Basic criteria for choosing things for a child’s room
When choosing items, it is recommended to seek advice from a specialist. But independent purchases are also guided by a number of simple rules:
In the children's corner, it is necessary to select only the necessary household items in order to avoid unnecessary clutter of items that will later turn out to be superfluous for the baby. There should be as much free space as possible in the room for educational games.
The main rule when choosing the furnishings of a child’s apartment is safety, that is, the absence of sharp corners, glass shelves and unnecessary doors. The crib where the baby sleeps must have sides to avoid dangerous falls.
It is wise to choose things that match the baby’s height so that he can independently reach the things he needs.
Materials for manufacturing should be taken environmentally friendly: wood, natural varnish for covering individual interior parts, etc.
To develop good taste and personality of the child, it is recommended to buy only attractive and beautiful decoration items.
Advantages and disadvantages of the furniture business
Alas, like any other business, it has its pros and cons. When opening your own production of children's furniture, an entrepreneur needs to soberly evaluate all the pros and cons. This is done in order to understand what difficulties you may encounter and whether it is worth opening such a business.
| Production of custom-made children's furniture | |
| Advantages | Flaws |
| High ratio between cost and final price. | Custom-made children's furniture is much more expensive than ordinary furniture; most buyers prefer to buy products in the cheaper segment. |
| Constantly in demand in densely populated regions and in regions with high population growth. | There is a general decline in furniture production in Russia; it is worth considering the option of exporting goods. |
| Furniture production is precisely the industry in which all modern design trends are constantly applied. | Designing 3D furniture models requires graphic design skills. |
| Small investment at the start, especially for those who are already involved in wood processing. | Making furniture requires the entrepreneur to have some skills and knowledge about the production process itself. |
| Any sales can be made via the Internet, without opening or spending additional funds on the development of an offline store. | To sell independently, you need to constantly process and fulfill orders, or pay for outsourcing. |
| Business compactness. You can organize the production of custom-made children's furniture directly in a box, warehouse or in a large garage. | Producing furniture “by hand” will take a significant amount of time and effort and requires skills in working with wood. |
Unit economy: children's furniture based on European architecture.
Rules for choosing colors for the nursery
Parents are usually interested in the question: what color should they buy for their children? The range of colors in this room is quite large. Experienced psychologists rightly claim that colors greatly influence the psyche of a growing baby, that is, they simultaneously promote calmness and develop a creative personality in him.
The decoration of the gaming compartment is best done in blue and green tones. You should not use red, green, yellow and orange colors, because they bring unnecessary excitement and put pressure on the nervous system of a growing, fragile organism.
So, until the first two years of life, it is recommended to surround the baby with calm, warm shades. Cozy, restrained colors (pastel yellow, light beige, milky) visually create a feeling of security.
But as you grow, you should make the nursery the brightest and most eye-catching room in the house by choosing a contrasting combination of colors. This environment will allow your little one to fully frolic, do business and relax.
Psychologists note that too dark colors for decorating your child’s room have a depressing effect on his mood, psyche and perception. And light and bright details will only evoke a positive emotional state in children.
Decorating two-color walls will significantly break up the monotony and give the room an interesting, unique appearance. An interesting solution would be a combination of warm and cold shades. As an example: one wall is made in yellow, and the other is a light blue shade with small drawings.
Child's age: how to choose the right things?
With the advent of a tiny baby, the question arises: how to properly design a children's corner. A newborn baby will only need a comfortable soft cradle, so the furnishings are designed according to the mother’s choice and individual taste.
As a rule, the room will come in handy with a chair for feeding the baby, a changing table and shelves, or a box for the necessary hygiene items. When the baby grows up, there is a need for new interior details of the space. As soon as the baby can sit, he needs a set with a high chair, a crib with sides, etc.
For a baby under one year old, it would be wise to purchase a soft playpen that will limit the space for safe play. A little later you will need a table and chair for drawing and a fence for the first movement.
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At about three years old, the little one will need his own personal chest of drawers or closet for clothes, as their quantity will increase noticeably. Then you should put a cabinet and a wall for numerous toys. Next, the playpen needs to be replaced with a slightly larger, low bed with sides.
About five years old, a child will need a full-fledged place for study and relaxation: a table with good lighting, an adjustable chair, shelves, racks. It is better for a student to choose a shelving unit with open shelves and a table with a large number of drawers for writing instruments and stationery items.
Height groups of school furniture
Currently produced school furniture is subject to strict requirements regarding the quality of materials used and design dimensions.
To correctly select such school furniture, it is necessary to take into account height groups, which make it possible to simplify the selection of the necessary furniture designs. In the recent past, the concept of height groups for school furniture was virtually absent. Manufacturers made two types of school desks, which were intended for elementary grades, and full-size tables, which were used by students from fifth to eleventh grade. Today, several height groups are used at once, which allow optimizing the size of furniture corresponding to the height of the child.
So, in accordance with the current GOST, it is customary to distinguish seven main growth groups.
The zero growth group is intended primarily for preparatory school classes, where children from kindergarten are taught. Furniture of this height group is marked white and intended for children no taller than 90 centimeters. As mentioned above, such height-group furniture is used extremely rarely in schools.
