Nursery Furniture Opinions?
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Anonymous
| I wouldn't get "nursery furniture". Pick out a crib you like and then get a high quality dresser and nightstand. Put the changing pad on the dresser and then the nightstand next to the rocking chair. Furniture meant for kids is crummy and falls apart, whearas good quality furniture will grow with kids. I also don't like all matching furniture. |
Anonymous
+1 for this. My kids had Ikea cribs, and the rest of their furniture consisted of non-nursery solid wood pieces, most of which we already owned. "Nursery furniture" = marketing. |
Anonymous
OP here. Sorry I didn’t post correctly. That’s actually what I meant. I said “ nursery furniture” because it’s a nursery, but I meant a crib and a dresser and chair that will last for years. The setup you mentioned did exactly the setup I plan to do. I do like matching colors though. |
Anonymous
| Another vote for Babyletto Lolly. We’ve been very happy with the quality. Our only issue is that our 2yo may not be ready to move out in time for the new baby. If she’s not out by the time the new baby outgrows the bassinet, I will probably buy an IKEA crib to bridge the final months before the big kid bed. |
Anonymous
| Love my suite Bebe crib. Lasted through 3 kids and I’m gonna use it with my fourth. It’s solid wood, much better than pottery barn, looks beautiful and I bought it from the Burlington Coat Factory for $120. |
Anonymous
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You can get whatever dresser you want. It does not need to be a “kids” dresser, and it can be your changing table.
I like the look of my Ikea gulliver crib, but it does have exposed cams on the sides and I probably wouldn’t like it if I didn’t know it would be gone in a few years. But in terms of function/quality, cribs are highly regulated and I think basically they’re all fine/the same. Get a comfortable glider. I splashed out for an RH one that I really like, with Sunbrella fabric slipcover that’s easy to clean. But one from Craigslist would be good, my main objection to the ubiquitous wooden ones is that all the padding and fabric should be removable and washable. I don’t know why it isn’t. Also, curtains are really important in a nursery. I’ve been fine so far with just blackout curtains (so a fair amount of light gets in the sides and tops) but I know for other people, their babies demand pitch blackness. The other really important decorating element is lighting. You want very dim lighting available, like a lamp on a dimmer, and you need it to be easy to turn on and off when you’re holding the baby in the middle of the night (so put the lamp on a remote switch so you don’t have to bend and reach to turn it on and off). I spent a ton of time and a lot of money (for me) decorating my nursery and I love and appreciate it every day. It’s very functional, it’s soothing, it’s got the right lighting for different tasks, and a fan which is important to me because I don’t like to use A/C until absolutely necessary. |
Anonymous
OP here. I don’t like the Lolly one. I will probably go with the Hudson or Modo. I’ve been looking at the solid maple crib one poster suggested and might even get that. Made in US and it’s a solid wood. |
Anonymous
OP here. We will get the blackout shades and the lamp. I personally like the AC. We keep our home on the cooler side and don’t like the heat. We are not really decorating. We are not doing a theme or anything like that. It’s just going to be furniture and a couple of cute things. I would rather wait until the baby is older and can decide what theme they want their bedroom to be. |
Anonymous
It sounds like we have similar tastes, OP. We had the Hudson Babyletto crib and used it for both kids (with the toddler rail after they could climb out), Hemnes dressers which we also used as changing tables (white and blue), and Pottery Barn Kids gliders -- the first was a gift from a friend moving away, the second we bought off Facebook Marketplace and just bought a new cover. Burts Bees and Copper Pearl crib sheets and changing pad covers. I didn't like the feel of the Pottery Barn crib sheets for our first kid and didn't get them for kid #2). All of the furniture has held up very well into childhood. The only thing that could have been better was the white dresser was the more matte finish and not the shiny finish, and it started to wear from where we rubbed against it while changing the baby after a couple years. We didn't notice any wear with the blue dresser. |
Anonymous
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I stressed and stewed about this last year which was heightened by the fact that I couldnt GO anywhere to look at things bc of covid.
I ended up ordering the Pottery Barn Kendall crib. Its very solid and nice. I liked that you can do the conversion kit with a guard rail, whereas Ikea's cribs you just take one side off. Some of the items from Pottery Barn are stock -- you shouldnt have trouble getting those delivered. Ppl run into trouble when its a custom sofa. I got a changing table and dresser from Ikea. https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/gulliver-changing-table-white-80307039 https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/hemnes-3-drawer-chest-white-stain-70360414 I like having a separate changing table. I put bins on the shelves and we store diapers and all sorts of random extras theres. We have a 2nd changing station downstairs that is on top of a cabinet (similar height/size to a dresser) and I find that one crowded. The reason I didnt go with the Pottery Barn dresser is I figured later when my child moves up to a kid bedroom set I would invest in pieces that match. But we are happy with Hemnes its possibly it will stay. |
Anonymous
Np. These look great. Thanks for sharing. |
Anonymous
| We ordered a lot of our nursery furniture from PBK in January and several pieces still have not come. Don't do it! I have cried on the phone to customer service so many times. |
Anonymous
| We got from this brand - it has been great, really high quality https://rominafurniture.com/ |
Anonymous
This looks identical to my IKEA gulliver crib, even down to the exposed cams on the sides. |
Anonymous
Yeah but the IKEA Gulliver is made from Beech and Fiberwood. It’s also made in Europe. The crib I linked above is made from solid maple wood in NY. The quality is much better the IKEA crib. |