Button Belly Barrier

I love all kinds of 3D-printing models — silly, decorative, and useful — but where 3D printing really shines is in fixing those tiny, daily annoyances that somehow manage to drive us completely insane. Case in point: the overly sensitive power buttons on our washer and dryer. They’re positioned just right so that any time you reach for something on the shelf above the machine, your stomach casually turns the appliance on… or off… or into some mysterious third state. After one too many accidental activations, my wife asked me to “fix it.” Challenge accepted. I tried a few “Molly Guard”-style covers that flip open over the button, but they all had the same problem: you have to open the cover every time you actually want to use the button. That just replaces one annoyance with another. No thank you. The Button Belly Barrier solves the problem without getting in your way. It blocks accidental presses from wandering midsections, elbows, and laundry baskets — while still making it easy to pr