having both suffered a particularly restless night with their two toddlers (who had recently made the transition from cot to bed and kept either ending up on the floor or hitting their heads on hard bed guards), Amanda and Venetia came up with the idea of a completely soft, inflatable bed guard - Dream Tubes was born!
Dream Tubes is a revolutionary completely soft bed guard that fits any standard single bed. The set comprises a fitted single sheet featuring two integrated channels into which two inflatable tubes can be added to create double bumper protection. Thanks to its lightweight design Dream Tubes can be easily used at home or away – freeing families to book holiday accommodation with no stress.
This ingenious product has won the prestigious annual Mother & Baby Gold Award for Innovation, sold over 25,000 sets and is stocked in 150 UK outlets and exported to 35 countries.
Dream Tubes for a single bed costs £40.00 and is available from www.duskymoon.com. Thanks to huge demand, a cot bed version has been added which costs £35.00.
Today, Amanda and Venetia remain the very best of friends and run the growing Dusky Moon business from Amanda's loft. Their mission is simple - to give families a better night's sleep!