Bedroom Furniture

Choosing Your Bedroom Furniture

One of the most important rooms in your home is your bedroom. You spend half your time in there sleeping, and it contains items that make up who you are – clothes, books, technology…the list goes on and on. Since it’s such a special room, the furniture you choose for your bedroom should not only be of the highest quality – it should represent your personal taste and style.

How do you choose the right bedroom furniture, though? Here are a few tips to help you out:


- Make sure you know the measurements of your bedroom. If you see a piece you like, it might be too big or too small for your space. Also check your door’s measurements – your bedroom furniture might not be able to make it through the frame!

- If you have space in your bedroom for more than a bed and dresser, consider other pieces you might like to add to your room. You might want to keep your desk in there for a relaxing home office space, or even put an exercise machine in there.

- If you’ve always wanted a TV in your bedroom, but have no floor space for a TV stand, there are wall-mounted plasma sets available to help you save some walking area.

- Décor goes a long way. Rugs, drapes, lights, and wall art are a great way to show off your personality and dress up your room to make it look less standard.

I hope these tips help you get the right Bedroom Furniture for your home.

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How To Pick A Baby Crib

Did you know how to pick the safest baby crib for your newborn?  I knew I wanted a butterfly theme and not much else. 

With all the fashionable, trendy styles and designs, it’s easy to get caught up in decorating your baby’s room, but there are safety standards that every new parent should know. 

Make sure your crib meets current safety standards set by the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC).  This agency ensures even the cheapest baby crib will be tested for safety.  Further safety standards are established by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM).  The baby cribs that satisfy the (ASTM) baby standards are then certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacture’s Association (JPMS).  Any baby crib that passes (JPMS) certification will be cleared stamped.

Thousands of babies are hospitalized each year because of crib related injuries and most of those injuries were due to second hand baby cribs.  If you want to be 100% sure of safety, you might want to skip the pre-owned crib your own parents had. 

After the crucial governmental safety standards, check for additional, visible construction safety standards.  Vertical bars or slates cannot be further than 2 3/8″ apart to prevent your baby from squeezing in that space and getting stuck.  A soda can makes a perfect testing instrument.  It’s 2 3/8″ in diameter, so if it fits between the bars, the baby crib is dangerous.

Avoid stylish cutouts in the headboard or footboard that are wider than 2 3/8″ to prevent your baby from getting trapped.  Corner posts should not be higher than 1/16″ because they are a strangulation hazard.  The posts can also catch your baby’s clothing, although posts supporting a canopy are fine.

Pick a snug fitting mattress for your baby crib.  Gaps between the edge of the mattress and crib wall can be hazardous.  Any new standard size baby crib should take a standard size baby crib mattress of 61 5/8″ by 27 ¼”.



If you are Eco conscious, choose a baby crib made of solid, sustainable wood, treated with non-toxic paint, finishes, or stains.  Pick a natural mattress made without petrochemicals.  A 100% certified organic mattress and mattress pad protector are also excellent safe and healthy choices.  Remember to air out the mattress a couple of months (for off-gassing) before placing it in your baby crib.  Natural baby crib sheets are also available now.

Your baby will spend at least 11-12 hours each night in the crib and that’s not including naps!  Do everything you can to make it comfortable and safe.  Then, you can design your baby crib in any style you like!

Bunk Beds Help Growing Families

When raising a family in these difficult economic times, having enough money for everyday necessities is tough. The thought of having to spend money definitely makes you nervous. But it can’t be helped; your children are growing out of their beds and need new bedroom furniture. It’s either buy new beds or the kids will have to sleep on the couch or the floor!

Since they are growing, they constantly need more space. And it also doesn’t help living in an apartment in the city when you don’t have the luxury of the extra space. That’s why purchasing bunk beds for your children makes economic sense. Bunk beds are a stylish, money saving way to decorate a bedroom, especially when it’s being shared by two children. Bunk beds also make the most of a room’s available floor space. For almost the price of one bed, you get two bunk beds. And if you purchase the type of bunk bed that can be easily separated into two twin beds, should your children get rooms of their own sometime in the future, it makes your initial bunk bed investment even more sound, as well as functional and practical.

