Your antique, new or vintage bed and bed frame are integral to this oasis of personal comfort.īeds and bed frames have long been an important part of the sanctuary that is the bedroom.

Being both a woodworker and engineer the work necessary to install the additional L-brackets to fix the drop side and prevent movement is un-daunting.We find relaxation and solace in our bedrooms, which are often the most cherished rooms of a home. Conversion kits are available which easily install to permanently fix the former drop-side into a locked full-up position. New standards completely ban all drop-side cribs, It is even illegal to sell or donate an old drop-side crib! Naturally, due to the age of our crib, it does have a drop-side. There is no easy correction possible for spindles with too great of spacing. OK, I will need to verify our old crib has spindles with gaps no larger than 2-3/8 inches. Jenny Lind style cribs have spindles for all four sides so there are no cut-outs on head or foot boards. Our old Jenny Lind crib has curved ends with no corner post extensions or finials which can ensnare bedding or infant's clothing and lead to suffocation.Ĭribs cannot have cut outs in the head or foot boards which can become entanglement points for infants or their clothing. I did some research this morning to learn more about the updated standards and it 'appears' the crib meets most of the new standards and can be converted to meet the lone non-compliance.Ĭribs cannot have corner posts that extend higher than 1/16-inch above the side rails, unless the posts extend very high (no specific dimension found) such as found on a canopy style bed. We knew there have been many Consumer Product Safety Commission recalls on cribs and new mandatory standards, so we anticipated not being able to use our old crib thinking it almost certainly does not meet the new codes.

We just learned this weekend that we will become Grandparents for the first time next Spring. It served both of our sons, was stored for years, was called into duty for one niece (now in her early 20's) and went back into storage. Our oldest was born in 1980 and we purchased a Jenny Lind style crib at that time.

Cribs head and foot boards