DwellStudio has long been beautifying your children's rooms with charming, modern bedding, accessories and toys as well as designing functional, attractive gear for parents and kids on the go, but the latest news is that they're trying something harder. Literally. DwellStudio is introducing a small collection of nursery furniture with the same fresh design sense we've come to expect.
There are four pieces (so far!) in DwellStudios' furniture collection:
• Century crib (with toddler conversion kit) in natural, espresso or French white. Made in Canada with European beech wood. To us, this hits a hard-to-find note between traditional and modern (we especially like those tapered legs!).
• Century dresser in natural, espresso or French white. This midcentury-inspired dresser is mature and echoes the style of the crib. A changing station (sold separately) can be attached and later removed.
• Savoy glider and Thompson glider share features underneath like a recycled steel mechanism allowing the chair to both glide and swivel, but depart somewhat on the outside with the Savoy's curved back in contrast to the Thompson's sophisticated, boxy form. Below you can see your upholstery choices.
DwellStudio unveiled these at the ABC Kids Expo this week and they'll be available soon - November 1st - on DwellStudio.com.
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That crib looks unsettling with the bumpers all the way up to the top edge. It looks like a box. I'm not a mom, is that standard practice? Or a hazard of some sort? It looks so off to me.
@mimee25~ a crib usually have a couple of different levels, the top being the best for newborns...when the crib mattress is in its highest position the bumper is up much higher and as the baby grows and develops the mattress is lowered (and bumper) to most likely 2 different positions and then eventually that bumper is removed for safety!
Crib bumpers are SIDS hazard when the infant is young and a climbing hazard when the infant is older. So, yep, a hazard either way.
I realize that bumpers are SIDS hazards, but what are you supposed to do with a baby once they can roll around and stick their arms and legs between the slats when they are asleep? My daughter did this like crazy once she could move and she would wake up screaming. I eventually made a thin bumper to go around the perimeter so she couldn't do this, and didn't have problems after that.
amarie, they make a breatheable bumper... that we LOVED. our son was definitely a roll around in his sleep kinda baby (i'm still that way).
you can find it here http://www.breathablebaby.com/
Lots of babies sleep without bumpers and are fine. My kids always just tuck their feet into the slats and find it comfortable.
That is a truely beautiful crib. I do wish that companies with such attention to craftsmanship would make drop-side cribs. Thankfully we have a drop-side from before cribs were so cheaply made, but we'll never be able to replace it if something happens to it or we need two cribs at a time.
Lovely! Wish this had been available when I was ordering furniture... oh well.
I love the look of the crib. It reminds me of all my grandparent's mid-century modern furniture. As far as bumpers go, we used one the whole time my daughter was in her crib and she was just fine.
@peachypear: drop-side cribs are hard to find now because the government recalled ALL of them earlier this year.
http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2010/05/08/drop-side-cribs-recalled-called-deadly-hazards/