September 27, 2004
Cribs and bedding
A little while back, Dale and I visited a few baby stores and checked out the crib bedding sets. I took pictures of the sets we liked, then fell in love with one set in particular. Fortunately for me, it turned out to be Dale's favorite set as well. Today I went back to Baby Depot and bought it. It's "Blossoms" by Martex, and it looks like this:
In addition to the 4-piece crib set, I picked up the fabric wall decorations and the pair of small throw pillows (one shown on the little chair).
I've been occasionally looking at cribs, but I intensified the online search this afternoon. Since I saw it in a Pottery Barn Kids catalog, I've really like the Jenny Lind-style spindle crib. Unfortunately, PBK isn't carrying it any more, and they wanted well over $400 for their antiqued version of it. It took a while of searching before I started to find spindle cribs under $1000. Most of what I saw was in the $450-600 range, but I finally found some as low as $109.
Dale prefers sleigh cribs to spindle cribs, but since he's not doing any shopping for them, he can suck it up pick from what I find. He also prefers a dark wood finish to the white I want, but I'm more willing to give in there.
After a few hours, I put up a small gallery of cribs that I found that were the style I wanted (plus a couple of other nice styles), attractive, and not outrageously priced. We haven't finalized our crib choice yet, because we haven't even decided on a crib budget, but you can feel free to take a look and share your opinions.