6 tips for your allergy sufferer's nursery
Children's rooms for allergy sufferers
Cleanliness and hygiene are particularly important in children's rooms. Not only bacteria and viruses lurk everywhere, but also pollen and dust mites. These trigger allergies and hay fever in more and more children. But don't worry: with a few simple tips, you can set up your child's bedroom so that you can keep it clean easily and routinely, and even little allergy sufferers can feel completely comfortable in their room.
6 tips for furnishing children's rooms for allergy sufferers – play without pollen, dust mites and hay fever
Before furnishing the room, consider what furniture and how much storage space is needed in the room. The more airy the room is designed, the better. When buying new furniture, it is best to replace one piece of furniture rather than adding several. This is because every piece of furniture is a new "dust trap".
1. Choosing the right furniture for a child's bedroom if they have allergies
Tall cupboards are difficult to reach. But it is precisely in those places that we don't reach so often that a lot of house dust accumulates. Therefore, our advice is to use low cupboards, chests of drawers and sideboards in your child's bedroom. You should be able to reach everything relatively easily so that you can vacuum and wipe down the furniture regularly without any problems.
You can add an extra touch of fun with custom-fit play table adhesive films for your furniture. Unlike a play rug, this means you don't need to use textiles, which quickly accumulate dust and pollen. The high-quality laminated films can be wiped clean with soap and water or disinfectant.
2. Sleeping without hay fever in an allergy-friendly children's room
When choosing a bed, make sure it has either quite high legs so that you can vacuum and mop underneath it easily and prevent dust and pollen from collecting. Or you can buy a bed that stands directly on the floor, such as the IKEA KURA bed. This allows you to vacuum the edges easily and prevents house dust and pollen from collecting under the bed.
To ensure that even little allergy sufferers don't have to forego cheerful colours in their sleeping quarters, you can also decorate the cot with adhesive films.
3. Toy boxes with lids help prevent dust
Toys should be tidied away after playtime, ideally in toy boxes with lids. This ensures that small and large items are always organised and do not collect dust on and between them. We think the IKEA TROFAST boxes are perfect. They allow you to store all toys in an orderly and protected manner. And of course, you don't have to forego colourful decorations in the nursery with the practical storage.
4. No chance for dust mites with fewer textiles
Dust and dust mites naturally love to settle on fabrics. That's why you should avoid curtains and opt for washable roller blinds instead. You should also avoid having a large collection of cushions. Or wash them regularly. Children love cuddly toys, and even in a child's room that is allergy-friendly, there should be some soft toys at home. Therefore, our recommendation is to compromise on a few soft toys and, ideally, choose them in advance so that they are easy to wash.
To ensure that the children's room remains cosy for allergy sufferers despite the lack of fabrics, you can use colourful wall decorations.
5. When should
you ventilate a child's bedroom
if
they have allergies?
To minimise the accumulation of pollen in your flat or house if you have a pollen allergy, remember that in the countryside you should ventilate in the evening and in the city early in the morning. Pollen levels are usually lowest at these times. It is important to always ventilate for approx. 5-10 minutes.
6. Pollen screens for windows in children's rooms
An important tip to prevent pollen from entering in the first place is to have good pollen protection on the windows. If you have a child with allergies at home, you should look into high-quality solutions where you can click the pollen screen into the window frame and remove it just as easily for cleaning. You can rinse it very well in the shower under running water. Many screens filter 99% of pollen and dust from outside.
Those were our 6 tips for hygiene and furniture in a child's bedroom for allergy sufferers. As you can see, many of them are very quick and easy to implement! We hope we have been able to inspire you. And we hope you like our adhesive film ideas for play furniture, which you can wipe down and disinfect very easily.
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