Children's dresser: which model to choose?

Categories: Children's Room

The child's dresser is an essential piece of furniture in your baby or child's room. It allows you to store many items and create a nice little decorative corner on the top surface. So which child's dresser should you choose for a room that is both pretty and well-designed? Discover all our advice!

Why choose a child's dresser?

The bedroom dresser is an extremely practical piece of furniture in a baby or child's room. With its large drawers, it allows you to store many items and even create a real organization using boxes and compartments. For a baby, you can store diapers, care products, bedding, or clothes, for example. For a child, bedding and clothes will also have their place. A child's bedroom dresser can also be an opportunity to store toys when toy chests and baskets are overflowing a bit too much.

How to choose my dresser?

Several criteria should be considered when choosing a child's dresser.

Materials

First of all, we recommend choosing a bedroom dresser made of wood. Wood is indeed a more durable and eco-friendly material, especially if you opt for PEFC certified wood (from eco-managed forests). Moreover, you can prioritize furniture made from materials with low formaldehyde content or with solvent-free paint. This way, you limit the presence of volatile organic compounds and preserve the well-being of the whole family.

We recommend prioritizing models with drawers equipped with brakes for more comfort.

Style

Next, you can choose a dresser in the desired style. This of course depends on the environment in which the furniture will be installed. A child's dresser and an adult dresser often have two different styles. We recommend opting for a piece of furniture that can match all kinds of decoration since your child's tastes may evolve. A wooden dresser or a white and wood dresser will, for example, be easy to match with all kinds of decorations. Depending on your preferences, you can opt for a design look or, on the contrary, for a vintage dresser.

Generally, a dresser has three large storage drawers. Also remember to take measurements to ensure that the chosen model is the right size.

Discover the changing pad for dressers!

The changing pad for dressers is a perfect equipment if your child's dresser is primarily a baby dresser. It's a changing pad that will be fixed on the top of your dresser to turn it into a changing table with storage. From your child's earliest age, you have a very practical changing table to use. When your baby no longer wears diapers and therefore no longer needs to be changed, you simply remove the changing pad to have a child's dresser again.

This solution is very interesting if you want to avoid expenses and if you lack space in your child's room. It allows you to enjoy a two-in-one piece of furniture that is very durable over time.

What decor should I put on my dresser?

The child's dresser is also an ideal piece of furniture for decoration fans. The top surface offers you a whole space that will allow you to add decorative elements. You can start by installing a lamp that you can turn on in the evening during story time, for example, to create a dimmed atmosphere more conducive to sleep.

You can also add beautiful decorative elements depending on the style of the room's decor, such as a stuffed animal or a nice frame on the wall just above. Don't hesitate to personalize this space to make it to your taste, but also to your child's. You can even involve them in the various choices by, for example, suggesting that they choose a figurine of one of their favorite characters to decorate the room.

What other furniture should be installed in a child's room?

More than just the child's dresser, it's the entire room that will need to be furnished to create an environment adapted to your child's age. For a baby, we recommend opting for a wardrobe that will quickly be filled with their clothes and other belongings. You can also choose a convertible baby bed that can be transformed into a child's bed, which allows you, once again, to offer a longer lifespan to your furniture (more advice on choosing your convertible baby bed here).

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When your child starts to grow, adding a desk to the room is generally a good idea. They will have a quiet space to do homework, but also to read, draw, etc. Don't forget to add storage for their toys as well as a small bookshelf for their books. If space in the room allows, you can opt for a nice armchair, for example.

If you want to save money, you can opt for a complete baby room set or a set of children's furniture. This way, you buy all the furniture you need for your child's room in one go and thus benefit from several matching elements. Remember to take advantage of sale periods and promotions which may allow you to get a better deal on the child's dresser model or complete room set you had spotted.