Choose the best furniture for your children's bedroom


 

Latest trends on kids furniture

Modern style for children has been in theimportant that the baby’s room fit in
background for decades. Even after veneratedwell with the rest of the home. Since hers is
design duo Charles and Ray Eames made a minia modern mix of vintage and new with a French
plywood chair for tots and Isamu Noguchi mademodern flare, Conaway had to really shop
modern history with his Bakelite Radio Nursearound, hitting LA boutiques, thrift stores,
baby monitor, a home’s modern styleeven Ikea, to pull the look together.
never really made it past the nursery roomTatikika
door. And that’s a pretty strange
phenomenon, especially because little onesFor other parents though, melding their
are  the most modern-minded people out there.modern style with their babies' needs is as
easy  as  picking  up  a  pencil.
“Kids are great barometers of good
modern design,” says Eric Pfieffer, anPazit Kagel designed packaging for consumer
award winning designer creating pieces bothproducts and medical devices, but when she
big and little kids can appreciate.had her first child, she turned her creative
“They don’t know one style fromtalent toward contemporary baby furniture.
another, and they don’t really care ifNow, she owns ModernMini.com and its
a table is red or blue or green. Kids look atcounterpart 300 square foot showroom in Menlo
how they can interact with a piece ofPark, CA. where she sells her work along with
furniture. They want a different anditems  from  other  designers.
interesting experience that fits them,”
he  says.Melissa Pfieffer’s quest to find the
perfect modern baby dress led her to stitch
And lately, furniture designers andher own. So it’s no surprise that when
manufacturers are listening closely to whatshe couldn’t find many choices for a
kids and their parents want. For Pfieffer,modern baby nursery, she started
that means two things: usability andModernseed.com. Like ModernMini, Modernseed
durability. His Woody Chalkboard Table forsells a range of furniture and accessories
Offi gives kids a surface they can draw onfor newborns, toddlers, kids and their
and a handy storage container in the center.parents, including pieces designed by
He just finished a new children’sMelissa’s  husband,  Eric  Pfieffer.
chair, inspired by the shape of a potato
chip, that’s stackable and has handlesThe range of modern designs available to kids
on all four corners for easy dragging by kidsand parents goes beyond style and provides
on  the  move.extreme ease of use, the hallmark of
something that’s truly, loveably
Pfeiffer often works with strong Birchmodern. For many companies, like Oeuf,
plywood because kids abuse furniture whenStokke, Miguel, and others, designing for
they’re young, but when they grow up,babies means designing for kids, and their
Pfeiffer wants his work to grow with them.furniture literally grows with the little
“I had furniture as a kid that I stillones. The Oeuf Crib converts into a modern
remember now. It’s one of those littlewhite toddler bed. Miguel’s cribs come
things that sticks with me. So I want towith soft, stain, odor and bacteria resistant
create a fun experience that a kidfabrics that will remain clean even as the
hasn’t been around before, but alsochild grows and the crib becomes a bed.
pieces that will be there for 40 or 50 yearsStokke takes the trend well past toddler-hood
to  be passed to the next generation.”with conversion kits that let their Sleepi
basinet become two sizes of a crib and
And more and more, parents design theirtoddler bed, and then two great looking
babies’ rooms with an eye toward whatchairs. The growth philosophy guides
the kids will want when they’re older.Stokke’s other designs as well, from
The David Netto Collection mixes whitethe KinderZeat, that supports kids from 18
lacquer with light oak and ash veneers inmonths to well past 18 years, to the
three modern groups, Case Goods, Moderne, andStokkeCare system, a changing table that
Loft. Instead of the sentimental slushinessbecomes a table for two and then a media and
kids dislike as they grow older,book  shelf.
Netto’s collections take their cues
from clean contemporary, restrained European,Dwrjax_2
and American Mid-Century styles. Looks from
Kid’s Supply Co. give youngsters aWith such straightforward solutions in
crash course in modern design history. Take acutting-edge style, it’s no wonder
look at their Bauhaus Bunk Beds and Prouvethat modern is becoming a major category for
Desk for pieces that kids will take to wellchildren’s designers. Even DWR, that
into  adulthood.other great barometer of modern design, has
joined the movement. It launched DWRjax with
When actress, model and owner of Suedebox.comhigh-end designs for children from the likes
Cristi Conaway was expecting her daughter,of  Magis,  Blu  Dot,  and  DucDuc.
she said, “I wanted the energy of her
room to be peaceful and something that wouldBut as much as modern style and its
grow with her as she became a littlefunctional approach flood the marketplace,
girl.” Conaway chose sophisticatedparents still seek the familiar and
trappings in soft colors. A custom mirrorednostalgic. So DWRjax redesigned the most
changing table sits against a wall covered inclassic of classic children’s toys,
blue Rose wallpaper, a hand-printed designthe cardboard box. Now made of 100% recycled
from Knowles & Christou, and reflects anmaterials, pre-fab, with a fresh white
image of Kim Parker’s Mums and Asterssurface and pre-cut windows and doors, the
Tibetan  wool  rug  from  The  Rug  Company.Cardboard Activity House puts a stake in the
ground for modern children's design. This is
For Conaway, as for many parents, it wasa category that will continue to grow.



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