Equally at home in traditional and modern nurseries of every style, the Jenny Lind crib is well loved for its simplicity, affordability, and timelessness.
In the mid-1800s countless things were named in homage to famed opera singer Jenny Lind, but the strongest and most enduring association with her name is this crib with turned spindle posts. Jenny Lind style cribs are available from many furniture manufacturers at a wide range of price points. A number of the cribs pictured here were acquired secondhand and painted.
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love it.
Jenny Lind cribs are my favourite... it's what we used for our children.
There used to be a wonderful store on the UWS, Plain Jane Kids. They painted and distressed Jenny Lind cribs -- custom colours as well as a their own wonderful palette. We went with bright turquoise -- so much fun! Each in their turn, our kids hated transitioning out of their bright turquoise Jenny Lind crib; wish we could have kept it!
I love most of these, however, I want to caution parents-to-be that all that lovely art, mobiles, and banners on the walls above the cribs will so so soon be within reach of their child. Hang it higher, or pull the crib out from the wall. Some babies are walking at 9 months which means they were pulling themselves up earlier than that.
Better safe than pretty!
Another safety comment: I'm all for reusing baby stuff, but please be careful about getting a used crib. Drop-sided cribs have been banned for a reason. Also, it's been said many times before, and I'll say it again: crib bumpers are a suffocation hazard. They may complement your decor, but they really are unnecessary.
Lovely! I've very rarely found Jenny Lind-style adult beds as well.
In what is very much a "to each his own" type thing, I hate the look of these cribs. I understand why so many love it but it it getting up there for me with the "keep calm and carry on" signs of cribs for me. Its everywhere. Slap a coat of paint on it and its your own version. I get it, just not my style.
Does anyone else worry about paint coming off into little mouths?
In my experience a certain percentage of kids will bite or chew on their cribs (particularly when teething)
I love this style, and have been on the lookout for a used one at the right price for my little one. If you go to the paint store and talk to the expert, they'll steer you towards a safe paint. What's funny is that I was just looking at these on CL this morning and popped over to AT to see if anything'd been written on why it's called a Jenny Lind crib! Kismet.
How I WISH we could get these in NZ!! Sometimes the internet is just so frustrating -- you find all of these amazing and beautiful things, then can't source them because we are tucked down at the bottom of the world on a tiny island. Shipping costs are just ridiculous!
The story on why it's called a Jenny Lind Crib is actually very interesting (and pure Americana!):
http://babyproducts.about.com/od/sleepbedding/a/jennylindcrib.htm
love them! we had one of these for one of our boys.