Best Cots & Nursery Furniture UK
Six cot beds span from £195 to £699, and cost roughly tracks material and how many conversion stages you get for it. Obaby's Grace Inspire (£195) is the cheapest here, an MDF/pine composite with a 3-position base that converts to a junior bed — a sound budget choice, though engineered board doesn't hold up to reuse across children as well as solid wood. CuddleCo's Clara (£399) sits a step up in price but is built the same way, from wood and engineered board, converting only as far as a toddler bed rather than a full junior or daybed stage.
The solid-wood options — Mamas & Papas' Mia (£299), Silver Cross's Valencia (£320), and Boori's Eton Convertible Plus (£553.99) — trade some of that lightness for a heftier, more durable build meant to survive more than one child. The Eton goes furthest, converting through three stages (cot, toddler bed, daybed) in solid New Zealand pine, while the Valencia and Mia both stop at a toddler bed conversion but use solid wood or wood/MDF panel construction respectively.
Stokke's Sleepi (£699) is in a category of its own: a distinctive oval shape in solid birch that converts through four stages — mini crib, cot, toddler bed, and junior bed — via separate extension kits, giving it the longest total usable life of anything here, at close to double the price of the next most expensive option.
Obaby
Grace Inspire Cot Bed
Stokke
Sleepi Cot Bed
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Full comparison
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £195 | £299.00 (was £379.00) | £699.00 | £553.99 | £399.00 | £320.00 (cot bed only) |
| Overall score | 7.5/10 | 7.6/10 | 7.6/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.5/10 | 7.2/10 |
| Assembly | — | Required, tools included | — | Flat-pack, instructions included | Flat-pack, instructions included | Required, benefits from two people |
| Material | — | Solid wood and MDF panels | Solid birch wood | Solid New Zealand pine | Wood and engineered board | Solid wood construction |
| Age range | — | Birth to approx. 3 years | — | — | — | Birth to approx. 3 years |
The verdict
For a first cot on a tight budget, Obaby's Grace Inspire does the core job safely and converts to a junior bed later, though it won't take the wear of a second or third child as well as solid wood. If you want solid-wood durability without the top-tier price, Mamas & Papas' Mia or Silver Cross's Valencia are the better buys, with the Valencia the heftier, more premium-feeling build of the two. Boori's Eton Convertible Plus is worth the extra outlay if you want a genuine daybed stage built in from solid pine. And if you're planning to reuse the same cot across multiple children or simply want the longest lifespan available, Stokke's Sleepi justifies its price with a four-stage conversion system nothing else here matches.