white crib ... pros & cons?

HisChamaoleGirl

I am leaning towards a white bedroom set for the nursery, but I cant help thinking kids and white is a bad combo. Thoughts ? Experience?

cinderin

I am a ftm, but we went with a white crib. If it gets dirty, I can clean it. But I think I would have to do that with any color crib.

We have white kitchen cabinets, we just wipe them if they get dirty.

Mrs Diamond Diva

Ditto. Ftm here and getting white. I think anything can get dirty snd show if you dont clean it. If you plan to clean it, im not worried depsite what stm tell me.

lindslalala

DS's crib is white. There are teething marks on the top rail and he threw a heavy toy at it one time and there is a big dark mark on it from that. But those are problems that probably happen with dark wood cribs as well. Next kid will likely have a white crib too.

purplepeanut6

we r doing white too. the darker colors get scratched... i think white might be the best since scratches wont show up as much. 

klyann

We just put our white crib in the new nursery for LO#2.   DD slept in it for 2 1/2 years and it still looks great.  I think the darker wood finishes tend to show more scratches and dings.

RizziB

We have white furniture in the nursery.  I love our white crib, but when DD started teething on it, some of the paint chipped off so the teething marks are pretty noticeable.  I don't regret getting a white crib, but I wish I figured out something to protect the rails before it was too late. 

abell77

I have white in my kids rooms and love it.  Actually, we recently got my oldest a twin bed in a darker wood with a dresser to match and I have since noticed the darker wood shows dust way faster.  And tired new moms don't have a lot of time for dusting!

danieliza1127

We had a boy and bought a convertible crib that converts to a toddler bed and a full size headboard/footboard.  I went with dark brown instead of white because I thought the brown would last longer for a boy.  I figured a teenage boy, or even college age if it lasts that long and he takes the headboard with him, wouldn't want white furniture.

Katie829

danieliza1127:

We had a boy and bought a convertible crib that converts to a toddler bed and a full size headboard/footboard.  I went with dark brown instead of white because I thought the brown would last longer for a boy.  I figured a teenage boy, or even college age if it lasts that long and he takes the headboard with him, wouldn't want white furniture.

I understand your logic with the dark wood as getting older but I feel like nursery pieces are not big enough to be life long. We don't plan on using this set when she is a preteen-teenage years. We will get an adult set then. 

Eags

We went with white furniture in DS's room, but I have thought about the fact that it may show wear sooner than dark wood. The biggest con I can think of is if he ever uses crayons/markers on it. It's converts to a toddler bed.

hmp1

I don't like matchy match sets so we have white cribs with dark wood accents, but DS1 has a blue dresser and DS2 has a dark wood dresser.