D.C. Area Babies
Used furniture for the nursery - yay or nay?
With all the upcoming and seemingly never-ending expenses, what is your take on purchasing used furniture for the nursery (crib, dresser, changing table, glider chair, lamps, etc)?
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Re: Used furniture for the nursery - yay or nay?
Same. You can look up recalls and get repair kits if necessary, though. That's what we did with our initial hand-me-down crib. In the end, it made me nervous though (drop side), so we bought a new one.
Everything else in C's room has been re-purposed from somewhere else. It generally matches (white spray paint!) and I think it looks totally fine.
New crib guidelines just went into effect at the end of June. I would probably buy new just to make sure I had one that met the new guidelines.
You can get a good, highly rated crib for well under $200. I have the Graco Lauren crib and it is solid and very attractive, and was just $125 or so. Ikea cribs are consistently highly rated, too, and they are all under $100.
I thought about getting a used dresser and refinishing it for LO's changing table, but we ended up getting the Ikea Hemnes dresser. It matches the crib, was just $150 and looks good in the room.
The other furniture (bookshelf, little dresser, toy bench) is repurposed, and then we bought a $150 glider on amazon prime. We spent less than $450 on all the furniture for LO's room and most of it is new.
I second the recommendation on the Ikea cribs if you want something inexpensive. We bought a white Ikea crib for DD#1 since DD#2 was on the way. I believe it was around $80 and it is very sturdy and looks nice. The front piece can come off to make it a toddler bed.
For the rest of the furniture, used is definitely fine. Also, you don't necessarily need something designed to specifically be a changing table. We bought DD#1 a new bedroom set that included a dresser and I just put a changing pad on top of the dresser and that's where I change her.
We also were able to get an inexpensive glider. I bought this from Walmart for $129 and it has held up very nice with regular use for DD#1 and we'll use it for DD#2 as well.
But like everyone else, I definitely bought a new crib.