Why Oeuf™ Non-Toxic Nursery Furniture?

Oeuf founders and designers, Sophie Demenge and Michael Ryan, are a French-American husband-and-wife team based in Brooklyn, New York. Oeuf was created when Sophie and Michael became first-time parents in 2002. As part of a new generation of design-conscious and environmentally aware parents, they realized they had to redesign everything themselves to merge their existing esthetics with traditional nursery design.

The birch used in Oeuf non-toxic bedroom furniture is from sustainable forests, a practice of forestry wherein only select trees are cut down at a time (as opposed to clear cutting), enabling the forest to regenerate itself and sustain its ecosystem.

All Oeuf non-toxic furniture is manufactured in Latvia, Europe. It must meet the EU safety standards, which are higher than United States standards. The lacquer used on the finished products is, of course, lead-free, non-toxic, and completely inert. Since young children often chew on their crib rails, this issue was of utmost importance to Oeuf and to Sophie and Michael.

Oeuf is a small, family-owned company and every piece of Oeuf furniture was designed for and is used by the owners' children.