Need upscale bedding suggestions...

[emmiem]

Pine Creek Bedding has bumpers which are not too thick or too thin. The patterns are nice and the quality great. We are still using the sheets three years later in a toddler bed.
Michele

[Katia]

I wonder if you might like Land of Nod. They have cute (but not cutesy) designs and high quality.

[Tracey]

The bedding at this boutique is exquisite and about as high end as you can get:

http://www.givingtreeonline.com/babylinens.html

I like the custom bedding from this company and may order from them when my daughter makes it to her own big girl bed:

http://www.javisdavis.com/

[tinkerbell1217]

I had Glenna Jean bedding for my son years ago and LOVED the quality and look. I still love it today and I still have his comforter too. Its held up 13 yrs! They are mid price range IMO.

[Dscvrlifewith3]

javisdavis.com is a really great company to work with. i have had many of my own customers use them and they were very pleased with the quality of their work and customer service.

if you are wanting something really plush, I highly recommend Sandra at www.coastalbaby.com. She is one of the nicest people you will ever encounter, the quality of her workmanship superb, and I can assure you you would not be disappointed. She also sells on eBay, just put Coastal Baby in the search engine and you will pull up her items.

[AJs Mommy]

Although very expensive, I highly recommend both Sweet William crib bedding - http://sweetwilliam.com and Susan Turner Baby crib bedding -http://www.susanturnerbaby.com

We purchased Sweet William bedding from a baby boutique two years ago and in spite of the fact that my toddler wrestles with the ties of the bumper and tries to stand on and destroy the bumper - the entire crib set has held up wonderfully and still looks like new. The quality is excellent, the fabric is very soft and the embroidery is beautiful.

More recently, we purchased custom Susan Turner crib bedding for our soon-to-be-born-baby - directly from Susan Turner Baby. Their customer service staff was wonderful to work with and they were more than happy to send me as many fabric swatches as I wanted. Although their "off the rack" crib sets are beautiful, I ended up having them make a custom crib set for us and I combined several different fabrics embroidered with their signature Bunny design. The entire set is gorgeous and the bumber is nice and thick and the padding is substantial, so I am sure it will hold up to the abuse a baby can dish out. Needless to say, the fabric is beautiful.

Again, very expensive crib bedding (Susan Turner more so), but if you want to go all out crazy with upscale bedding, I recommend both. Have fun shopping!

[vikivoly]

I love my Brandee Danielle bedding. Compared to Wendy Bellisimo, it's moderately priced. Her bumpers are nice and thick. I love her style for baby girls too. I'm very pleased with the overall quality and wouldn't hesitate to buy from her again.

[gisele]

I like House of Hatten bedding. They are the only other ones I know of other than Wendy Bellissimo that you can unzip the cover off to wash.

[hwin708]

I seonc this suggestion. I have a Brandee Danielle set as well, and LOVE the overstuffed bumper look. For some reason, I hated her stuff online (it all looked so frilly), but then loved it in stores (looked much simpler and beautiful in person).

[westchicagomom]

Another Brandee Danielle fan here. We have the Animal Walk bedding and love it. I found it for less than half off retail by doing a lot of on-line research.

The bedding is of great quality and the bumpers are so thick - unfortunately too thick so we now have to remove them as DD is apparently part monkey and will soon be using them to try to climb out of her crib.

Oh - and the BBB says the bumpers don't have top and bottom ties. Ours actually do, so I guess that is a change the company made after the book went to press.

[JMS]

Check out:

http://babydilly.com//default.aspx

[JMS]

Sorry.. here's another site I really like for crib bedding:

http://www.bibisbabywear.com/index.asp

[vikivoly]

Ours have the ties on the top and bottom also and it's almost 2 years old. The ties are nice and long so they fit around my thick crib posts.

Another nice thing about their bumpers is many of them come in four sections instead of one long piece, which makes it easier to wash. I have seen some styles that have the zip out bumpers, although ours doesn't.

[vpalmer]

I have to agree with Vicki. I love my Brandee Danielle Bedding. We have used it for a year now and love it. We have machine washed both the bumpers and the quilt and both have laundered well despite the "hand clean" instructions on the tag. Our set also has the ties on the top and bottom of the bumper pad. Yes, they are thick, but we still have them in the crib and DD is almost a year old. When she does step on the bumper, they still flatten even though they are thick. I have to agree with the PP though, the bedding was much cuter IRL then it was on the website. I probably would have never picked out our bedding online, seeing it IRL sealed the deal. :-)

Have fun picking out you bedding!


Veronica
Mom to Eva
Born on 6-12-03

[memedee]

try www.babybox.com
I love the Blauen sets

[ShaniB123]

I think Gordonsbury makes the most beautiful crib bedding. If you type in Gordonsbury and crib on Google, you'll find a bunch of websites with pictures.

