Affording Modern Baby followup
I had previously written about the hunt for a modern crib for our son Jack. We were in a crunch, finding nothing we liked in furniture stores, and daunted by the prices for the beautiful options we found online.
We had ruled out IKEA after a visit before Jack was born. There were two options then, one not our style, one woefully shakey. The web site currently features a new array of options, none available until the new catalog comes out unfortunately.
We decided to give up and buy the TASSA crib, which we’re thinking wasn’t in the store back then. Jack’s wardrobe is TASSA and our TOVIK bedroom furniture is pine as well. Someday that’ll be Jack’s.
I have to say: We’re pleased. This thing doesn’t look much different than many of the options we considered online. It was $139. A mattress was $39. We can drop the slats down a level when he’s bigger, and turn it into a toddler day bed. We had called about ordering and shipping it last week rather than make the 45-minute+ drive down through Boston to our nearest store, but shipping was more than the crib itself as it qualified for freight. So we used the twine a la IKEA and secured it to the roof racks of our Focus wagon.