For primary classes, furniture of the first height group is used. It is color coded orange and is intended for children no taller than 1 meter. The height of the chair in accordance with this height group is 26 centimeters, and the height of the table top is 45 centimeters.
The second height group is used quite often in grades four through six. These height groups of school furniture are designed for students no more than 120 centimeters tall and have a seat height of 30 centimeters and a tabletop height of 52 centimeters.
The third size of school furniture is color coded yellow and is intended for students from fifth to seventh grade. The furniture of this group is optimized for use by teenagers whose height does not exceed 135 centimeters. The height of the table top is 58 centimeters, and the height of the chair is 34 centimeters.
In the past, the fourth size of school furniture, indicated by red markings, was the last and was used from 8th to 11th grade. It is intended for students no taller than 150 centimeters. However, today, when there is an increase in the average height of schoolchildren, two additional height groups of school furniture have been added.
The fifth group of furniture is designed specifically for use in high schools and is intended for students whose height does not exceed 165 centimeters. This height group is marked green, and the height of the table top is 70 centimeters. School furniture of the fifth height group is most widespread in high schools. It is optimally suited to the height of students and ensures the most convenient and comfortable fit.
We also produce school furniture for the sixth height group, which limits the height of schoolchildren to 180 centimeters. The color marking of furniture of the sixth height group is done in blue. It must be said that furniture of this sixth group is used extremely rarely today, so in most cases it is made on an individual basis.
When choosing school furniture, it is necessary to take into account height groups, which will allow you to make the right choice. Currently, in the range of offers of specialized furniture factories, you can easily find options for school furniture, which differ in their dimensions and design style. All this greatly simplifies the choice and allows you to design school classrooms in an original and high-quality manner.
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Children's room for boy and girl
Typically, a set of furniture for a boy’s nursery consists of the following necessary components:
- bed;
- table and chair;
- locker or bedside table for clothes.
The personal space of a preschool child can be interestingly decorated with bright thematic things: the shape of a ship (sea theme) or a car. As a rule, the interior is done in blue or blue colors.
A rather interesting design option is a loft bed, where the upper level serves as a sleeping area, and below there is either a closet or a work area.
Photos of a set of children's furniture for a girl show traditional interior colors: pink, beige, lilac, white shades. Girls' sets include a wardrobe, a large mirror, and a corner for playing with dolls.
A girl’s bed is decorated with openwork accessories, patterns and carvings, and an elegant canopy is hung.
The young beauty will need a chest of drawers with a mirror, a dressing table and a bedside table for girly accessories.
If the child is passionate about something, then a separate corner for the needlewoman will be required. For example: a sewing machine, embroidery machine or painting easel.
Russian children's furniture market: statistics and detailed analysis
On the Russian market, most of the components for assembling custom-made furniture are produced by foreign companies from Italy, Poland and Germany, as a result of which the delivery time for components varies from 1 to 3 months; many people are not satisfied with such a long waiting period.
At the same time, beautiful, designer furniture is still in demand, even if after the jump in the exchange rate, prices have increased by 35-40%.
The rest of the market is characterized by the fact that about 75% of the volume is occupied by domestic goods of the middle and cheap price segment, among the assortment of which it is difficult to select furniture with the possibility of custom-made.
It is important! When drawing up a business plan, indicate which market your product will enter – city, regional, federal. Calculate prices for raw materials, transportation of finished products, energy costs - this will help justify the cost of manufacturing before starting production itself. Do not forget about the organization of sales - how the finished products will be sold, for example: specialized stores, online platforms, directly from the warehouse, and so on.
Only 16% of all Russian families have specialized children's furniture
Competition among existing children's furniture production
There are not so many ateliers and workshops producing unique and interesting children's furniture, and most of these companies are located in large cities with a population of over a million, where there is a great demand for expensive and presentable goods.
If we talk about market competition, then in addition to manufacturers from the CIS, the main competitors will also be products from the above-mentioned countries - Polish, Czech, Swedish and German children's furniture.
When drawing up a business plan, which we will talk about below, it is necessary to conduct a market analysis, compare the strengths and weaknesses of your own company and competing companies; the information itself can be presented in the form of a table, following the example presented below:
| Competitor | Strengths | Weak sides |
| LLC "Children's Furniture" | Purchases high-quality products from Russian and Finnish suppliers, a large range of models. | Weak advertising campaign, no own website with the presented assortment, practically do not cooperate with other stores. |
| IP "Mikhail and Co." | Low cost of furniture compared to competitors | The products are characterized by a high percentage of defects and generally unsatisfactory quality of furniture assembly. |
| JSC "Rotunda" | A large number of promotions, bonuses, discount days. All furniture comes with a long-term warranty. | There is no possibility to order furniture according to an individual design; the number of models presented is small. |
| IP "Agatov V.I." | The furniture is developed by professional designers; the entire range is made from environmentally friendly and as harmless materials as possible. | The model range is designed for a narrow circle of buyers; the cost of products significantly exceeds the cost of analogues. |
| PJSC "Bourgeois" | The furniture is made from high quality solid wood; it is possible to order products with an individual design. | Increased cost of products compared to competitors, the waiting time for an order reaches 6-7 months. |
Such a table will help identify the strengths and weaknesses of potential competitors, and will also help your company choose the right price segment and general vector for business development.
An example of the work of a large factory producing children's furniture can be found in the following video:
