Sunday, Sep. 11, 2005

Furniture That Grows With You

By Lisa McLaughlin

Kids get bigger fast, and now so can their beds and chairs. Increasingly, manufacturers are creating shape-shifting furniture that keeps pace with your shape-shifting child. --By Lisa McLaughlin

STOKKE

The Sleepi goes from bassinet to crib to junior bed, and then transforms into two chairs

1 BASSINET

2 BED

3 CHAIR

BABY'S DREAM FURNITURE

The sleigh-style Kathryn crib easily converts into a child's bed. A conversion kit, sold separately, then turns it into a full-size adult bed

1 CRIB

2 YOUTH BED

3 DOUBLE BED

SVAN CHAIR

This chic wooden seat can hold everyone from a baby to a 250-lb. adult

1 HIGH CHAIR

2 TODDLER SEAT

3 COMPUTER CHAIR