Furniture for a nursery - 100 ideas for choosing

The arrangement of the children's room is as pleasant as the responsible process. It is rare in which apartments or households there is the possibility of designing separate rooms for a child’s rest and study, creativity and games. Sometimes in the same room two or more children relax, study and play. To take into account the age difference, gender of children, their hobbies and interests, not forgetting about ergonomics and safety - parents face difficult tasks. But a contented child who feels like a fish in water in his room grows and develops to the delight of his parents - the best reward for his efforts, time and money spent.

During the repair of the children's room, parents, as a rule, already have an idea of ​​what kind of furniture will furnish the room for a small tenant. But it is important not to ignore a single nuance of choosing practical, comfortable and beautiful furniture for children. So, what you need to consider when choosing furniture in a nursery:

• the age of the child is perhaps one of the main criteria on which not only the size of the furniture purchased will depend, but also the composition of the furniture. It is important for a preschooler to organize a place for sleeping and games, the workplace will be used mainly for creativity, storage systems will mainly be equipped for toys. With age, the game zone decreases, there is a need to organize a full-fledged place for study, and therefore a system for storing textbooks, books and stationery;
• the furniture should correspond to the age and growth of the child, not only in terms of hobbies and favorite activities, but also anatomically. Not every parent can afford the purchase of new furniture every 2-3 years. An effective solution is furniture that grows with your baby. The chairs and tables for classes can be adjusted in height and in inclination of the back, the bed can increase in length in at least three positions (before an adult grows), open shelves can be installed on a rack with several options for fastening places in height (thus, the child always will be able to get toys and books from their storage places);
• the sex of the child - this does not mean that furniture is purchased for the boy in blue and blue, and for the girl in the pink palette, you should not get stuck on such stereotypes (unless the child himself prefers these colors). Girls, as a rule, prefer more relaxed games, boys are more active, but, of course, all children are unique and only parents know what kind of furniture their child needs;
• if several children are resting, studying, playing and creating in the room, it is important to consider not only the number, but also the gender, age and preferences of each child. The task is not easy, but doable;
• it is necessary to ensure that the furniture purchased is made of environmentally friendly materials (all stores must require quality certificates);
• furniture should be liked by the future owner; be sure to consult your child;
• the furniture should be functional, not too heavy, but not very light, the level of safety of furniture items for the child will partly depend on this;
• Of course, furniture for the nursery should not have sharp corners, dangerous fixtures, as a rule, furniture models for children's rooms do not contain glass or mirror inserts. The smaller the number of swing cabinets in the child’s room, the higher the level of safety; it is better to replace such designs with modular storage systems, open racks or drawers with limiters;
• at the same time, the furniture should be sufficiently strong and durable, it may be used only for several years, but during this period the child will test the strength of each piece of furniture;
• As a rule, manufacturers of furniture for children make sure that all surfaces easily tolerate wet cleaning, but it is better to personally verify the simplicity of care for the selected furniture models.

The vast majority of children's rooms are also bedrooms for small residents. And the selection of a practical, durable, comfortable and beautiful bed becomes the first choice of furniture.

At present, the assortment of baby cots presented in stores is so wide that it at the same time pleases and puzzles parents. Metal or wooden, “growing” or stationary for the next 2-3 years, with or without a canopy, light or dark, or maybe an attic bed with a working area at the lower level, and a sleeping place at the top? In pursuit of original models and the unusual design of the bed in the form of a ship, car or princess carriage, do not forget about the basic rules of ergonomics. The older the person, the higher should be his bed, approximately to the knees should reach the level of the mattress.

If the child is still small enough, it must be ensured that the bed is equipped with bumpers. Some models suggest the possibility of dismantling the sides when the child grows up. The aesthetics of the appearance of the berth will not suffer.

Children love small pieces of space where they could hide in a little house. From a psychological point of view, privacy can provide them with a four-poster bed. If the bed is against the wall, then it is enough to provide a canopy of the so-called roof of an impromptu house. The canopy should be easy to remove from the frame of the structure so that you can wash the fabric with bedding.

If the construction of a canopy structure seems too simple a task for you, you can improve the bed to a full house for one. If the space of the room allows, and the parents do not mind changing the bedroom furniture in 3-4 years, the child will surely be happy to have his own small, cozy space in the form of a house.

The bed frame with soft upholstery is not only a safe and convenient design solution, but also the opportunity to diversify the color and texture of the room. But there is a minus to such bed models - it’s more difficult to take care of textile upholstery than to painted surfaces of a wooden or metal bed.

A bed with a metal frame is usually purchased, as they say, for growth or for an already grown child, whose height will not change significantly anymore. Most often, such models can be found on sale with a snow-white color, which incredibly organically fits into the romantic style of bedroom decoration for a girl.

Beds with the placement at the bottom of the storage systems are very practical, because you use the space that is already occupied by the placement of the berth. But it is important to remember that in such constructions the ventilation of the mattress is very poor, it is necessary to pull out drawers more often, clean the surfaces of storage systems and turn the mattress upside down.

When choosing a bed with storage systems in the lower part, it is better to give preference to those whose drawer facade does not occupy all the space provided, leaving room for ventilation and the possibility not to use drawer handles.

If the area of ​​the children's room is small, you can consider installing the so-called loft bed. The sleeping place is located on an elevation, and at the lower level there is a workplace, storage system or game area. Such beds can be found in a typical version in furniture stores or ordered specifically for the size of the room and taking into account the growth of the child.

If the space of the children's room is very modest, you can use the option of embedding the berth on the platform, in the lower part of which capacious storage systems will be placed. Drawers can be placed even on the steps of the platform. But remember to ventilate the interior space of the flooring.

