BABY CRIB PARTS
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The reality is that decades of buying cheap baby furniture only to toss it in the trash after a few years are coming back to haunt us in a big way. Not only are the garbage dumps overflowing, but we have lost the benefits of the virgin forests that we so carelessly eliminated to make the wooden furnishings. The chemicals we used to paint, process and make the finished products pretty have done more than their share to pollute the environment and leave us to clean up the toxic waste.
As we know there is no easy answer and we are not going to get a "do over", but I hope that it makes you consider buying a few inexpensive baby crib parts to recycle an otherwise safe and useful crib before casting it aside.
WHERE TO BUY REPLACEMENT BABY CRIB PARTS
Standard size screws, nuts and bolts are as easy as a trip to your local discount store. It’s rare that only one of the needed items is necessary to hold the bed together so dig around until you find an identical piece to the one you are missing and take it with you to the store.
If Wally World doesn’t have what you need in its hardware department, the next stops you make should be the home improvement store and then the automotive parts store. In emergency situations, you can take your piece to a machine shop and have one of the technicians duplicate it. Another resource would be a woodworking shop where they make homemade cribs. It would be reasonable to assume that they might have a few spare crib parts lying around.
GETTING IN TOUCH WITH THE MANUFACTURER
If your crib was made in the last ten years or so, you should have no problem contacting the company who made it. Take care that all used cribs fall within the guidelines of modern safety standards.
- Look on the frame of the baby bed to see if you can find the contact number or address of the company that made the bed
- If the tags have been removed, refer to the owner’s manual if you have it.
- Do a search on the internet to see if you can email them to see if they can supply the baby crib parts that you need.
INDENTIFYING YOUR MISSING BABY CRIB PARTS
To find baby crib parts for a specific brand you may need to order your part from the manufacturer. Before you get in touch with them, you will need to have:
- The number or name of the piece that you need
- The model number and possibly the date of manufacture so that they can help you
This may sound like a lot to go through to recycle a used baby crib. We should think of it as an investment in our baby’s future. It is all worthwhile to leave our kids a clean and uncluttered world.
Return to Unique Baby Nursery Themes, Crib Bedding Designs and Decorating Ideas for more information on renovating and recycling baby cribs.
