Our friend Danny Chang of Baby Envy pointed out that
Nurseryworks has added a striking
dresser ($1110-$1270) and a matching
storytime bookcase ($680-$1190) to their line of modern
nursery furniture. These two pieces look so good, we'd understand if you got them, despite not having a nursery nor child!
Both the dresser and bookshelf are available in a selection of colours, including citrus, cotton candy, lime, navy, slumber, and snow; the dresser unit doors are available in customizable designs such as circles, diamonds, solid, or squares (removable hamper option also).
Nursery furniture for $1,000 +!!!!! Can we come down to earth, please. Stuff like this makes me nuts.
I second the motion.
Also agreed. The name alone, Baby Envy, kind of says it all. Nothing like starting your kids off down the path of envy. YUCCH! Here's to the over-indulgence of this generation of babies.
Although the pieces are expensive, at least they don't look like nursery furniture. Assuming they are well made, they could be used in the child's room or even the rest of the house long past babyhood.
I suspected there would be an outcry about the price :)
I think there should always be a place for high end and affordable design; both affect one another. It's often because someone does create a $1000 limited production, locally produced piece that eventually a mass merchandise business will outsource to a chinese furniture maker so we can pick it up for $199 at Target or Walmart. Haven't we all admired something before for the design itself, without the issue of price?
My favorite solution for a bookshelf for a child? A 1930s/40s record bookself. It has dividers meant to keep the recods upright, but it meant that even a todder can take out and put away books easily.
(Family piece--great-great grandmother's. I kept the original finish because it has enough of a style that it might be worth something if I don't mess with it. But I bet thrift stores are full of them.)
Just in case anyone is interested in the dresser: the textured panel on the front is optional, and if you get the plain front, I think it might be quite a nice investment; it could certainly translate beyond the nursery, no?
Click on my name for a post I did about it this summer.
Nurseryworks furniture is on sale at Sparkability.com
I think I saw the aerial crib was $580, down from somewhere around $900-$1000
that dresser is gorgeous - regardless of it's intended usage and all the price point mishegoss. might just get that baby, myself!
if you don't like good design and good quality, go to target and buy a bland piece of crap.
God. Nurseryworks has so many complaints on this board outside of this message it is ridiculous. Go do a search and see people complain about their furniture paint fumes (great for baby lungs) and how they just don't delivery anything as promised.
Also, Gregory, their stuff is made in China.
Envoy, I think NOT! Buying their stuff was the biggest mistake I ever made. Seriously. I will never refer anyone to purchase their product line. The furniture I have for my daughter is poorly made and has basically been falling apart since we set it up in our nursery. Also- yes, it's made in China. Not made in LA. I've written a review already, so I'm not going into the details of my issues with Nurseryworks again. All I can say is they never made good, and I'm left feeling cheated.
I just had to comment on this thread, as some negative comments here almost dissuaded me from buying from the Aerial Crib. After contacting one of the owners and talking through my fears, I took a shot on the crib and their Sleepytime Rocker.
I'm quite pleased. It's solidly constructed. The furniture is even more beautiful in person.
My gal was a finalist ("Shauna's more dash than cash") in an Apartment Therapy Smallest, Coolest Apartment Contest a couple of years back. I have to say, the Nurseryworks stuff works with our aesthetic and we couldn't be happier with both pieces.
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