Twin beds?

watercolor5

We're going to bite the bullet and spring for a bed for DD1 next month, as DD2 is going to need to get out of the pnp and claim the crib.  For moms of older kids, or moms who've already bought their S12 toddler a bed, can anyone recommend where they bought it?  I haven't ever bought bedroom furniture as we inherited all of ours from family, and even the nursery furniture was gifted.  Our plan is to go from crib to twin bed with rail(s).

Extra points if anyone wants to link the bed they bought!  TIA.

AKB090609

We got DD's new bed at ikea. I looked at a bunch of furniture stores and kids stores and everything I liked was $700 plus. I won't spend that on a child's bed. Had we not gotten the ikea bed we would have gone with a mattress and box spring on the floor or a metal frame.

pharmer78

My daughter has this bed https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30080316/ and we love it.  She started using it when she was about 20 months old.  We just put a body pillow on the open side for a little while till we felt comfortable that she wouldn't roll off (which she has done only once). 

Holly_1007

We ended up going from the toddler bed to a full sized bed for ds1. It is so big that we pushed one side against the wall and haven't needed a rail for the other side. But he was 4 when we put him in it. We have the pottery barn Kendall bed. It is pretty expensive, but we have had great luck with all of our pottery barn furniture (and customer service) and we plan on him using that bed for a very, very long time.

AKB090609

pharmer78 said:

My daughter has this bed https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30080316/ and we love it.  She started using it when she was about 20 months old.  We just put a body pillow on the open side for a little while till we felt comfortable that she wouldn't roll off (which she has done only once). 

This is the one we got as well!

watercolor5

This is probably a dumb question, but have you ever bought Ikea furniture online, or is it worth the trip to the store?  We don't have one very close to us, but I've heard of people driving a couple hours to go to one, I'm just not sure why...

AKB090609

I think that delivery is expensive so people who aren't close to the stores will make a big trip out of it. The bed we both have is very heavy, like 250 lbs between 2 boxes and a pack of wood slats.

kelbel527

watercolor5 said:

This is probably a dumb question, but have you ever bought Ikea furniture online, or is it worth the trip to the store?  We don't have one very close to us, but I've heard of people driving a couple hours to go to one, I'm just not sure why...

We have one a little over an hour from us, so it's worth the trip to avoid delivery charges.  Plus we usually find more stuff there we end up buying.  

ShadowsRainFalls

I don't have a brand, bc I have had it since I was a child, but we switched DS from a crib to a twin. We got an extra long bedrail and stool off amazon. DS does great with it. Here's a pic for reference.

hmp1

We just bought a good mattress, and it came with a free boxspring, and put it on the ground in the corner of his room to get him (James) used to it. He still falls out of bed sometimes and I plan on the boys sharing a room in about a year so I'm in no rush to buy a bed.

I do love love love this daybed but DH vetoed it saying it is too girly.

https://www.westelm.com/products/window-daybed-white-g821/?pkey=cbedroom-daybeds&cm_src=bedroom-daybeds||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

hmp1

watercolor5 said:

This is probably a dumb question, but have you ever bought Ikea furniture online, or is it worth the trip to the store?  We don't have one very close to us, but I've heard of people driving a couple hours to go to one, I'm just not sure why...

Closest store is like 5 hours from here. Shipping is crazy expensive so there are Mom & Pop "businesses" that make a weekly Ikea run. You pay them for what you want plus an extra fee for their service. Depending on how far yours is, might be worth looking into a service like that.

pharmer78

watercolor5 said:

This is probably a dumb question, but have you ever bought Ikea furniture online, or is it worth the trip to the store?  We don't have one very close to us, but I've heard of people driving a couple hours to go to one, I'm just not sure why...