A child’s room is a special place and like no other room in your home. Beds for children are safe and comfortable places to sleep and dream and a well-designed, well-crafted bunk bed will grow with your child. You don’t just want to save money; you want the best quality bunk beds for your children that you can afford.

At MoreBunkBeds.com, they understand the needs and concerns of a growing family. If you’re looking for a new, space-saving bunk bed, they can save you time and money by providing a one-stop shopping experience. But here’s the catch. They know that once you buy the bunk beds, you will also need to purchase mattresses for them! So what’s great about shopping with MoreBunkBeds.com? When you purchase any twin-over-twin bunk bed set by selected brands like Tradewins or Young America, you will receive TWO FREE mattresses. With several choices to pick from, you can customize your new Tradewins bunk bed to have the features most useful to you and your children, like a trundle bed or under-bed storage drawers. I’d waste no time taking advantage of this limited time offer. When you buy a Tradewins twin-over-twin bunk bed set, you will receive not one but two free mattresses!

So even if you’re not a parent with children who need new bunk beds, perhaps you’re a friend or an aunt or an uncle or a grandparent who knows of a family who would enjoy saving money and getting free mattresses when they buy bunk beds for their children. In these tough economic times, almost everyone is looking to save an extra dollar. If you’re part of an average American family who needs to buy “less important” things like bedroom furniture, go to MoreBunkBeds.com. They know just what to offer when buying bunk beds for your children. I know I already found my attractive, sturdy and comfortable bunk bed with two free mattresses…how about you?

Bedroom Sanctuaries by Curt Christian at Cymax Stores

Shabby chic could not even begin to describe our bedroom furniture! Once a pristine white but now forest green, the dresser came from my parents’ house. It followed me to college; then to my first “adult” apartment; and finally to the townhouse we moved to after we were married. The nightstands were rejects picked up somewhere by my husband, and the chest of drawers moved with him from his last bachelor apartment because he refused to pack the contents. The bed had been my grandmother’s and even though it was old enough to be a collectible, the headboard was in rough shape.

The fact that nothing matched really got on my nerves. For the one room in a home that was supposed to be a sanctuary, our bedroom was sorely lacking. I was determined to fix the problem. But the shabby un-chic appearance of our bedroom furniture didn’t seem to bother my husband as much as it did me. After several failed attempts to drag him shopping for new bedroom furniture, I took matters into my own hands.

My husband was right about one thing though: going store to store looking for what we wanted was time consuming and inconvenient. Searching online for bedroom furniture sites, I discovered Bedroom Furniture N More. Browsing their website, I came across an excellent selection of everything I needed, from wood beds to dressers to nightstands, to transform our shabby room into a beautiful and relaxing place to rest, unwind and prepare for the next day.

The Curt Christian Designs by Martin really got my attention, with their rich finishes and unique decorative accents. Available only through Cymax Stores at BedroomFurnitureNMore.com, the collections by Curt Christian were gorgeous and simply stunning! The fact that Curt Christian furniture is eco-friendly was also a huge plus for me.

As much as I loved my grandmother, the traditional-styled furniture just had to go! I wanted something in between; not too formal but not too contemporary either. Because I always wanted a sleigh bed, I chose the Parker Beacon five-piece bedroom set. When I first looked at the picture, I wondered why they would pair a white mirror with furniture that had a rich dark finish. But after looking closer, I realized that the mirror was made of brushed silver steel to match the custom hardware on the dresser drawers. This was exactly what I was looking for – a classic look with contemporary touches for a sophisticated, yet comfortable appearance.

Thanks to Curt Christian, now my bedroom…I mean our bedroom really is a restful sanctuary that is both warm and inviting.

