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Stork Craft Chelsea 4-in-1 Crib with Drawer in Cherry | 
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| Brand: Stork Craft
Category: Baby Product
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Rating:  8 reviews
Color: Cherry
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 70
Dimensions (in): 55.5 x 29.8 x 48
MPN: 04550-974
Model: 04550-974
UPC: 056927076925
EAN: 0056927076925
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| Features:
| • | Contemporary design with a trundle drawer for extra storage | | • | Adjustable one piece mattress support | | • | Innovative one hand drop side rail | | • | Easy to Assemble |
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Product Description
Features: - Contemporary design crib with a trundle drawer for extra storage
- Starts as a standard crib, converts into a toddler bed, then to a day bed and transforms into full-size bed with headboard and footboard
- Innovative one hand drop side rail
- Adjustable one piece mattress support
- Easy to assemble
- Made of solid wood and wood products
- Permanently attached instructions
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 directions are awful October 15, 2008
sound man
decent product if you can afford someone to put it together for you----Even the guy I hired to put it together said the directions were really poorly laid out
 love it !!! October 6, 2008
Mireille G. Mantouck (new york)
The crib was pretty easy to assemble. My husband did it and he's not the handiest guy. It looks like an expensive crib and it's just perfect. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is on a budget, but wants something that doesn't look cheap.
Storkcraft Baby 4in1 Baby Bed September 5, 2008
Ardoin (Lake Charles, LA)
This bed is very nice and it was easy to find a matress for it. The only downside was the fact the thing was very hard to put togehter. The instructions were glued on the underside of the bed itself, so anytime we needed to to refer to them, we had to flip it over or crawl underneath. Otherwise, the bed is as nice as it looks in the photo.
good crib at a great price July 28, 2008
L.S. (florida)
I am very picky, but really like this crib a lot. Its not the fanciest crib out there, but looks nice. I have not encountered any bad smell. I like the fact that it has the solid platform, so we could put our angelcare pad from the monitor system. I did give it 4 stars , because we only had it 2 months, so not sure about durablility. Al in all
good crib for the money. Do the research and see for yourself: Amazon has the best price and free shipping.
There are a lot of purchases we would not make for the baby, looking back. This crib is not one of them.
 Protect Your Baby: Pass Up this Toxic Crib May 24, 2008
goonius (a room in a house on a street in a city just like any other.)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
At $159.99, I knew we weren't getting the best crib out there. Frankly, I'm appalled they even allow this thing on the market.
The description says solid wood and wood products, but I couldn't find one piece that was made of anything but pressed sawdust and glue. Note, I'm not just talking your typical particle board here - this is some all-new funky material, likely developed in China, where the crib is manufactured. As everyone knows, many China-made baby and children's products have been recalled for lead, asbestos and GHB. What new and toxic shortcut could have been used in the manufacturing of this crib?
It's not just the appearance of this "wood product" that is disturbing. The smell is atrocious. I began unpacking this crib indoors, but quickly had to move it to the outdoors. It has an acrid smell, like one of those nail salons in the mall, and it quickly engulfs an entire room. Even outdoors, you don't have to be right next to the thing to be blown away by it. We tried wiping it with a vinegar solution. We tried airing it out for a day - just to give the thing the benefit of the doubt. Then we packed it up neatly and looked into Amazon's return policy: It's awesome by the way. UPS picked this piece of junk up the next day and we breathed a sigh of relief.
As an aside - the finish is ugly. It looks like someone tried airbrush a wood-like appearance onto it, but they were too cheap to get it right. It's patchy looking, kinda like a mangy dog. (How were any of these reviewers fooled by this?) In the lighter spots it's really obvious that the thing is indeed pressed sawdust, and the bars of the crib are flimsy and rubber-like.
If you think you're too poor to afford better, I'd suggest going for used. Our first daughter's crib was a used 7-year old piece that was originally in this price range. It's solid wood. It doesn't stink. It has a real honest polyurethane-style finish that wasn't airbrushed onto it. It's made in a third-world country that is NOT China.
If you can afford better, there are options in the 400+ range. One reviewer mentioned Baby's Dream - who claims their cribs are USA manufactured. While that's a fallacy - Baby's Dream cribs are manufactured in Chile - it is true that Baby's Dream uses 100% SOLID WOOD, no particle board, and their finish doesn't just say non-toxic, it smells non-toxic. And they are gorgeous, quality cribs that turn into toddler beds, then either full or twin sized beds depending on the model.
In the 600+ range you can go one better and buy an Amish crib that IS made in the USA, and is either unfinished or is finished with Tung oil, and is made of sustainable woods.
Either way, put your foot down and tell these manufacturers that you won't put your baby to sleep in their toxic crib. Our children deserve better, and until we DEMAND better, we will continue to get products that are substandard and dangerous.
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