The shipping is outrageously expensive, but our closest Ikea is 2.5 hours away, our biggest car wouldn't have fit some of the longer boxes, and it was the same amount if I ordered multiple things.  So when we got her bed, we also ordered the matching 8 drawer dresser, some of the storage cubes, and 2 of the foam mattresses to make the shipping worthwhile!

pharmer78

ooooh @Holly_1007, tell me you got this one from Pottery Barn!!! https://www.potterybarnkids.com/products/catalina-stair-loft-bed/?pkey=cbunk-beds&group=1&sku=1402197

If Cruz had higher ceilings in his room, or if we owned an awesome beach house, I would love to get this style loft bed.  Seems so much sturdier than typical bunk beds!

Edit: nevermind, I see you moved him to a full!

watercolor5

hmp1 said:

We just bought a good mattress, and it came with a free boxspring, and put it on the ground in the corner of his room to get him (James) used to it. He still falls out of bed sometimes and I plan on the boys sharing a room in about a year so I'm in no rush to buy a bed.

I do love love love this daybed but DH vetoed it saying it is too girly.

https://www.westelm.com/products/window-daybed-white-g821/?pkey=cbedroom-daybeds&cm_src=bedroom-daybeds||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

I think that daybed would totally work for a boy.  I'd just put some navy blue bedding on it, and it would look great!

pharmer78

cheeseandrice said:

u might be surprised! in case you need anything else. My Fusion fit both Hemnes dressers. I was shocked.

**Full non-juicy confession** if we ordered it online, it was going to arrive sooner than us finding a weekend to make the drive, so I might have been a little hasty when measuring our outback with the specs given on the website!  (I am very impatient)  But that's good to know for when we need to get Cruz's furniture!

hmp1

watercolor5 said:

hmp1 said:

We just bought a good mattress, and it came with a free boxspring, and put it on the ground in the corner of his room to get him (James) used to it. He still falls out of bed sometimes and I plan on the boys sharing a room in about a year so I'm in no rush to buy a bed.

I do love love love this daybed but DH vetoed it saying it is too girly.

https://www.westelm.com/products/window-daybed-white-g821/?pkey=cbedroom-daybeds&cm_src=bedroom-daybeds||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

I think that daybed would totally work for a boy.  I'd just put some navy blue bedding on it, and it would look great!

I agree but there are very few things DH has an opinion on and there are plenty of other bed choices so I will listen to his request this time

You can always just go with a cute headboard and a metal frame. Easy to do for under $200. This is currently out of stock, but something like this would be really cute.

https://www.amazon.com/Kinfine-USA-K3208-A476-A309-Headboard/dp/B005ZSHN20/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&qid=1397660416&sr=8-11&keywords=twin+headboard

Flamingemu

I bought a black metal daybed from a local store with a trundle bed. L will just move to there when #2 comes along. Until then, she is staying in the crib!

AKB090609

pharmer78 said:

cheeseandrice said:

u might be surprised! in case you need anything else. My Fusion fit both Hemnes dressers. I was shocked.

**Full non-juicy confession** if we ordered it online, it was going to arrive sooner than us finding a weekend to make the drive, so I might have been a little hasty when measuring our outback with the specs given on the website!  (I am very impatient)  But that's good to know for when we need to get Cruz's furniture!

The bed we both have for our DD's came home in our outback, but the front seat (passenger) had to be pretty far up. I also had DD's car seat in on the drivers side.

cmarie520

hmp1 said:

We just bought a good mattress, and it came with a free boxspring, and put it on the ground in the corner of his room to get him (James) used to it. He still falls out of bed sometimes and I plan on the boys sharing a room in about a year so I'm in no rush to buy a bed.

I do love love love this daybed but DH vetoed it saying it is too girly.

https://www.westelm.com/products/window-daybed-white-g821/?pkey=cbedroom-daybeds&cm_src=bedroom-daybeds||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_--_-

We have this bed in our guest room! We love it!

melody921

We got DS this bed from Raymour & Flanagan, along with a matching dresser and nightstand. It wasn't cheap, but our intention was that he'll have this furniture until he moves out.