Pippin Mcgee | Children's Furniture Specialists

Bunk Beds and Bunk Bed Mattresses | Options, Safety and Tips

Kim — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:45:49 +0000

Bunk Beds can be fun pieces of furniture in children’s rooms and give great sleeping options. Like any furniture purchase, picking out a bunk bed that is right for your child and your child’s room is important. Bunk Beds are excellent at bringing in different sleeping options that can allow for multiple children to sleep together in one room, or can just be a space saving option that helps give more floor play area to the room.

Over the past several years, Bunk Beds have changed quite a bit offering children and parents numerous options. What used to be a simple bunk bed, has transformed in to Tri-bunk beds, all-in-one bunk beds that have desks built in and has even brought in Loft Beds that can have a bed on top and space below. Lots of options, now we just need to figure our which bed is right for the room and right for your children.

The Biggest Mistakes made in bunk bed selection:

The age of children - in my experience, probably the biggest mistake that parents make with bunk beds is that they try to put bunk beds in children’s rooms when they are too young. (more…)

Young America by Stanley, Children’s Furniture - Safety Features Video

Kim — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 10:41:54 +0000

I’ve created this short video to share with you some of the great safety features that Young America by Stanley offers in its line of children’s furniture. Hope this helps in what to look for when shopping for a child’s room!

Why we chose Young America Furniture from Stanley

Kim — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:56:04 +0000

I’ve carefully chosen the lines we carry at Pippin McGee and wanted to share with you the reasons I chose Stanley Young America furniture as one of the manufacturer’s whose lines we proudly carry. This will also give you an insight into what to look for when you are trying to choose a manufacturer or brand of products for your children’s furniture needs.

With a long standing name like Stanley Furniture, it was a natural for them to decide to get in to the children’s furniture. Why not, they already made quality furniture at a great value, they had all of the production in place, and great people that continue to bring a family environment to the company and great leaders at the helm that can see that parents want their children to have the very best. The next step was how to do it properly. Many furniture companies have jumped in to the children’s furniture end, but not many have done it to the extent that Stanley Young America has by making sure that they have met and exceeded the safety guidelines as well as setting numerous standards in the industry like: (more…)

Featured in the New York Times - Sitting Bull USA Bean Bags

Manjula — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 18:58:35 +0000

Towards the end of last year, we were searching for the Ultimate Bean Bags and we picked Sitting Bull USA bean bags for their function and style - an unbeatable combination! We knew we had picked a winner when we sold every single piece we had on the floor within days. And now the New York Times has given these fantastic bean bags a vote of design and style by featuring these bean bags in the Home & Garden Section. We were excited to see that and happy to remind you that if you’ve bought one - then you made an excellent choice and if you haven’t, well…time to make an excellent choice if you are looking for a bean bag.

And of course give ourselves a pat on the back as well. Great job Kim! You picked another winner! We love your product scouting skills!

Here is a link to the Sitting Bull USA, featured in the New York Times today! (Sitting Bull USA is on page 5 of 9 on the slideshow.)

We would like to thank our customers who ask for products and tell us what they would find useful. Please keep those requests coming and rest assured we’ll do our best to find you a great combination of style, value and function! Thank you for your confidence in us!

Sitting Bull USA - Bean Bags, Fashion Bags, Round Bean Bags

Kim — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:06:17 +0000

Our Search for the ultimate bean bag…..

After numerous requests for bean bags, I went on the hunt for not just any bean bag, but the ultimate bean bag that was stylish and functional and that could hold up against my two children and still meet my standards. After studying and testing numerous brands and styles of bean bags, we ultimately chose the Sitting Bull company and their unique and stylish take on the old bean bag.

I love the great color choices that they have and the big style that allows a child or a grown up to sit in the bean bag, but it wasn’t until I got the bean bag home and put it in the playroom with the kids that I realized how great this bean bag is. My 5 year old was able to lay on it while watching a movie on one side while my daughter was able to curl up on the other side and take a nap and both got their own individual space and for once seemed perfectly content sitting right next to each other. What a unique concept. (more…)

Pippin Mcgee News…for 2008

Manjula — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:12:53 +0000

We hope your New Year has started well and wish you joy and abundance in the coming year! We have been a little behind on posting to the blog in the new year and we apologize about that. We’ve been tied up with moving the physical store and going through a few challenges of starting up at the new location. Despite all the planning that went into it, we ran into a few hurdles but are glad most of that is behind us!

The good news is - the new location (for our local customers) - is a fabulous and fun spot to shop at and we will be reopening this weekend (12th of January, 2008) with many new products we’ve researched and selected over the last few months. The new location is at:

1800 Kaliste Saloom - right by Fresh Market at Main Street, River Ranch.

Here’s wishing all of you a fantastic year ahead again!

Stanley Young America - Bed Features

Kim — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:39:42 +0000

We often get asked about the features of Stanley Young America’s furniture line for children. While it’s easy enough for us to provide that information in product descriptions I think a video adds far more clarity. I hope this video gives you a better idea of what you can do with the beds and how the hi-lo features of the Young America by Stanley collection work.

As always, your questions and comments are welcome and encouraged.

Six Decorating Themes for Boy’s Rooms

Kim — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 16:06:18 +0000

I don’t know why we feel that we need a theme in our kids rooms, but for some reason we all gravitate to that idea. I think it helps us get a visual of how the room will come out and what colors we can work with, and just generally puts our mind at rest that we actually have a plan.There are lots of great themes for boys’ rooms that cover all age ranges.

The main thing that you will want to keep in mind is that your little one will be growing and will change faster than you realize and might even pop up one day with an opinion. So, you can either go full throttle in to a theme that is something you both will love at this point, or you try to figure out something that is a happy medium between a full throttle theme and what they may like 5 years from now. Keep in mind, many people enjoy redoing their children’s rooms so if you fall in to that category, then have fun and go all out for a great theme that will make him love to dream, entertain and sleep in his favorite room in the house. (more…)

Stanley Young America - Convertible Crib Features

Kim — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:27:36 +0000

Ever wondered how the convertible crib works? or what options you have with it? Here is a video describing some of the features of Stanley Young America’s Convertible cribs.

Added to the fantastic ‘Built to Grow’ Concept - Young America’s cribs are certified by the Juvenile Products Manufacturers’ Association. They are coated with finishes that are in compliance with Federal Regulation 16CFR1303 for lead content and have been certified as such by Intertek, an independent testing laboratory recognized by both the American Society for Testing and Materials and the Consumer Products Safety Commission.

As always, if you have any questions, we are here to help!

How to Find the Ideal Diaper Bag

Kim — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:28:53 +0000

It might seem like a diaper bag is the most trivial of items to consider when you are having a baby, but actually the diaper bag can be a great accessory to making your life easy at staying on the go. Your diaper bag purchase is actually one of the fun items that you get to choose among all of the other decisions that have to be made when having a baby.

Not all diaper bags are created equal. When considering a diaper bag, you will want to keep in mind several thoughts that will help you narrow down on the perfect or ideal diaper bag. The ideal diaper bag will be a well-made diaper bag that has different compartments that allow for easy access of bottles, keys, wipes and diapers. The ultimate diaper bag will be stylish, yet will also have great function making finding a pacifier easy or grabbing a bottle while staying on the go easy.

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