Selection and description of growing chairs

Children's furniture should not only be beautiful, but also safe, meet the requirements of age and height. Changing furniture sets for each period of a child's age is a daunting task for most families.

Today, the question of choosing the right furniture is not acute, since in stores you can buy special orthopedic chairs that grow with your child at a very affordable price.

comfortable chair — Growing chairs provide optimal support for the spine and thus contribute to the optimal development of the skeletal system in children.

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Growing Chairs
Varieties of growing chairs for a child
How to choose the right chair
How to do it yourself
Video: what to consider when choosing a growing chair for a child

Advantages and Disadvantages of Growing Chairs

the right furniture — A growing chair allows for several years not to worry about purchasing new furniture of this type for a child.

Growing furniture has a lot of advantages:

The furniture is comfortable for a long period of operation - 10 years or more.
The transformer does not harm the posture of the child at any age, it allows you to sit correctly while eating, studying at a desk, board games.
These chairs are stable and have protection against tipping over, which serves as a guarantee of safety.
The furniture is made of natural wood or plywood, which meets the rules of environmental friendliness. Safe material is used for painting.
Chairs have a support for the legs, which allows you to keep them in the correct position when sitting - this serves as the prevention of scoliosis, joint pathologies.
It is comfortable for a child to sit on a growing chair, the furniture has a rigid supporting back, a wide seat, and often side slats to protect it from slipping.
Highchairs for very young children are equipped with restraining belts or partitions for protection. On such a highchair, babies have a separate place at the common table.

furniture for a child — Some growing chairs can be used anywhere from 5 to 18 years old, making them more than relevant to purchase and incredibly versatile.

There are also disadvantages, but they can be called relative:

The most "advanced" examples of modern chairs are quite expensive. True, their acquisition is fully paid off by a long period of active exploitation in the family.
The design of the chairs can be called standard, laconic. Different models are similar to each other, they may differ only in color and in some details.
To give stability to chairs, manufacturers make their base very wide, which takes up space, and in small rooms and apartments it may not be very convenient. But this is due to the need to protect children from falling.
It is not easy for a small child to rearrange the chair to another place; the help of adults is needed.

using a growing chair — There are not many disadvantages of adjustable designs. The main one is the high price. These chairs are expensive. However, it should be remembered that the term of their use is not limited.

Varieties of growing chairs for a child

A modern growing chair is a must for every family with children and can be a great gift.

In stores you can find furniture from different manufacturers, and each model has its own characteristics. How to make the right choice?

Kid-Fix

Chair of the Russian manufacturer made of natural wood, stylish and comfortable. Suitable for any interior, a wide range of colors. Separately, you can buy detachable belts, soft pillows, a bag for toys.

It is durable in operation, can be used by both children from infancy (6 months) and adults. The maximum load is 120 kg. The price is about 7 thousand rubles.

baby chair — Highchair of "Kid-Fix" firm for a child.

Growing

A chair of the Belarusian manufacturer Millwood made of birch plywood, stable and comfortable even for babies from the age of 6 months (optionally, you can purchase a wooden restraining table for safety).

birch plywood highchair Millwood — A variant of the design of the Millwood highchair.

The lineup is presented in a wide range of colors. The maximum load is up to 100 kg. Price - from 6200 rubles.

Millwood from birch plywood — Millwood highchair made of birch plywood.

Kuzya

Furniture "Peacock" of Russian production, made of MDF and natural birch, a wide range of colors. Designed for children from 6 months to 17 years old.

Additionally, you can purchase accessories by matching the color of the chair - seat cushions, stopper, table. The price is about 5 thousand rubles.

Growing chair Kuzya in the interior — The growing chair "Kuzya" in the interior of the children's room.

The Little Humpbacked Horse

Chair of Russian production, models are presented from plywood or beech. Large selection of colors, seat cushions and baby restraints are available separately.

types of chairs Humpbacked Horse — Variants of the Humpbacked Horse shape chairs.

The maximum load is 100 kg. The price range, depending on the material of manufacture, is from 5 to 9 thousand rubles.

child on a chair — A child on the growing Humpbacked Horse chair.

RostOk

A chair of Russian production, made of birch plywood. Available in different colors or without painting, varnished.

sprout growing chair — Chair color options.

