There is a wide variety when it comes to buying a bed for your children with different shapes, styles and sizes available and for all ages; ranging from barely out of cost to teens. For little ones, the best bet for a toddler’s first bed is to get a junior bed. This type of bed is also known as a starter bed and acts as a logical stepping stone from the crib to a proper bed. These beds are enjoying a surge in popularity and are smaller than a standard bed and are lower to the ground.

At the other end of the age scale when it comes to beds are teen beds. With this traditionally difficult age range to please, a wide selection of beds is available for them; from conventional full-size beds to a couple of more unusual types. An example of this is ‘chill out’ beds, which allow your teen to do exactly that: relax. They can be used as a comfortable sofa during the day and a bed at night. They can also provide storage space for everything from computer games and CDs, to books and magazines, or even clothing.

Today it is also possible to buy multimedia beds with built-in music and television! Sleepovers are becoming more and more common these days; especially with girls, and it’s possible to buy double-duty sleeping beds that are easily converted when guests arrive.

A classic option for children’s beds, especially if you have more than one child, are bunk beds. These twin bed frames; commonly made of wood or perhaps metal, they are stacked on top of each other with a ladder providing access to the top bunk. The great advantage of a bunk bed is, of course, the space they save, since two beds take up the space of one.

In a similar vein comes the loft bed, often referred to as a loft bed. These beds are raised and accessed by a ladder; again making them suitable for small rooms that lack space. With the raised bed, the space below can be used for a number of purposes, such as workspace or storage, or can be supplied with furniture placed underneath; such as a wardrobe and bookshelves, or a chest of drawers and a study desk. Lower cabin beds, also known as midi-sleepers, provide under-bed storage and can come equipped with hidden extras like a pull-out desk.

The fun can also be brought into the children’s room with the wide range of novelty beds available. When shopping for novelty beds it is important to make sure they are of good quality, but all tastes can be catered for, such as some that resemble a race car or even a bulldozer, beds with a football theme or perhaps dinosaurs , some that look like a castle, or there again for the girls; a bed that resembles a princess’s palace.