If you have a drop-sided crib that you'd like to keep using, you can get an immobilizer kit that does just that...immobilizes the sides, making it safe to keep using. For cribs manufactured from 2000-2009, many manufacturers are offering these kits for free. If your crib manufacturer is not on the list, you can purchase one online as well for $10.
However, if you're like me and you're done having babies (unless God has other plans), and can't sell your crib or donate it, what do you do with it?
The first thoughts that came to my mind were to make some kind of giant tomato cage or trellis for vines. My husband's idea was to chop it to bits and roast marshmallows over it in one of our outdoor fire pits. My neighbor suggested I see if a local antique shop would like to use it to display antique dolls in.
I did a little web surfing and came across this great post at "Easy Frugal Living" full of ideas to repurpose old cribs into useful items like benches, photo display boards, and even wall art...
"Vintage No. 35" has a great idea to use the springs as a jewelry display stand:
"Upcycle" also posted many great ideas, including a really cool craft station, a cart, a work bench, and a hutch to name just a few...
You can Google "repurpose crib" and find many other great ideas out there, but these are the first few that caught my eye. I'd love to hear your ideas if you can think of anything else...we really don't have room for our big, white, drop-side crib in our house but if I can find some cool way to re-use it before my hubby takes his chainsaw to it, it would make a fun tutorial post!! ;-)
2 comments:
Oh my gosh I totally have a drop down crib in my garage waiting for a renovation. I think it will be painted black and used to display items at craft fairs perhaps. Love your blog! Laura at www.ricracrabbit.com
It may be illegal to sell the cribs but I have found that it is legal to sell it in parts making it unusable as a crib. You have to alter it somehow, like sawing off a side. It doesn't ruin it from an upcycle project. Also, upcyclers that do use cribs are willing to do a barter trade for the crib or it's parts. You just have to look for these people that want them. It's not like there's some crib nazi making sure you're not selling black market cribs. If it's going to an upcycler they aren't going to do a thing.
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