First due in CA in October

[cuca_]

We have Angel Baby by Legacy bedding for DD and I absolutely love the bumpers. We got what they call the "box bumper" so it is nice and thick. My favorite part about it is that it is four separate pieces that tie together at the corners. I am very happy with the overall quality of the set. I also love that they give you the option of ordering a longer crib skirt. One of my biggest pet peeves is how short regular crib skirts look when the crib is at its highest position.

We also have a Sferra Baby Comforter and Sham that we received as a gift. (I think Tracey suggested this brand in her reply). Although comforters are pretty impractical IMHO, this set is sooo soft. I love it, and would not hesitate to buy a crib set from them. We also have some Sferra Sheets for our bed which I love. If I remember correctly, though, their bumpers are pretty fluffy.

Dori suggested Blauen. I looked at these while shopping for crib linens, and they are absolutely gorgeous. They sent me a few samples and were very nice and helpful. I finally decided their set was more than I wanted to spend on crib linens, but if money is no object Blauen sets are absolutely gorgeous and their fabrics are beautiful.

HTH

Carmen

[StaceyKim]

http://www.givingtreeonline.com/pababylinens.html

http://www.navasdesigns.com/ (my bumpers came out very thick and full)

http://www.poshtots.com/pt/catalog/product_list.asp?category_id=58&heirarchy_id=317 (great selection!)

[entttc]

I love my "safari" bedding from Gordonsbury.

[ShaniB123]

I love that pattern. Do you have any trouble cleaning the bumper?

First due in CA in October

[iris971]

For gorgeous upscale bedding beautifully made, and meets all the safety standards,and of course,afordable, check out PatchKraft. They make bumpers in 4 piece sections, and upon request, even put the zippers in all 4 pieces for extra ease. Gorgeous designs that really last. Look at their website, www.patchkraft.com.

Iris Marks

[kiki]

I recently bought a Brandee Danielle crib set. It says to "hand wash, do not dry". Do you have any suggestions for how-to clean,
especially the bumper and quilt?

[vikivoly]

Here's a link to a post about it. http://www.windsorpeak.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=7&topic_id=3627&mesg_id=3627&listing_type=search

Since my quilt is still hanging on the wall, I haven't washed it. I wash my sheet in the washer on cold and dry it in the dryer though.

[entttc]

We've only spot-cleaned it so far- it hasn't needed much. The blood stain we needed to remove came off with no trouble, though.
-entttc

[kiki]

Thanks for the advice on how-to clean the Brandee Danielle bedding. I will feel much safer putting it in the washer now.

[kacers]

Try luvstuffbaby.com

I ordered my daughter's bedding through them and I love it! They will custom make it and you can get tons of coordinating accessories. I can't rave enough about them.

[InTheBiz]

There is a new manufacturer<well, they are an older mnftr but new to bedding> called hoohobbers that also has a duvet styled bumper that removes for washing...the great thing about the bumper though is that it is squared off in style and very firm foam. Not too puffy like the wendy bellismo or brandee danielle.
My theory is that if you're going to worry about the SIDS issue with bumpers then why buy wendy bellisimo or brandee danielle when they have the widest and fluffiest bumpers on the market????
I would want the most firm and breathable fabric avaiable.This is most assuredly Hohobbers.

[LBK]

The most beautiful bedding I've seen is from House Inc. (houseinc.com). They have custom or ready-made, and the fabric designs they have to choose from are really wonderful--even for boys.

[bobica]

we got our bedding from www.warmbiscuit.com we LOVE it! it's holding up beautifully & everything is washed in the machine. we bought some carters sheets to coordinate b/c while i could justify pricey bedding (especially since FIL offered :) ) i couldn't justify having all pricey sheets! we had the catalog but wound up ordering from buy buy baby so FIL could go buy it.

As for hoohobbers, i didn't know they started doing bedding! we got an absolutely gorgeous moses basket from them in the pink toile print- LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!!

Monica
Mom to Siobhan- 3/03

[NicoleL]

Hello! I was wondering if you remembered which website you found your Brandee Danielle bedding half off? Her stuff is too cute and I am hoping to find a good deal!!

Thanks!

[westchicagomom]

Hi Nicole.

I got the BD Animal Walk bedding a year ago exactly from:

http://www.snugasabug.net/greatdeals.asp

It was under $200 (retail was over $ 400)

It doesn't look like they have many great deals at the moment.

I also considered http://www.babymania.com/ as they had great deals.

Good Luck!

[NicoleL]

Pam--Thanks for the information!

For anyone else, those sites were great! I ended up buying off of
www.babyuniverse.com. They had very low prices. Also, if you use the code SAVE0805 at the end of the checkout you can get an extra 10% off. They also have free shipping.

[cad01]

I bought Wendy Bellisimo for my son but I am not going to buy from them again for my next child which is going to be a girl.

I was all ready to buy a set from Pottery Barn until I saw their bumpers. They are too thin for me. I like the thick bumpers and was wondering if you all had some suggestions for me. I'd like nice but not too outrageously priced. Thanks! Carol