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Well-designed children's furniture can often meet the needs
of growing children through several stages of their development.
Broadly speaking, children's furniture includes nursery furniture,
toddler furniture, youth furniture, and teen furniture.
When parents are planning their baby nursery, their first instinct may be to obtain a crib for their newborn child. However, a small bassinet may be more suitable than a crib for the first few months of life. Besides a crib, nursery furniture may include a changing table, a chest with drawers, a comfortable chair or rocker, and a side table. Some cribs can convert to toddler beds, and some chests of drawers have removable changing table tops.
Around age 2 or when children can climb out of the crib by themselves,
they are ready for a toddler bed.
The Sleep Products
Safety Council recommends transitioning from a crib
to a bed when a child is about 35 inches tall.
Toddler furniture typically includes a toddler bed or twin size bed,
a chest of drawers, a nightstand, a toy chest, and a small table with
chairs. Some toddler beds can convert to standard twin size beds.
An elementary school-age youth typically requires a bed, a chest of
drawers, a student desk and chair, a nightstand, storage shelving,
and some sort of storage cabinet.
A teenager typically requires a bed, a large dresser or chest of drawers, a desk and desk chair, a nightstand, more storage shelving and perhaps a filing cabinet, and some form of casual seating.
When planning a room layout, measure the room carefully,
including the size of all door and window openings as well as the size
of any built-in furniture. Draw a floor plan to scale
using 1/4 inch graph paper or room planning software.
Be sure to allow adequate clearances to walk, access windows and closets,
and open doors and drawers.
Note the location of wall switches, light fixtures, electrical outlets,
telephone jacks, cable jacks, air ducts, and radiators.
Try to accommodate those wishes of the child which do not conflict with
basic safety and design principles.
In shared rooms, ensure that traffic patterns are well planned, and
that every child has their own "space."
In addition to the actual furniture items, be sure to consider flooring,
window treatments, lighting requirements, built-ins and accessories
such as mirrors, wall art, bulletin boards and marker boards.
ChildrensFurniture.us features a directory of popular kids' furniture stores and selected children's furniture manufacturers where you can compare prices and specifications and shop online for a wide selection of home furnishings for children.
Children's Furniture Safety
- Children's Furniture Publications
Children's furniture safety tips from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.
www.CPSC.gov
Childrens Furniture Manufacturers
- Ashley Furniture
Leading manufacturer of youth bedroom furniture.
www.AshleyFurniture.com - Lea Furniture
Leading producer of children's furniture. Lea's youth furniture offers a wide assortment of styles for both girls and boys, with a broad selection of specialized, functional designs for today's active kids - including four-poster canopy beds, bunk beds, storage beds, dual sleep beds, student desks, and learning centers for youth computing. Lea's wide variety of styles ranges from 18th century and country to casual contemporary, and products are available in several wood finishes.
www.LeaFurniture.com - Young America
Leading youth furniture manufacturer. From the crib to college and beyond, Young America® focuses on developing innovative furniture offering great design, function, safety, and quality for today's kids.
www.YoungAmerica.com - Child Craft
While catering to the needs of new parents for over 80 years, Child Craft has earned parents' trust with cribs and nursery furniture offering hand-selected materials, solid construction and meticulous craftsmanship.
www.ChildCraftIndustries.com - Bellini Juvenile Furniture
Quality furniture and accessories for infants, preteens, and teenagers.
www.Bellini.com - Berg Furniture
Designs and manufactures quality furnishings for children from infancy to toddler to teen years. Find a wide range of space-saving wood and painted furniture.
www.BergFurniture.com
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