Baby Armoires Offer Style and Storage
When decorating a nursery, it’s wise to choose furnishings that will be able to transition along with the baby as he or she grows. Storage and organization is especially important for baby rooms because it seems there’s a never ending growing supply of clothing, toys and daily necessities. To keep things in their place and to keep the nursery looking it’s best baby armoires are just the ticket! Baby armoires can be either small armoires made for children, or can even be larger repurposed ones that were originally meant for adult rooms.
Many children’s furniture retailers and baby specialty boutiques offer baby armoires that are painted in infant colors of pastels or that feature detailed, custom painted themes such as sailboats or flower gardens. Many new parents try to match the armoire with the baby nursery bedding. These specialty baby armoires tend to be more costly than their mass produced counterparts. There are also solid wood baby armoires that can be purchased “unfinished” or “raw” that can be finished at home by the artistic parents or that can be custom painted by a favorite artist or artistic friend or family member.
If a custom painted baby armoire is not in the budget, there are many styles of armoires to choose from that are simply stained wood or painted a solid color or that are sold along with entire bedroom sets. While décor is essential to many parents who are creating their dream nursery, even more essential is function. Baby armoires can be created out of any style armoire or even sideboard or buffet furniture. All it takes is some smart organizational tricks to create the perfect storage for baby.
For Clothing – Hanging a dowel rod in the baby armoire will give baby’s clothes a place to hang. A laundry bag in a baby motif with tabs or grommets on top can be hung inside the armoire door on hooks for keeping smaller items or for catching dirty clothes until laundry day or hang a fabric organizer with pockets to hold small items like baby shoes or hair bows. Line the bottom drawer or drawers of baby’s armoire with scented drawer liners and fill with neatly folded baby onesies, tshirts, bibs and other clothing items. If there’s two drawers, fill one with baby’s disposable diapers.
For Toys – Placing colorful or neutral wicker baskets on the baby armoire shelves will give parents a great place to store books, play mats and other toys. If there’s no extra drawer space for baby’s diapers, then keep one basket assigned to diaper storage.
For Blankets – A multi-tiered hanger is a perfect place to hang receiving blankets. Screw a hook or use a removable plastic hook to hang the multi-tiered hanger on the inside of the baby armoire door.
On the top shelf of the baby armoire, store changing necessities and other hygiene supplies in small pastel boxes. Be sure to get into the routine of leaving these types of items up high and out of baby’s reach because sooner or later, babies start walking, grabbing and chewing everything in sight.
Some baby armoires feature a top molding detail that conceals space behind it to store things that aren’t essential to daily life or things that don’t need to be easily accessible. In this area, store extra baby bedding in a closed fabric box or keep a memory box filled with baby’s firsts.
Baby armoires are a special touch to nurseries because they add warmth and charm to the space as well as much needed storage. To find the best selection and pricing options on baby armoires, start your search online. Many online retailers offer custom features and details as well as low or no shipping fees.
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