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