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August 2019 Moms
cato99
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Product Spotlight: General Nursery Furniture
cato99
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Hi! Last week we discussed rocking chairs and gliders, and earlier in our pregnancies we discussed cribs, so let's keep going with our Nursery Product Spotlight Series and brainstorm other big furniture items for the nursery (next week we will wrap up our nursery discussion with a thread on nursery decor). Hopefully this series will be a helpful companion to the general nursery thread we already have going!
What else goes in a nursery? Will you have a designated changing table? If so, which one and what kind of features does it have that you'd recommend to other parents? Or will you set up your changing station on a dresser top? Where did your dresser come from and what does it look like? Do you have a cute little baby one or did you buy serious grown up furniture they can grow into? How about other clothes storage--do you have a wardrobe for your baby? Other than rocking chair/glider do you plan to have any other sitting surfaces like a couch or futon, or even a bed? Ottomans or foot rests to accompany them? And how about side tables and night tables for extra surfaces? And looking ahead to when they're older, do you already have some little-kid furniture in place for when they can use it--like play tables and chairs, day beds, a little kid desk? Any big furniture items for toy storage, like chests?
Am I forgetting any major furniture item? Please share!
Prior and Upcoming Product Spotlights
What else goes in a nursery? Will you have a designated changing table? If so, which one and what kind of features does it have that you'd recommend to other parents? Or will you set up your changing station on a dresser top? Where did your dresser come from and what does it look like? Do you have a cute little baby one or did you buy serious grown up furniture they can grow into? How about other clothes storage--do you have a wardrobe for your baby? Other than rocking chair/glider do you plan to have any other sitting surfaces like a couch or futon, or even a bed? Ottomans or foot rests to accompany them? And how about side tables and night tables for extra surfaces? And looking ahead to when they're older, do you already have some little-kid furniture in place for when they can use it--like play tables and chairs, day beds, a little kid desk? Any big furniture items for toy storage, like chests?
Am I forgetting any major furniture item? Please share!
Prior and Upcoming Product Spotlights
Re: Product Spotlight: General Nursery Furniture
We are doing a standard "grown up" dresser in lieu of a changing table. I'm not even sure if we'll have a changing pad on top. Changing babies from the side position like that always seems "off" to me, but that may just be because I learned to change them where they were in line/facing me. Both my mom and I have always just changed babies on a blanket/towel on the floor/couch/bed/wherever. Any experienced moms have thoughts here?
Our glider/recliner arrived this weekend and it's perfect! I think it's built for people a little taller than me (I'm 5' 2" on a good day), so when I sit all the way back, my feet are about eight inches off the floor. I'll probably grab a pouf-style ottoman for when we want to rock instead of recline, but that can be easily pushed to the side. We have an IKEA Raskog cart that will probably function as a side table for the glider. I currently have it stocked with diaper changing stuff and breastfeeding supplies, but I'm sure this will change once baby is here and I know what we need while rocking.
For toy storage, we went with an 8-cube IKEA Kalax storage unit and did square wicker baskets in half of the cubbies for smaller toys. The others will be open/used for books, bigger toys, etc. I chose this unit because it fits perfectly in the bottom of the nursery closet while leaving space for the stroller and high chair to tuck into the corner and doesn't interfere with any hanging space.
For changing table I definitely like the option of just putting one on top of a big sturdy dresser, especially if you plan to have it grow with your child. I do not like crib/changing table combos because several of my friends have had issues with their child climbing up there much earlier than they would climb out of a regular crib. Also if you ever leave something like diaper rash cream on top of the changing table, they are more likely to get into it if it is connected to their crib. Diaper changes in our house happen wherever we happen to be, couch, floor, storage ottoman, bed, changing table, etc... The back of my Traverse is actually perfect for diaper changes on the go in warmer weather.
We do not have toy storage in kids rooms because our downstairs family room is a playroom and we have one storage ottoman for toys upstairs in the living room. I do like the cube storage units in general, DD had one in the nursery, which we moved to her big girl room. For storage of toys I do not like the cutesy ones with fabric bins because the fabric starts to bend and attracts animal hair like crazy. We use plastic totes with lids for most of the little stufd.
1/12/13 DD was born
4/9/16 DS was born
9/17 CP
6/23/18 BFP EDD 3/4/19
1/12/13 DD was born
4/9/16 DS was born
9/17 CP
6/23/18 BFP EDD 3/4/19
BFP #1 June 2016: EDD 16 March 2017, MC July 2016
Re-started TTC Aug 2016
Started IF testing Nov 2016
Spontaneous BFP #2 January 2017: Rainbow Baby Boy September 2017
BFP #3 November 2018: Baby #2 expected August 2019
-changing table (light birch wood) with open shelving underneath, where we have big fabric cubes from Target for various storage
-dresser (golden blonde knotty wood--it's my husband's from when he was little) with 4 big drawers
-wood crib (white and dark mahogany brown). It converts to a toddler bed
-Shelf/cabinet/hutch-looking thing from IKEA (coffee brown) with books on the top shelves, and big fabric cubes from Target in the cabinet section below
-Futon in cherry wood, with this garden-y futon cover and these pink-themed pillows for accents (spoiler for next week's decor thread!)
-This ottoman in bright green to match the futon
-small bedside-table in dark espresso brown-black wood
We need to work on toy storage solution: right now we have a big overflowing open-top fabric cube thing in a corner. But I need to figure out first what we're going to do for adding another child to this room when this baby comes and DD keeps growing, whether to convert the current crib to her toddler bed, and get a new crib to add there, or get her a different bed to transition to and put the baby in the current crib. This may call for rearranging furniture, which will be a pain since everything is bolted to the wall!