The Dining Library of Congress

One of my friends has a bookcase in her dining room. When she moved into the townhouse with her husband and two children, she had nowhere else to put it. It was stuffed full of books in no particular order; all jumbled together were nonfiction, fiction, magazines and miscellaneous items that were stuck on the shelves for want of a better home. It bothered her because the bookcase had a dark cherry finish while the dining table and chairs were a two-tone, country style dining set in white and light wood colors. The mismatched vibe she got whenever she sat at the table made her feel uncomfortable.

The casual dining table was actually a hand-me-down from her in-laws, and even though she ultimately wanted a dining room taken from the pages of Better Homes and Gardens, she was reluctant to replace the table until her children were old enough to do crafty things in their own rooms. In truth, she was quite proud of the historical record her dining tabletop documented, as her son and daughter grew past the finger painting, eating glue and dried-in-the-hair paper mache glob stages. But then something happened that changed the fate of her mismatched dining room forever.

Her mother was moving 400 miles away and wanted to know if she would like the formal dining room table that she had grown up with. Because her dining room was narrow and somewhat awkwardly shaped, she went to her mother’s place to measure the table and found that yes, it would indeed fit in their house.

Once the dining table and matching chairs had been arranged in their new home, my friend was very pleased with the result. It had a rich cherry finish that softly glowed in the light filtering through the window. The upholstered side dining chairs were covered in a neutral fabric that was relatively new, since her mother had had them redone recently. But there was still the matter of the pesky bookcase to deal with. It inspired her to wander into each room to search for a new place to put it. No such luck.

Resigned to having to live with the large bookcase in her (almost perfect) dining room, one day, after searching through cupboards and other stuff for a particular recipe in preparation for a special celebration with friends, she had a brilliant idea. Both made of darker woods, it occurred to her that the bookcase really complemented the dining table. Instead of fighting a losing battle, why not make it a focal point? She removed everything from the bookshelves and replaced them with her cookbooks – every single one she owned. The top two shelves of the center section were reserved for her collection of novelty milk jugs and creamers. Turning a liability into an asset, she had created a handy reference library that would save her a lot of time and frustration.

101 Ways for a Family to Have Fun

The Christmas I was thirteen and my sister seven and a half, our family received 101 games from Santa. Long before RTA (ready-to-assemble) furniture became popular, the games board, resembling a large octagonal tabletop, had four accompanying legs that, once attached to its underside, magically converted it into a games table. It came with game pieces for 101 different table games, and it seemed like it was just the ticket for elevating family night to a whole new level.

The first time we pulled up our dining chairs up to the game table, it was more like a comedy of errors than a fun family get-together. In no time at all, the tabletop was covered beneath a mound of game pieces pulled from out of the box all at once in an attempt to find the instruction booklet. Once the instructions were located, it was then a simple matter of choosing one of 101 games that everyone would enjoy participating in. By the time we had finally agreed upon a game listed in the booklet that none of us had heard of before, I was longing for a comfortably familiar game of Monopoly.

The next time we gathered around the games table to play, we picked one randomly by flipping open the booklet and having my sister point (with her eyes closed) to one on the page. It was fun and a little raucous; I don’t remember now the name of the game, but it involved throwing large plastic red, black, blue and white rings onto wood pegs. After a few months worth of family nights, we had tried about 40 of the 101 possible games. But no matter which ones we chose, one thing became acutely clear to me; I wasn’t particularly good at any of them. My sister, on the other hand won regularly.

After repeated trouncing by my sister, family 101 games nights didn’t seem as much fun. To survive family game night, I developed a game plan of my own. I would sidle my dining chair up to the table and play a few games before taking a break, supposedly for a glass of water, but when I returned, it was only to watch the action from behind my father’s shoulder. But my mother was too smart; when she caught on to what I was up to, I was “invited” to pick a new game from the many to choose from.

The goal was to play all of the 101 games and then keep playing our favorites. Even though we never made if through the entire list, (and in spite of not winning as often as I liked), the games table did give family fun night a whole new outlook, leaving my sister and I with some fond memories after all these years. Still, it’s probably not too late for a rematch.