Solid wood baby furniture?

[juliedueinjuly]

Does anyone have good online sources for baby furniture made of real wood (not plywood, chipboard, etc)? In particular I'm looking for a co-sleeper and a changing table. Thanks for any thoughts you might have!

(Patterns for furniture to make at home would also be great!)

[APBTlover]

Ooo, great question! We are expecting #1 and real wood would be fabulous. Especially if we could build it, to keep costs down.

[MissMommyNiceNice]

have you seen the arms reach mini-crib sleigh cosleeper?

http://www.armsreach.com/index.php?m...Path=cPath=3_8

[FillingMyQuiver]

I bet you could make something like the Baby Bunk.

As far as a changing table, what about something similar to this island (in the middle of the page, w/ the baskets on the 2 shelves). You could make it sized to what you need and just run a small piece of trim around the perimeter of the top to slow down baby from rolling off.

[wrenb]

Originally Posted by juliedueinjuly

(Patterns for furniture to make at home would also be great!)

The curmudgeons (young and old) at woodnet all like the Rockler crib pattern. DH used that design to build our cosleeper. We skipped the drop-side hardware due to our desire for a cosleeper. We have a 3-sided crib sidecarred to our bed. We've got the fourth side in the wood shop in case we ever need it. He made it from cherry, maple, and walnut, finished with shellac. It's beautiful and safe; we love it.

[accountclosed3]

that's awesome.

i was just talking with my sister. she and her DH have decided to start trying for a baby this past january.

while they are quite mainstream in many ways, her watching my process with hawk as compared to her friends have convinced her to go crunchy! LOL

she is also intersted in a wooden cosleeper. she can't decide if she wants to do a bassinette and then a crib that will adjust over time to a twin or double, or a cosleeper and then get a toddler bed that converts to a regular one later.

either way they will be side-along for a little bit.

i'm also thrilled that she's looking seriously at a free standing birth center, wants to breastfeed for at least two years, baby wear, and do EC! it's so hilarious.

[Angel_7971]

They are hard to find and expensive. My hubby is also looking at the plan linked to build our own. Until that happens (because I have some serious doubts it will...) I purchased a used crib that at the very least will have offgassed for some amount of time already while still being up to safety standards. I figure that at the very least he can use the hardware from that crib (which only cost me 50)

[wrenb]

Re-reading this thread I realized you asked about a changing table as well. We just put a changing pad on top of a dresser and it works really well for us. Do you already have a dresser you could repurpose?

A dresser isn't too hard to build, especially if you've made drawers before. Luckily for me, my husband is a confident amateur woodworker, so he knocked together a plywood dresser for our son. It's painted blue with cute painted knobs (space ships, cars, that kind of thing). It'll go in his room when he's no longer a baby, and DH will build another for the next baby.

[juliedueinjuly]

Thank you so much for all the great suggestions!

My husband is a builder but is intimidated by building furniture. I have a neighbor who is a fearless (maybe because he's drunk most of the time) boatbuilder, furniture builder, violin builder, etc, maybe I'll show him the plans and see if he would barter with me. His work is meticulous and beautiful, despite, or possibly because of, the alcohol.

Yes, the more I think about a changing table the more a dresser-with-changing-rig-on-top seems to make more sense. Kidlet will need a dresser anyway right!?