Optional accessories are available - seat cushions, feeding table. Load - up to 100 kg. The price is in the range of 4800-5900 rubles.

design options for RostOk chairs — Design options for growing chairs “RostOk”.

Kotokota

The products of the Russian manufacturer are made of birch plywood coated with water-based varnish. Chairs are available in different models - for use at a standard table height, for growing desks. Separately, you can purchase a limiter, a feeding table.

For children between the ages of 6 and 17. The maximum load is 100 kg. The price, depending on the chosen model, is 6000-6500 rubles.

Kotokota growing chair — Growing chair of the "Kotokota" company for a child.

Stokke Steps

Growing chairs from Norway can be used to feed babies from 0, thanks to the special baby chair, which is securely attached to the furniture. You can also purchase a set-insert and a soft pillow for babies, a table-limiter for feeding.

The chairs are presented in different models - standard, with a half-chair, etc. They are made of environmentally friendly wood, can be varnished or painted, the color range is wide. Withstands loads up to 100 kg. The price varies, depending on the model and configuration - 3900-20000 rubles.

Stokke Steps growing chair design — Stokke Steps chairs color and design.

How to choose the right chair

In order to choose the right chair, pleasing to the eye and growing with the child, several important nuances must be taken into account:

Attention - to the material. Solid wood, wood plywood, MDF must fully comply with safety requirements and be certified, as well as paints and varnishes that were used to decorate children's furniture. You should ask the seller for product certificates, and it is better to refuse to buy chairs from unknown manufacturers.
If the seat is being purchased for an infant, you must purchase a set of removable seat belts or table restraints. For the convenience of the child, for a rigid structure, it is better to buy a set of pillows, and give preference to those that are securely fixed on the back and seat, in order to avoid slipping.
The chair should not wobble and give the impression of a flimsy structure, creak. The chair brackets must firmly fix the furniture and not wobble in the grooves.
For a convenient position at the table when a preschooler or schoolchild is engaged, it is better to buy a desk that can also grow, which will allow you to adjust the child's fit as much as possible.

chair selection rules — If the design is chosen for a child under five years old, you should pay attention to models with a limiter. They will ensure safe use. For schoolchildren, you should choose high chairs with soft seats.

How to do it yourself

Such furniture will not be difficult to make on your own; this will require a little skill in working with wood, a minimum set of tools and available materials.

homemade chair — Not all materials are suitable for making a folding chair that grows with the child. The product can be made from either plywood or treated wood.

Set of tools:

Sheets (Whatman or cardboard) for drawings, pencil.
Ruler, tape measure.
Jigsaw (preferably electric).
Sandpaper.
Fraser.

chair making tools — On the Internet, you can easily download a ready-made project, or focusing on GOST 19301.2-94, which describes what parameters tables and chairs for children should have, you can make a template yourself.

Mountings:

6-taper bolts, furniture countersunk nuts.
Wood glue.

chair mounts — To tighten the screws in the template, we make holes in those places where there will be holes for attaching the seat and footrest. In this case, the head of the twisted self-tapping screw should not protrude from the template.

Material:

Plywood at least 22 mm for the base of the chair (for each upright - double glued piece).
Plywood 16 mm - 22 mm for the seat and back of the furniture.
Water-based varnish, wood primer, paint, paint brushes and finished chair decoration.

high chair manufacturing — The chairs are completely disassembled and all parts are sanded before coating.

Step-by-step instruction:

Make a drawing of the product, calculate all the parameters. For the drawing, you can use the ready-made parameters of the chairs, which are presented on the Internet.
Carry out patterns of all parts on cardboard in full size.
Attach the template to the plywood, circle it with a pencil, cut it out with a jigsaw. It is important not to forget that some of the details are "specular" - that is, right and left.
All parts of the chair base are made of double parts, which, after cutting, must be turned to match, then glued. After gluing, the parts must be pressed with a press and allowed to dry (usually a day).
The milling cutter grinds grooves on the inner surface of the racks. The grooves should run in an even row at a distance of 8-10 cm from each other, have a depth of 1 cm, a width of 24 mm.
Through holes must be made in the center of the bottom of each groove to fix the seat and footrest.
Cut out the backrest, seat, footrest, round off the edges, make the sliders for the footrest and the seat to fix them on the structure.
When all the parts are ready, you need to complete the complete assembly of the furniture. If everything suits you, the chair must be disassembled again into parts for further fine cleaning, painting or varnishing.