How To Select Child Furniture

It’s a common dilemma: decorating a toddler nursery with the
right child furniture. Your child’s outgrown teddy bears and
pastel ribbons, and is ready for a motif that looks more “grown
up” but still retains that sense of innocence. You also want kid
furniture that’s as practical as it is pretty. After all, your
child’s grown more active and curious. He loves to play, read,
and occasionally subject his toys to the loud banging and
kicking (“but it’s part of the game, Mommy!”).

Design
The first step is to decide on a theme. Look at your child’s
personality and personal preferences. Does he love cars or
animals, cowboys or aliens? Is she fascinated with fairy tales
or stories of jungle safaris? If you’re not sure, then narrow
the choices to two and let your child pick—the room becomes
more special if he “helped” put it together.

Functionality
When buying child furniture, check functionality and design.
The stools should be sturdy, and use non-leaded paint. Look for
surfaces that are easy to wipe clean and rounded corners (or
invest in plastic safety clamps). Desks should be spacious
enough to hold paper and crayons, tea sets or books—after all,
this is your child’s “work space”. Special bonuses are shelves
or compartments where you can store small boxes for art
materials, puzzle pieces and other knick knacks.

Safety
The advantage of buying specialty children’s furniture is that
you’re more or less assured that they have met safety
regulations and are built for a child’s proportions (at least
he won’t tip over as he tries to scramble up a chair!). And of
course, the attractive design encourages the child to sit and
play. This is his table, his chair, and for toddlers, that
sense of ownership is a huge factor in building self-esteem. He
is growing more independent, and the role of parents is to
provide just enough freedom in a safe environment—like a room
where everything is child-friendly. Here he can be left alone
for hours, learning to play independently and explore on his
own, without mommy constantly worrying that he’ll break
something (or his neck). That alone makes investing in
specialty child’s furniture worthwhile.

Your Furniture Checklist

Tables and chairs - This encourages your child to spend hours
drawing, writing, reading, or engaging in pretend play (like
inviting her teddy bears for afternoon tea). Think of this set
as the stage for your child’s creativity. With no table or
chair, your child will be forced to do these activities on the
floor—hunched over, or lying on his stomach. This is tiring and
ultimately bad for his posture.

Book cases - To encourage a child’s love for reading, books
must be kept accessible. He should be able to grab a book
whenever he wants to, and then put the book back himself
(unless you want to develop the habit of picking up after him
each time!)

Toy storage - Toys can get lost or broken if they are left
willy-nilly on the floor. The best toy storage should have
different compartments to segregate the various items in his
ever-growing collection. Teaching your child to organize toys
(stuffed animals on one shelf, blocks on another) also helps
him develop abstract thinking.

Child Desk – Children need a place of their own to work on arts
and crafts or homework. A child desk is a perfect addition to
any room and allows your child their own work area.

Buying Children’s Furniture Online
Furniture shopping with kids in tow is about as much fun as
getting a tooth pulled. To add insult to injury, with gas
prices at $3 a gallon or more, to say it is cost prohibitive is
a bit of an understatement. So, selecting and purchasing the
perfect theme room for your child is a challenge at best.

The children’s furniture market is the fastest growing segment
of the furniture market with billions a year being sold. This
has brought about an increase in specialty manufacturers
catering to this market segment. Today, chances are if you can
think of the theme for children’s furniture, you can find it
being sold on the Internet.

Spending an evening in front of the computer searching on kid
bedroom themes with your child can be a perfect way to solve
this problem. Your child will feel like they are contributing
to the family decision-making process while you can easily (and
without a full tank of gas) prescreen the selections you show
them to fit your needs. Kid furniture should be economical and
made of quality construction. It should also be aesthetically
pleasing and functional. Most importantly, it needs to be fun
thereby, creating an environment that conveys your child’s
unique personality and your unique style.

The bottom line is that before getting into the car to go
browsing for child furniture, which in your child’s mind is the
equivalent to torture, spend an evening with a bag of popcorn in
front of the computer as a family. You’ll save money and turn a
laborious process into something fun for the entire family and
might even learn something new about your child in the process.

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