You may
secure tall furniture with anti-tip straps or apply corner cushions to the sharp edges of furniture.
As in the rest of the house,
secure tall furniture such as dressers and bookshelves to the walls with braces or anchors to prevent them from toppling over on your child.
Not exact matches
Although the baby gate is in place it's always ideal to add multiple layers of protection so, for example,
secure the
furniture with quality straps, pad sharp corners, install blind cleats so cords are out of reach and remove or block off
tall floor lamps that could be pulled over.
Secure tall or unstable pieces of
furniture (including flat - screen televisions) to the wall, especially if you live in an earthquake - prone area or have other children (or young visitors) who are climbers.
Move breakable objects that could fall, and make sure
tall or unstable pieces of
furniture and large or heavy pieces of art are
secured to the wall with brackets or safety straps so they can't topple over.
use brackets or wall straps to
secure taller pieces of
furniture, such as dressers and bookcases, to studs in the wall; straps can be found in the baby - proofing aisle at baby stores and home stores
Test Your
Furniture —
Tall furniture should ALWAYS be anchored to the wall but even short
furniture may need to be
secured.
Use braces or anchors to
secure tall or heavy pieces of
furniture to the wall, no matter how stable they seem to be — the results could be deadly if they topple over onto your baby.
Also,
tall furniture that might look like an appealing climb should be
secured to the wall, lest it topple over as your feline attempts to scale it.
Get sturdy
furniture that can take a beating and make sure you can
secure any
taller items to the walls (which you have painted with a nice semi-gloss paint).
Slimline towers are marvellous for squeezing into corners or between other pieces of
furniture, but be sure to
secure them to the wall if they are very
tall.