Baby bedroom chest of drawers: how to choose the ideal piece of furniture?

Summary

1. Why choose a chest of drawers for your baby's nursery?
2. What are the different types of dresser for a nursery?
3. How do you choose the right size and configuration of chest of drawers for your baby's bedroom?
4. What materials and styles are best for a children's bedroom chest of drawers?
5. Chest of drawers or wardrobe: which is more practical for a child's bedroom?
6. What are the alternatives to the chest of drawers in a nursery?

Why choose a chest of drawers for your baby's nursery?

Designing your future baby's bedroom is a real pleasure, but it's essential to choose the ideal piece of storage furniture, the one that will enable you to store his or her many clothes and provide a comfortable changing area, essential in the first few months.

Like the bed, the chest of drawers is an essential piece of furniture from birth. A baby dresser with a removable changing surface can be kept for many years, unlike a changing table.

What are the different types of dresser for a nursery?

Rêves et Merveilles offers three types of dresser to meet all your needs for your baby's nursery.

Whether you're looking for a simple chest of drawers, a chest of drawers with an integrated changing table or an evolving changing chest, it's not always easy to find what you're looking for. Follow our guide to make the right choice at the best price.

Simple chest of drawers

A simple chest of drawers is a low piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes only. As this dresser is not designed specifically for baby care, you won't be able to use it to change your child.

Chest of drawers with integrated changing table

WOOD changing chest from OLIVER FURNITURE

A dresser with changing surface is a low piece of furniture with drawers in which you can store your baby's belongings, topped by a practical and secure fixed changing surface.

Ideal for keeping everything within easy reach in your child's room, this chest of drawers with changing surface has the disadvantage of taking up more space in the nursery, due to its greater depth. It will also be harder to keep in a teenager's or adult's bedroom.

Evolving chest of drawers

Chest of drawers with removable changing surface GUSTAVIENNE x TARTINE ET CHOCOLAT

This dresser is a perfect blend of both, making it ideal for your baby's room.

This modular piece of furniture can be used from birth for baby changing, then by removing the removable changing top, the dresser can be placed in any room of the house. Our selection of changing tables with removable tops is perfect for your birth list.

How do you choose the right size and configuration of chest of drawers for your baby's bedroom?

Choosing a chest of drawers for your child's bedroom depends on your specific needs, but above all on the space you have available in the room. Don't forget that you'll be using this changing area several times a day. Before you make your choice, consider compiling a list of changing units.

In terms of dimensions, the ideal size for a chest of drawers is between 85 and 95 cm high. If you're using it with a baby changing table, think about your back and don't choose a piece of furniture that's too low.

The width of a baby-changing chest of drawers varies between 80 and 120 cm, while its depth varies between 45 and 60 cm.

It's up to you to combine practicality and aesthetics, but don't forget to always take into account the space available so as not to impede your circulation in the room.

When choosing the configuration of your chest of drawers, it's important to take into account not only aesthetic criteria, but above all your needs, depending in particular on the age of your child.

At birth, baby's clothes are small, and it's easier to store them in drawers. A dresser with drawers gives easy access to small items, while a dresser with doors and shelves lets you store larger items such as comforters or blankets.

Finally, the chest of drawers with its removable changing surface is an excellent option if your baby is old enough to be changed.

What materials and styles are best for a children's bedroom chest of drawers?

The choice of materials for your chest of drawers is essential. We recommend that you opt for wood, which tends to last better over time, whether natural, painted white or in another color.

But be careful, only choose a chest of drawers with non-toxic materials and solvent-free paints or varnishes, ideally FSC- or PEFC-certified wood from eco-managed forests.

When it comes to solid wood, pine and oak are the most popular, as they are highly resistant. For MDF, choose quality wood-fiber panels. You can also opt for rattan furniture, which is very trendy and more respectful of the environment.

As for style, whether Scandinavian, vintage, classic or modern, always choose a style of furniture for your chest of drawers that harmonizes with the rest of the room; a duo dresser-bed pack in the store is always a good option. Choose a soft, neutral design that's easy to match, like a white and wood chest of drawers.

Chest of drawers or wardrobe: which is more practical for a child's bedroom?

In a child's bedroom, between the bed and the toys, space sometimes runs out and it's rare to be able to install a chest of drawers and a wardrobe, and yet both pieces of furniture are practical!

The chest of drawers can be used to store folded clothes and a changing table, while the wardrobe can be used to hang dresses and coats on the closet side and clothes on the shelves.

The disadvantage of the dresser is that space for your child's clothes may become insufficient as he or she grows. However, your child can keep his or her wardrobe until adolescence.

As for the wardrobe, the disadvantage is that this more cumbersome piece of furniture doesn't allow you to change your baby. You'll need to install a changing table in the bedroom, or a universal changing table on your bed.

What are the alternatives to the chest of drawers in a nursery?

If you'd like to break away from the classic image of a children's bedroom, we suggest a number of design possibilities. Here's a list of alternative products:

A pretty bookcase with storage baskets;

Hanging shelves with a wall-mounted changing table to optimize floor space;

A low children's closet to mix with stackable lockers or cubbies;

A drawer bed with storage underneath;

A changing box to place on the cot;

A chiffonier.

Don't forget that we at Rêves et Merveilles are here to listen, help and advise you, because we know how important and sometimes stressful the preparations for the arrival of a baby can be.