willow toys or camden rose playstands?

[see mama run]

Which are the best in everyone's opinion? I need to create a beautiful contained play area for my dd & ds. Is there space inbetween the stands to play? Are they tippy? Is the second shelf necessary to make the Camden rose stable? We work where we live & live with many so the space should be the most beautiful & usable that it can be. Thanks!!

[appalachiamama]

We have the Camden Rose playstands and I was astounded at the quality.  They are wonderful!  They are very stable with the single shelves that comes with the set.  I ordered mine from Palumba.  The wood (ash, as I chose) is super smooth, even the holes for the shlelves are smooth!  I hope to get the additional shelves next year, but they aren't needed to make it work.  The quality is just wonderful.  I can't speak for the other brand, but we are really pleased with the ones we have.  Ours sit on a bare wood floor and don't move much.  I should add, there is plenty of space between the stands.  If we had more room, I'd have them separated a little to add more room.  It's not necessary to use the connector in order to have them be stable.  They were super easy to set up, too.

Edited by appalachiamama - 4/12/11 at 7:05am

[see mama run]

Thank you for the info!!

[sunnymw]

I have had the Willow toys stands for three years. We have moved four times and I have two boys that have no idea what "calm" or "mellow" mean.

I still have the stands, but the arches finally broke about 8 months ago. All in all, they are the only thing that lasted my boys this long. I was very impressed.

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[dogretro]

If you order the Camden Rose stands from Nova Natural, they each come w/ two shelves.  I have no idea why Palumba sells them w/ only one shelf each.