Crib with drawers/Storage underneath

belladolcegirl

We are going to be tight on space with a small room and twins. Anyone have some recs on cribs with storage underneath? I am thinking that is "wasted" space I need Plus it may help to eliminate need for a seperate dresser at this time.

TIA!

HeyJune

We were short on space (and had a tight budget), and here's what we did...

For DD, we purchased a few of the hanging shelves for the closet, and that helped contain all of the little items. We purchased a thrift store dresser that was in great condition and used it as a changing table. The drawers on it held the diapering items, onesies, and pajamas. Then we put stackable long rubbermaid containers under the crib, hidden by the bed skirt to store sheets, extra blankets, odd sized items that didn't fit in the hanging shelves, and items DD hadn't grown into or extra thing we don't need readily available. It has worked out very well and makes her room stay organized and clutter free. We'll be able to continue with this system when we move her to a toddler bed.

My only fear about cribs with drawers underneath would be how to child proof them once your kids start crawling and getting into everything. Every drawer within 3 feet of the floor at our house is constantly opened and climbed into.

MrsKatieK

We were looking at the DaVinci Richmond. It has a drawer underneath.

hulaqt

We have a DaVinci (can't recall the style), but it has a drawer underneath. I absolutely love it! I keep extra blankets, pillows and crib sheets in there.

MichelleInNOLA

One of my girlfriends has a Davinci Crib with a drawer underneath, but the drawer does not have a "top" to it... it's basically just a tray that slides out with a front on it that looks like a drawer... if that makes sense.

She keeps blankets, etc. under there, but they do get dusty since it's not 100% enclosed. 

You may want to just consider getting those rolling plastic storage thingies and keeping a few of those under the crib.  You can buy any kind of crib and just have a bedskirt that goes to the floor that can hide anything stored underneath.  This is what I'm hoping to do.

That way you don't have to limit yourself to only looking at cribs with drawers, and it's super cheap to buy those tupperware-looking storage bins (even the kind with wheels) at places like Big Lots, Walmart, etc.

Just an idea!   

darmca

I also just bought a rubbermaid under-the-bed storage bin for under there and keep his extra blankets, sheets etc down there. It was significantly cheaper than a crib with an actual drawer and is cover by the skirt anyway.

GreenFlamingo7

We have the Babyletto Mercer Convertible Crib. Love, love, love it. One side of the drawer holds all of his baby blankets, the other side holds the sheets for the crib and pack-n-play. Excellent quality crib too.

GingerCupcake

darmca:

I also just bought a rubbermaid under-the-bed storage bin for under there and keep his extra blankets, sheets etc down there. It was significantly cheaper than a crib with an actual drawer and is cover by the skirt anyway.

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It was much cheaper, the skirt covers it and when your LO is done with the crib you can still use the storage container under their bed or under your own. You can never have too much storage! We also put one of those 6-cube organizers with the fabric drawers in the bottom of the closet and hung a "fabric 8 cube sweater organizer" from the closet rod, and hung a shoe organizer on the back of the door. Tons of storage!

iristony

We have a crib from the store Bellini and I love that it has a nice quality drawer.  We keep extra sheets, crib mattress covers, blankets and onesies under here.