Straight Talk about Safety and Quality in Children’s Furniture | 10 min. Read

Shopping for baby furniture is different than shopping for a new patio set. Sure you want that picture perfect, Instagram perfect crib, but more importantly, you want something that comes with peace of mind and keeps your family safe. Your kids grow quickly, you'll blink twice and they're ready for their first car. And yes, you can get a car without airbags or spare tire, you can even hide that funky smell but do you really go that route? Hopefully not. 

In Europe they say "we're too poor to buy cheap stuff"... just think about it for a second.

If you poke below the surface, you realize that this makes a lot of sense. Investing in quality means investing in yourself, it'll also save you time, money and provide for a much better experience. It's the same mindset we Silva springs from and we want to save parents from being haunted by the "should have" and "would have" parenting ghosts. We know it might be your 1st time on this parenting journey too, so continue reading below and maybe it'll be the best 10 minutes of your day. 

Some of these barely certified cribs comes with inherent risks, short term usability, invisible foes and lots of question marks. The naked truth about children’s furniture, more specifically, cribs: nearly a million and a half cribs have been recalled from the US market in the past 20 years alone, all because they posed an unreasonable risk of injury to children. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the federal agency tasked with monitoring the potential risk of harm caused by consumer goods, rewrote the safety guidelines for cribs 5 times in the past 10 years and cautioned parents about purchasing any cribs built before that date. Sadly, the new regulations have not prevented product peddlers from swamping the market with substandard and "somewhat" compliant cribs. But you'll have a child for the rest of your life, not only for 2 years so is good enough really good enough?

Silva Furniture—Built with the Health and Safety of Your Child in Mind

At Silva, we are a family owned and operated manufacturer of cribs, beds and dressers, with our third generation now involved in day-to-day operations. From the time we opened our business, we’ve consistently emphasized safety, long-term value and convenience, constantly striving to ensure that we use only the best materials, and that our product design and manufacturing place a premium on child health and safety.

We regularly test our new products and designs at authorized Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) labs in the United States. We also conduct routine random quality and safety inspections at our factory in Europe, ensuring that all cribs, beds and dressers comply with stringent safety and health requirements.

Keep Your Young Ones Safe and Healthy with Silva’s European-Made Furniture

At Silva Furniture, we carefully craft all our beds and cribs from 100% beechwood, one of the world’s densest and finest hardwoods, known for its weight and structural integrity, as well as its adaptability to changes in temperature and humidity. Unlike lightweight cribs made from cheaper woods or composites, our beechwood cribs won’t tip over or deteriorate over time. The solid beechwood construction, known for its superior furniture properties and environmental tolerances, can provide a safe experience for generations.

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We also understand that any substance in a crib poses a potential health risk to infants, toddlers and small children, including the finish on your furniture. We use only organic vegetable or water-based finishes, rather than polyurethane or similar treatments. All exposed wood is 100% non-toxic and fully safe, with no lead, phthalates, formaldehyde or other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that can be harmful to your family. Our designs strictly comply with Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recommendations, including the number and spacing of slats, eliminating the risk of your infant falling out or your toddler getting his or her head stuck between the slats. Our cribs also have no sharp edges or exposed hardware that could cause injury to your child.

Safe and Durable Dressers for Parents in Jacksonville

Silva’s baby and kids dressers have all structural and tension-bearing components crafted from hardwood as well, with a finish on all sides to maximize protection from environmental changes in humidity or temperature. Our dressers include hardware features that make certain the drawers don’t accidentally detach when children pull on them. There are also wall-anchored anti-tipping kits included with every dresser. To ensure the longevity of your Silva dresser, we use German engineered hydraulic soft-closing drawer mechanisms, with an estimated lifespan of 70 years, or 80,000 cycles, as warranted by the manufacturer.

Long-Term Value from Solid Construction and Convertibility

Because we use only the finest materials, our cribs retain their structural integrity for decades. Designed to adapt to your child as he or she grows, the cribs adjust to three different heights as your child grows—the highest setting for infancy, the middle setting to accommodate your child’s growth, and the lowest setting when your child is ready for the big kid bed. Because of the adaptability of a crib/bed from Silva, you don’t have to spend money every time your child outgrows a bed, saving you a lot of money in the long run!

Peace of Mind is Priceless

Every child deserves the best—a crib or a dresser from Silva, where the safety and health of your child are our top priority. To learn more about the value and convenience you’ll enjoy with Silva furniture give us a call at 980-585-1460. We ship our furniture throughout the state of Florida, including Jacksonville, and throughout the United States.