Types of children's beds
There are several varieties.
Sofa bed
It features a fairly simple and reliable folding design and can easily be located in any, even very small rooms. The sofa bed is often equipped with an orthopedic mattress that promotes healthy sleep.
Chair-bed
Allows you to perfectly organize space and rationally use the usable area. A mobile sliding chair-bed does not take up much space during the day, freeing up the room for games, and in the evening it turns into a comfortable sleeping area.
Transformer
A multifunctional modular transformable bed, it is particularly compact, fashionable in design and highly practical, and at the same time can be a sleeping, working or playing place.
With lifting mechanism
They have a lifting base, under which there is a niche for storing blankets, pillows or other accessories.
The photo shows the interior of a nursery for a girl with a single bed equipped with a lifting mechanism.
Pendulum bed
In appearance it looks like a standard crib, but at the same time equipped with a special rocking mechanism. The rocking model can also be equipped with drawers for linen or things.
Loft bed
It is a structure with stands or long support legs. The loft bed is located at a high level, which allows you to equip the space under it with a computer, work desk or small playroom.
Car bed
It has a bright and colorful design and a huge selection of models, for example it could be a police car, a retro car or a realistic racing car. In addition, a children's car bed is often equipped with lighting, which perfectly serves as a night light.
Podium
Due to its versatility, the podium bed provides not only a comfortable bed, but also a spacious storage system.
The photo shows a wooden podium bed with a storage system in the children's interior.
Hanging
It has many advantages, an original design solution and an original location in the interior and undoubtedly becomes the central object of the entire decor.
Hidden
Due to the smart system and retractable mechanism, it compactly hides in a special niche, merging with the overall design and not cluttering up the room.
Manege
These products are very convenient from an operational point of view; they can have a lowered side, be stationary or have wheels.
The photo shows a room for a newborn with a white crib-playpen.
Transformable bed
A bed with a “transformer” design can attract conservative or prudent parents. By paying more now, you can eliminate additional expenses while your child grows.
These beds also have several varieties. The sides can be removed or lowered. They may have a special protective dome. Special folding modules can turn such a small bed into a teenage one. An interesting idea is to turn it into a special bag for carrying crumbs.
Which material is better to choose?
Most often they prefer models made from the following materials:
- Wooden.
- Metal.
- Plastic.
- Chipboard/MDF.
Eco-friendly, reliable, beautiful looking and durable wood is considered the best material for children's furniture. They also choose high-quality structures made from MDF, chipboard and fiberboard, or plastic and metal products that meet all standards.
What types of cribs are there for children?
There are several main forms.
Rectangular
Classic, regular and proportional shape, fits perfectly into any interior design.
Oval
It is considered safer than the previous one, since it does not have sharp corners. An oval crib can become the central element of a nursery.
Two-tier and three-tier
Two-story or three-story structures are a universal option for a room for twins or children the same age, provide comfortable sleep and are distinguished by an interesting and varied design.
Corner
It adds additional comfort and coziness to the environment and allows for the most efficient use of usable space, which is especially appropriate in small children's bedrooms.
The photo shows a corner bed with soft green sides in a girl’s nursery.
A convenient corner wall model also has a couple of additional sides located at the head and on the side.
Semicircular
Radically refreshes the interior space of the nursery and brings some originality and peculiarity to the simple design.
A semicircular stock can be distinguished by a wide variety of design interpretations and styles, allowing you to realize various design ideas.
Options for designing a bed for a child
Thanks to a variety of design solutions, the sleeping place takes on an even more unique look.
With sides
The American design with soft or hard restrictive sides is quite comfortable, safe and very stylish. In addition, it provides effective fixation of bed linen and mattress.
With carriage tie
Elegant headboards with a carriage frame look especially neat, add sophistication to the atmosphere and give a feeling of beauty.
With soft headboard
Undoubtedly it becomes the most beautiful accessory in the room. Soft backs can be high, low, have clear geometric or smooth shapes.
With canopy
A children's bed, decorated with a canopy, gives an ordinary sleeping place a truly royal look and turns it into a charming decoration of the entire interior.
The photo shows a children's and sofa bed, decorated with a canopy in the form of white translucent curtains.
With stairs
A crib with steps will add individuality to the environment and allow you to diversify the play activities of the little owner of the room.
In a niche
An alcove with a sleeping area located in it creates a unique atmosphere and allows you to create a cozy, secluded corner.
Backlit
Children's luminous beds are a very original decor with a floating effect. In addition, thanks to such a beautiful, soft glow, the child can not be afraid and sleep peacefully at night.
With forging elements
Light, openwork and weightless metal lace will set the tone for the entire design of the room and turn the children's bed into a key interior detail with exquisite beauty.
Decorated with rhinestones
The decor in the form of rhinestones constantly shimmers in the light and creates an elegant, attention-worthy and at the same time cozy atmosphere.
