New Furniture
Now that the kids are no longer babies, we need to get them new bedroom furniture that will hopefully last them for the next ten to fifteen years. We need beds, dressers and desks. This furniture will need to last them thru thier grade school years all the way till they finish high school so they need to be sturdy and, in a sense, ageless so that both a 5th grader and a high school senior can both use it. And we would like to have them as contemporary bedrooms.
I think the best bet is to purchase bedroom furniture that is made of real wood as opposed to the compressed wood. I believe this is the case for all furniture and even though the latter may be less expensive, I feel the extra money paid for the higher quality furniture will be well worth it in the long run.