When products claim to make your newborn baby smarter, I can't help to be skeptical. Sure, I want the best for my kids but part of me wonders whether I really need a bunch of special educational toys and other gear to give them the upper…
What happens when you cross an artist and a doctor? Radiology Art , it seems. Artist Satre Stuelke took his fascination with everyday objects, and his fascination with radiology, and created one of the most avant-garde, unique, and downr…
You know you're a mom when you go from being a bag whore to a bin whore. But considering how awesome bins are getting these days, like the new cotton canvas storage bins from JJ Cole, I suppose it's not a completely terrible transition. …
Of course my child, like yours, is an absolute genius, but even he wasn't able to tell time when he was a newborn. So why get one of this adorable bamboo Baby Owl Clocks for the nursery? How else can you regale your friends with stories …
I hesitate to admit that my daughter's current toddler bedding collection includes a queen sheet wrapped twice around the mattress and a handmade quilt with shudder-worthy pink flowers. Needless to say, not my style. That's why I was so …
Telling your child to grab a marker and go scribble on the walls is right up there with asking them to run with scissors. Unless you're talking about Idea Paint , which basically turns any surface into a dry erase board. It's easy to app…
When my boys were babies, I spent a lot of time looking for cool, original things for them -- clothes and bedding and accent pieces for their rooms . But in a strip mall world, that meant a lot of shopping, and no mama has time for that.…
My son and I are currently in heavy negotiations over the impending redo of his this-is-it-until-you-go-to-college room d?cor . I've already said no to black walls, but the thing we both agreed on instantly were using these Critters wall…
If you are like me and have a ton of photos that need to go on the wall, but you lack the motivation to frame and hang them, Stickr has got something to make the process a whole lot easier. We've recommended their more sophisticated reus…
I used to love the show Happy Days--remember Arnold's and all the sports pennants hanging all over the walls? (You do remember Happy Days, right? I can't be that old.) I guess that's why I loved these personalized felt pennants from Kris…
In my want-to-but-can't traveling state, I can easily identify with Jennifer Hill's Places I Have Never Been collection where she takes a city she's never been and develops a pattern for it, using the pattern in fun prints, calendars , a…
The brilliant folks at Oeuf have listened to the pleas of cash-strapped moms like me and created a new kids' furniture collection that is chock full of the design and eco-friendliness of their other collections-- but at about half the pr…
There's a place for tradition, and there's a place for innovation, and there is a place for both side by side. Sub-Studio design's new nursery rhyme prints are a perfect combination of age-old nursery rhymes from past generations and a b…
There aren't too many pink posters I'd hang in my daughters' post-feminist non-pink bedroom, but artist and graphic designer Robin Rosenthal's counting bird poster would easily make the cut. When we first found her original counting bird…
Just when I thought nothing else could be done with the alphabet, I discover the swanky alphabet prints from Paperfingers and my mind is instantly changed. Each print features a letter and corresponding word along with a fantastic graphi…
My refrigerator is a time capsule of my son's life to date, covered with school pictures that show how much he's changed over the years. Especially the awkward ones. Unfortunately, each one is pretty much a glorified mug shot, only with …
When it comes to kid's room decor, I never considered bugs and small crawly critters as a theme, mostly because aside from a few cute ladybugs, I've yet to see too many designers do something wall worthy with beetles, grasshoppers, or fr…
My friend tells me she's looking for some robot-themed stuff for her baby boy's room and I start poking around Etsy for her. Next thing you know, I'm drooling over these robot light switch plates from Robot Candy. One is cooler than the …
It doesn't take much to get me pining for Paris, but Bastille Day turns that urge into a full-on achey craving. So wouldn't you know I'd have to go and stumble upon this beautiful French alphabet poster from Bibitty just when the airfare…
Wondering if you could point me toward a cool, creative book about playroom design or a website/book that showcases creative kid spaces in general? Can't find anything beyond the usual pink teddy bears ... -Courtney You're a mom after ou…
"Say, is that a 1950's original Davy Crockett costume beautifully framed on your wall?" "Why yes, yes it is." Petrie Point Designs has taken recycling to a whole new level with their Petrie Pint vintage collection. Susan Petrie-Badertsch…
I don't have a lot of hand painted art on my walls, especially in the nursery. But I can easily change that with Brooklyn-based Rebekah Potter's diminutive BloKs , essentially 3.5 x 5" wooden blocks with a word and matching illustration,…
We're all major fans of Knoll studio, which is synonymous with elegant, modern furniture design. So we're especially happy that they've rolled out Knoll Kids , featuring scaled down versions of some of their most famous pieces. Your chil…
With three kids running circles around me, I've made some concessions when it comes to cleaning up. And one of them is that I'm not going to be doing all of it. My philosophy has always been that if my kids can make a mess, then they can…