Main criteria when choosing a crib
It’s not easy for a baby’s delicate body to adapt to a new environment. To avoid unnecessary allergic reactions, you need to remember that the baby bed must be made from natural raw materials with environmentally friendly characteristics. The tree has proven itself to be excellent.
You should not choose painted or varnished wood. Accidental contact of a child's skin with a surface can cause allergies. And varnish also tends to peel off. Dust from varnish can harm a small organism.
When choosing such a crib, it is better to make sure that the product has the appropriate quality according to the certification documents. If parents choose a model made of sanded wood, they will significantly reduce the risk of allergies.
When choosing the best crib for a newborn, you need to remember that its design should be as comfortable as possible, safe and without sharp corners. Smoothly rounded corners of the bed will add additional peace of mind to parents.
Stability is an important indicator of the reliability of a bed. If the choice nevertheless fell on a cradle with runners, then it should have a mechanism for blocking movement.
The best base for a baby crib is slats. From birth, they will provide the child with impeccable formation of the spine, acting as orthopedic support. And the spaces between the plates will ensure constant air circulation around the mattress.
Popular models include cribs with slatted fencing. To avoid the child getting stuck between the slats, the gaps should be 5-6 cm. As an additional safety measure, you can use a soft fabric bumper.
Bed colors
The most preferred color palette for children's rooms are white, blue, light blue, pink, green, yellow, brown, gray, beige, black models or wenge-colored products.
The white design is considered universal; it will fill the space with light and is perfect for children of different ages of any gender. A pink crib will be an undoubted decoration of a girl’s room and will further emphasize the design. Wenge-colored products that fit perfectly into both dark and light interiors are also a rather original and interesting solution.
Color range of cribs
The tint solution for cradles can be a variety of colors, such as gray, pink, white, beige or blue.
Also, green, brown, blue, turquoise designs and even wenge-colored products are often found in interiors.
The photo shows a nursery for a newborn boy with a crib made in white.
The white design adds extra light to the environment and, due to its versatility, is perfect for both a newborn boy and girl.
A green crib can also decorate the interior of a nursery for a baby of any gender; in addition, this shade has a calming and relaxing effect.
Gray, beige or woody pastel shades are especially recommended for newborn babies, as they do not negatively affect the psyche.
The photo shows a gray crib in a room for a newborn in a Scandinavian style.
Options for beds with built-in furniture for children
A bed can be not only a full-fledged sleeping place, but also differ in functionality. For example, there are often designs with storage drawers, models with a slide or with a sports complex, products with a work area that includes a computer or desk, as well as cribs for babies with a changing table or with a chest of drawers for children's things.
The photo shows a nursery for a girl and a podium bed equipped with storage drawers.
This design, combined with furniture, allows you to use the useful space much more productively and avoid clutter with unnecessary objects.
Recommendations by age
Some basic tips:
- Cribs for newborns. Since a newborn spends most of his time in a cradle, it should be particularly comfortable and safe.
- Up to 3 years. For one-year-old babies and children under 3 years old, choose the most unusual frame design, which can be, for example, a fairy-tale carriage, a princess castle, a house, or a car. The main thing is that the furniture is safe, low and preferably has rounded corners.
- From 3 to 5 years. Comfortable, convenient, functional and not restricting movements during sleep, models made of high-quality materials are suitable.
- For school-age children and teenagers. Practical designs made from natural materials, with a non-boring design, and equipped with an orthopedic mattress would be especially appropriate.
Using an integrated approach to choosing a model, color and style, it is possible to create a truly practical and comfortable sleeping place.
Classic crib option
The classic version of the crib is quite versatile. This crib is designed for a child up to 3-5 years old.
Special bumpers in a crib for newborns not only protect the baby from falling, but also allow you to attach a canopy to them.
Features of choosing a bed for girls
For girls, colorful beds with a bright and interesting design with a glamorous gloss or decor in the form of a soft headboard and canopy are suitable. Teenage girls most often choose a modern, classic single, one-and-a-half or double, more adult design.
The photo shows a white one-and-a-half-size wooden bed in a teenage girl’s room.
Choosing a bed depending on the gender of the child
When choosing a bed, you should pay attention to the interior features of the children's room, the age and gender of the child, and also take into account personal tastes and preferences.
Girl's bed
It is better to choose a bed in soothing colors. Little princesses really love fairy-tale beds with beautiful lace and a canopy, or decorated in the form of their favorite plush animals: a panda bed, a bunny bed.
In the photo there is a four-poster sofa bed in a preschool girl’s room
Boy's bed
Boys are more active and mobile; they will prefer a loft bed, a car bed or a spaceship. Romantics and adventure seekers like everything unusual and bright. Even teenage boys are happy to decorate their rooms in the form of a ship cabin or a space station.
In the photo there is a boy’s room with a bed built into a niche in the wall.
Bed for children of different sexes
You can put a bunk bed or a loft bed. In a small children's room, the ideal option is a transforming sofa that turns into a bunk bed.
