The Leander Bed Inc Pocket Spring Mattress

The Leander bed is different from anything else on the market. It has been designed with the child’s perspective in mind, and the result is a stunning looking cot which converts into a junior bed via stages.

Beautiful, simple and functional:

• Follows the progression from baby to toddler to child
• From cot to junior bed (150cm)
• One purchase - 5 options
• A growing child's dream

The junior bed concept is not new, but the fact that this junior bed looks like a small adult’s bed is new, and the fact that the bed is low to the ground to suit small legs is also unusual. Stig Leander Nielsen, the designer, says: ”I wanted to create a child’s bed, the Leander Bed, as a natural extension to the idea behind the Leander cradle. It annoys me that children’s beds are so traditional, not taking the needs of the children into account.

That’s why I wanted to combine practicality of use with simple design language. We develop our products at the level of the child and experience the world through our little ones’ need for comfort and development.” Initially, the cot base can be raised to protect the parents’ back. It is then dropped down to base level to ensure that the mobile baby is safe. As baby turns into a toddler with greater freedom to move, the first Leander bed adaptation takes place: one of the cot sides come off.

The child still has the familiar feeling of security of the high sides, it has known since birth but can now climb in and out by itself. The Leander Bed comes incl. a pocket spring mattress in "one-piece" for the Baby bed, mattress protector and junior kit, which includes extension pieces for bed and a banana shape mattress piece that can be fitted at the foot end when the bed is extended. As the child’s development progresses, the other three sides come off (all together) and the cot is now a small bed.

The child’s growth in height will tell you when to extend the Leander Bed into the junior bed (150cm long). The extension pieces required are part of your initial purchase, including a "banana shape" mattress piece that can be fitted at the foot end when the bed is extended., so there is no more to buy. The Leander Bed takes the tradition of Scandinavian craftsmanship and design to a new level of excellence. With its oval shape, carved in Scandinavian beech, the bed is a sheer pleasure to the eye. The mattress consists of ventilated cold foam with a cover of ecotex-treated quilted cotton.

The cover has been through a special hypoallergenic process and is washable at 60 degrees C. The Leander Bed has won several awards in Europe and the demand for it, can best be expressed by the fact that Leanderform has had to start their own manufacturing plant. No existing furniture maker in Europe could produce both the quality and the quantity required. This initial shortfall in supply is also the reason why the Leander Bed was not introduced in Australia until the middle of 2006.

We have no doubt that it will be as great a success here as it has been everywhere else.