You can decorate the bed and related pieces of furniture yourself or turn to specialists who will bring to life the conceived concept of designing a nursery, depending on the child’s passions and hobbies.

If the space of the room for two children allows, then the arrangement of beds next to each other (but at a certain distance for installing a bedside table) becomes a logical option for arranging beds. To provide more free space for games, you can arrange the beds perpendicular to each other, but it all depends on the number of windows and doorways in the room.

To significantly save the useful space of the nursery, where two children live, most often use a bunk bed. It can be either a design with the same size sleeping places (if the age difference between children is small), and with beds of different sizes. Such design solutions save square meters of children's room, leaving more space for games, installation of storage systems and workstations.

Another option for placing two beds with different sizes of beds provides the opportunity to use the space of the room as rationally as possible. In this case, the largest sleeping place is located below, and an attic bed is installed on the upper level. Depending on the configuration of the stairs leading to the upper tier, the space under the steps can be used as storage systems.

Country style in the children's room is a rarity. But when using unpainted wood to make a bunk bed, associations with a rustic style inevitably visit anyone who sees a room for two children. Obviously, wood as a material for the manufacture of furniture for the nursery is the preferred option, of which we can be sure of environmental friendliness and safety, especially if the children are not against such a furniture ensemble.

When more than two children sleep in a room, there are no options other than using bunk beds. In this case, it is important to find a balance between the compactness of two-tier weapons and the growth of children who will sleep on them. Indeed, in addition to sleeping places, it is necessary to organize workplaces and storage systems for all the inhabitants in the room.

Depending on the age of the child for whom the furniture is selected, toys, books, sports equipment or collectibles will be placed in storage systems. But in any case, regardless of the child’s addictions, cabinets or chests of drawers for clothes, shoes, and accessories will be needed. Storage systems for clothes are not much different from those that are located in adult bedrooms. If the dimensions of the furniture itself are smaller, then the level of safety, environmental friendliness and hypoallergenic materials will be higher.

In a room with one bed, storage systems can be arranged behind the head of the bed, on either side of it. Small cabinets and open shelves are able to accommodate things, toys and books of the child.

Storage systems for books and accessories for creativity are most logical to place in the immediate vicinity of the workplace. Open shelves and book shelves are the easiest, most economical and convenient way to store. If your shelves will be attached to the frame, which involves several options for placement in height, then your rack will "grow" with the child and with changes in his needs and hobbies.

For adolescents, you can consider the location of all the necessary storage systems behind the sliding compartment doors of a large built-in wardrobe. At the same time, all wardrobe items, books and sports attributes will be concentrated in one place, and the useful space of the room will be saved due to the built-in structure.

The peculiarity of the teenager’s room is that free space for active games is no longer necessary and a maximum of square meters can be used to accommodate storage systems. For example, here is such an option for the location of storage systems of various design and appearance around the perimeter of the entire room, which provides the student with the opportunity to place everything he needs within his space. Such ensembles are custom-made and design options are limited only by your child’s imagination and your budget.

From the point of view of saving space, a very rational move is the location of storage systems below the window level. If heating radiators are not located there, then a few meters of the room can become not only a roomy system of shelving, but also a convenient place for sitting, which can be equipped with soft pillows.

Even a very small preschooler needs a table and chair for activities requiring perseverance - drawing, looking at pictures in books, board games, sculpting and other creative options. In the future, from a low table and a miniature high chair, it will be necessary to move on to equipping a full-fledged workplace for classes and study, and this will need to be done long before the start of school.

A height-adjustable desk is not uncommon in furniture stores and on related resources. Chairs and small chairs that can change both the height and the backrest are also available commercially. You will have to spend only once and then only adjust the position of the furniture depending on the growth rate of the child.

There are a lot of options for arranging a workplace. In fact, in order for the child to be comfortable studying, not much space is needed for the children's room. A shallow console, which is attached only to the wall, will be the most compact version of the desk. Open shelves above the workplace are roomy enough, and take up little space.

A semi-oval console resting on one leg is not only a safe place for studies and creativity, but also the opportunity to sit at such an impromptu desk from two sides.

Usually, a workplace for a child is equipped at the window to provide the necessary level of illumination during daylight hours. In this case, all the space around the window opening can be used for storage systems or limited only to the lower part, located below the window sill.

In a room where two children live, it is important not only to provide comfortable sleeping places, but also to organize work areas for each of the children. Depending on the height and age of the child, a desk is selected - it will not work to be limited to one working area.

Designers rarely use retro-style for decorating a children's room. But if the opinion of the child and parents on the choice of furniture for the organization of the workplace and the area for creativity is the same, then the interior will be original, interesting and at the same time practical.

Unfortunately, it is not always possible to equip a nursery with not only the necessary set of furniture, but also include play furniture, which helps the child to develop in all spheres of his life. Often for slides, swings, houses, tents and sports equipment there is simply no place in the framework of a children's room with a modest area. But even soft poufs can be used as a game element - to build towers and fords, to zonate the space if two or more children live in the room, not to mention the original function of the seats.

For example, a small copy of the kitchen set can become not only a place for games, a wonderful simulator of the future hostess, but also a storage system for toy dishes and kitchen utensils. If the space of the room allows, then the compact furniture ensemble will become a highlight of the interior and a favorite place for the child, pride in friends.

Rocking chairs, hanging swings or even bungees, miniature hammocks or sports equipment are not mandatory attributes of children's rooms, but they will incredibly diversify the life of a child, bring new ideas for games, and therefore affect the development of your baby.