Children's beds photo:
Photos of beds for boys
A sleeping bed in a nursery for a preschooler boy can differ in a wide variety of configurations, colors and thematic designs. Original and modern products in the high-tech or minimalist style in a teenage boy’s room will inspire and set the mood for a comfortable rest.
Bed ideas for two or more children
For same-sex children, you can choose double, ergonomic bunk, triple or multi-tier cribs with built-in drawers or cabinets for storage. The sleeping places of opposite-sex boys and girls are often decorated in different colors.
The photo shows a nursery for a boy and a girl with beds decorated with upholstery in different colors.
When arranging a room for children of different ages, the first thing to consider is the effective optimization of space so that several functional areas can be located in one room.
How to choose a crib?
A sleeping place for a child, regardless of age, has common characteristic features suitable for any gender:
- natural materials for manufacturing - it is better to give preference to wood (sanded wood); if the bed has a covering, then the products must have all the necessary quality certificates;
- the absence of sharp corners will help protect the child from injury;
- stability - the presence of wheels or a pendulum is relevant only in the first months of life, after which the bed must be firmly fixed.
All other requirements are considered depending on the age of the child. We will consider the basic requirements when choosing a crib below.
Examples of beds in various styles
Photos of original design examples in different styles.
Provence
Natural carved wood models with a certain pleasant bulkiness or forged elegant and light products, decorated with a canopy, will especially harmoniously complement the delicate French interior.
Retro
Products from simple to fancy shapes, decorated with wooden or chrome legs, will look light and elegant and combine with the overall retro design.
Loft
Designs made from natural materials, such as unpainted wood or metal, are perfect for this style direction. The children's products themselves can also be decorated with patina or upholstered in leather and eco-leather, which will become a distinctive feature of a practical, laconic and expressive loft.
The photo shows a bunk bed made of metal in a loft-style nursery.
Classical
The predominance of natural and natural materials is appropriate here. Beds are often decorated with picturesque carvings, gilding, and equipped with curved legs, stylized headboards with upholstery or canopies.
Scandinavian
In Nordic design, the bed should be as laconic and comfortable as possible, distinguished by lightness, naturalness and naturalness. The most popular in this style are metal or wooden models, which are sometimes supplemented with drawers or decorative boxes.
Country
Products with an antique effect, patina or slightly damaged paintwork, made from natural solid wood, will become a special element of the rustic style.
Marine style
Quite often, in the nautical style, an unusual hanging hammock or wooden cribs are used, reminiscent of a ship, which can be decorated in the form of a steering wheel or an anchor. Also, the backs and footboards are decorated with tulle canopies or designs with fish, mermaids, shells or dolphins.
The photo shows a child's room in a nautical style and a white bed in the shape of a ship with a steering wheel.
Design of beds in the interior of rooms
Interesting design options.
Children's room
The bedroom set is the main element of the nursery, so its design and structural details must best suit certain age characteristics.
Bedroom
The ideal placement of the crib would be if it is placed not too close to the window and radiator. For a small bedroom, transformable cradles with drawers are suitable.
Attic
Sloping ceilings in the attic make the room more mysterious and unusual. However, there may be certain difficulties with choosing a crib; for example, a two-level or loft bed can only be used if the ceilings are of sufficient height.
The photo shows a narrow wooden bed in a children's room located in the attic.
Living room
In the living room of a one-room apartment, it is important to properly organize the space, for example, a small crib combined with a changing table is perfect for an infant, and for a schoolchild, a mobile and functional bedroom set with a storage system.
Cribs for little ones
A bed for a baby is most often purchased with the expectation that the child will sleep in it until he is 2.5-3 years old. Although small cradles are now popular, which are suitable for a baby up to about a year old.
Basic requirements for a baby crib:
- high sides to prevent the child from falling out;
- the distance between the rods is no more than 4 cm;
- possibility of attaching additional accessories (mosquito net, canopy, mobile).
Cribs for babies can have different configurations.
In the first months of life, a rocking bed will be a good solution. When choosing, you need to pay attention that the swing is quiet, slow and smooth. In addition, the swing mechanism must be removed, since after a year it is no longer needed.
The playpen bed is suitable for a small room where there is a need to combine sleeping and play space. When purchasing such a bed, carefully check the stability of the structure to ensure that the playpen cannot tip over.
Models with one removable wall are convenient. Such a crib can be placed close to an adult, and the child will be nearby all night.
Many manufacturers additionally equip beds for infants with a changing table, chest of drawers or drawers for linen. This allows you to save space in the nursery and add convenience when changing clothes and caring for your baby.
Unusual examples for a children's room
Original and interesting models with a unique and individual design will become a real art object for the nursery. For example, these could be designs in the form of a carriage with three-dimensional wheels, a racing car, a wigwam, a tree house, a boat or a pirate ship.
They also often choose a train crib, a heart, two-story hut-shaped models, or soft products made like large plush toys.
