Best Cribs for Parents in Stamford, Connecticut

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. Telling your kids you got them something "good enough" might not be very easy so here's why getting something "great" is even easier. 

Your kids grow quickly, you'll blink twice and they're ready for their first car. And sure, you can get a car without airbags and a funky smell but do you really go that route?

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 investing in quality means investing in yourself. It's the same mindset we strive to form, some barely certified crib comes with inherent risks, short term usability, invisible foes and lots of question marks. 

Here’s the naked truth about children’s furniture—more specifically, cribs. Since the turn of the century, nearly a million and a half cribs have been recalled from the market because they posed an unreasonable risk of injury to your child. In fact, the 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 in 2011 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 unsafe cribs.

Silva Cribs are made with 100% solid wood, as natural and organic and smelling as fresh as a baby. No hard-to-spell chemicals, no lead, no harmful VOCs, all Greenguard GOLD tested which is why is consistently made the top baby cribs list for Baby Bargains and Parents Choice. You'll have a baby for the rest of your life and you'll need a crib on Day 1, then you need a Toddler Bed a couple of years later and then a Full size Bed a few seconds later. Yes, you can buy that 2-day delivery crib but it's more likely than not, that you'll have to throw it away. Poor quality materials, poor made in Asia craftsmanship, very thin and lightweight, it make it to toddler stage so if you make a wise choice, you may spend a penny more but save a lot in the long run. 

Our German-engineered hardware systems have hydraulic soft closing which makes the nursery dresser functional and long lasting. Drawers don't get stuck in the winter, non-toxic finishes don't have funky smells and all our beds, cribs, dressers and other pieces are designed to provide maximum Peace of Mind. The 5-in-1 crib design offers durability and value from the time your child is born until high school graduation and beyond. 

Best Crib Brands should not be on CPSC Recall list

Yes, we've seen those top 7 cribs according to self-proclaimed experts (collecting some referral commissions). Most of those choices are big box products costing as much as a bag of onions but if you peel a few layers of dig on CPSC website you will find most of these top crib brands on the recall list. Among the reasons CPSC pulled cribs off the market were:

• Designs with large gaps between the side of the crib and the mattress, posing serious risk of suffocation
• Inadequate or improper bracing or support for crib mattresses, causing them to fall to the floor
• Spindles that were either poorly held in place or that were spaced such that a child might get stuck or might fall out of the crib
• Paint or other finishes containing toxic substances that could be ingested by infants or toddlers
• Small objects that could be swallowed by children
• Paint or other finishes that chip and can be swallowed

At Silva Furniture, we’ve never lost sight of the most important part of our business—that we are building furniture for children. We’ve always believed that, first and foremost, we have a responsibility to design and manufacture the highest quality product that minimizes the potential risk of injury to your child. Because we are parents, too, we know that’s ultimately how our customers feel.

We know that our furniture costs more than the mass-produced products that flood the market, but we also believe that they outstrip those products in long-term value. We’ve designed our products to last, and to adapt as your child grows, so that you can make a single purchase when your child is born, one that will last until they leave for college.

For more information about our cribs, dressers and other children’s furniture, or to make a purchase, use the convenient contact form below or call us at 980-585-1460. We ship to families throughout the United States, including in Stamford and throughout the state of Connecticut.

We offer a wide range of design options for parents in Stamford and across Connecticut. To see our selection of to shop our products, click on the links below:

• We craft our cribs from solid beechwood, one of the world’s most prized hardwoods. Comparable to oak or hard maple in hardness and density, beechwood offers a structural integrity that minimizes the impact of changes in temperature or humidity. Most mass-produced cribs are built with composites or plywood, which can splinter, warp and deteriorate over time, posing significant safety concerns. The solid beechwood also has a weight and stability that make it virtually impossible for an infant to tip.
• We also ensure that any exposed parts in our dressers and other children’s furniture are constructed of solid hardwood, to enhance stability and minimize risk of injury. Every dresser kit comes with a wall-anchoring kit to prevent tip-overs. We use high-quality, soft-closing German drawer hardware in all our dresser drawers, protecting fingers, and extending the life of the drawers. In independent tests, the closing mechanisms had nearly 80,000 uses… that’s almost 70 years!
• We have all our furniture carefully crafted in Europe, by skilled and dedicated artisans who share our vision and our values. We don’t look for production facilities based on where we can get it done for the least amount of money.
• We use English dovetails for all the joinery in our furniture. Not only are they among the most attractive forms of wood joinery, but there’s really no other type of joint that’s as solid and unlikely to break down. Cheap cribs are usually held together with nails, screws, dowels and even plastic connectors, all of which can pose risk of injury.
• All Silva furniture is crafted using only child-safe glues, whereas many mass-produced cribs have harmful toxins in the glue and finishes.
• The corner blocks on all our furniture are solid wood, without metal braces or other sharp objects that cause injury to a child
• All our furniture has a water-based or vegetable-based finish, so that your child won’t be exposed to toxins if they chew on the rails. The finishes on most mass-produced children’s furniture often contain lead, formaldehyde or phthalates, or other “volatile organic compounds” (VOCs).

At Silva, we adhere strictly to the guidelines set forth by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) when crafting all our children’s furniture. We take a proactive approach, regularly bringing designs and new products to independent testing facilities for review and comment.

Silva Furniture. Safe, Durable and Stylish Baby Furniture

At Silva Furniture, we make cribs, beds, dressers and other children’s furniture that give top priority to the safety and well-being of your child, while simultaneously offering long-term value and aesthetic appeal. To learn more about our wide selection of children’s furniture, call us today at 980-585-1460 or send us a message through our convenient contact form. We ship our furniture to families in Stamford, across the state of Connecticut, and beyond.