One of the fun things about planning for a baby is planning how to decorate the nursery. Then, planning on how to transition it from a baby room to a kids' room . Allow us to present some of the coolest art and decor ideas from 2011. Cre…
Along with decking the halls, we hope to finally redo the walls in my son's bedroom, but given that it has taken years for us to get around to this project, there will be no painted murals of his favorite cartoon characters. Instead, I'm…
Growth charts are one of those things that I don't think about until I realize that my kids look like they've added inches to their legs overnight. Get me a cute growth chart, stat! And when you're in need (or in want), this chart is a g…
I feel like I fall in love with a new alphabet print every week. But when there are prints in the world as gorgeous as the Alphanimal Prints from Lucy Loves This, well, my infatuation is pretty easy to understand. I love that each letter…
File this one under "Ever-Growing List of Gorgeous Things Celebrities Own That We Never Will." It's pretty much the most beautiful cradle I have ever seen. With the most extraordinary price tag. The So-Ro Cradle ("be calm" in Norweigan) …
I've always been a big fan of custom baby gifts. After all, what parent doesn't want to see that oh-so-perfect name they've spent days or months (or years, ahem) agonizing over ,emblazoned on something special? The delightful custom post…
As I have mentioned here before, I have a real sweet spot for nursery art prints. While my daughter's room may be the size of your suburban walk in closet, I will always keep an eye out for another something special to squeeze onto her t…
My kids love Sesame Street. Hey, I love Sesame Street. So we have a lot of Sesame Street decorations around our house--if by decorations we mean random books on the floor and half-dressed Muppet dolls. But we all really love the looks of…
Instead of yet another poster for your kids' rooms, I'm kind of digging this take on abc art, from Toronto Etsy shop, bookhou at home. The laser-etched birch plywood of this wooden alphabet would be so cool in a nursery or playroom. And …
The more books my kids own, the more bookends they need to keep them from falling (on me) every time I straighten up the shelves. But do you know how expensive kids bookends can be? It's actually kind of surprising. We're talking $100 an…
Sarah Jane is wildly talented--something Cool Mom Picks discovered way back in 2007. Her prints are whimsical and magical in a way that would make Clement Hurd and The Runaway Bunny proud. I love the simplicity and the talent that beckon…
Back when I was pregnant, I became obsessed with finding the perfect artwork to adorn baby M's walls. I had almost no budget and was put off by most everything in the big stores--hearts, butterflies and safaris? Oh my. So I took to Etsy.…
In the little pile of clothes that we're saving for when our kids are grown and we're wanting to look back and remember how tiny they were, I can guarantee you there will be many, many things from Tea Collection. I've been a big fan of t…
Bright and cheerful doesn't have to mean garish, and when it's British-based Lulabird it's even downright stylish. One of our favorite modern, hip nursery designer clockmakers are back (we're pretty much in love with their quirky owl, to…
I am a longtime fan of the look of vintage prints and posters in a baby or child's room . But for those of us who don't have myriad hours to go trolling eBay or our local flea markets, Swedish artist Ingela P Arrhenius is creating beauti…
My baby has reached the flip-over-at-every-opportunity stage. Which means two seconds after we place him on his back on his playmat, he's rolled off the mat and is face down on the bare floor. And then two seconds after that I'm freaking…
If you're lucky enough to live in Montreal, then April 30 is going to be one really amazing day of shopping. The mama-run Collectif nënë is launching their first annual baby show and you will want to be there. Of course, most of us aren'…
Just when I thought an artist couldn't do anything new or inspired to the good old but very played out alphabet decor, artist Lorena Siminovich of Petit Collage wows me with her brand new poster prints. These new ABC poster prints are ma…
We painted one wall in my daughter's room pink and that pink has annoyed me for the past four years. It's not a good pink. It's a Pepto pink. I would repaint, but the ceiling is vaulted so... I know my limits. I have looked for artwork t…
I'm a firm believer in color therapy, especially when it comes to kid's rooms . So when I saw the bold and peppy new crib bedding sets from Maclaren , which happens to be the complete opposite of their very chic and very white nursery fu…
It doesn't take long for new parents to realize who's in charge once a tiny, squawking baby makes an appearance in their house. And I love the idea of making it official with Penny People's newest print. Bright, bold colors and the optio…
Green is everywhere this week, from the buds on the trees to St. Patty's Day decorations to the long-awaited green milk served at my table. I'm kind of already regretting that one. But here's a super sweet and foxy way to bring green int…
I am addicted to cool organizing products. That's not to say that I'm the most organized person out there--that would be my sister-in-law and she is a goddess. (But not the Charlie Sheen kind. Ew.) I just like fun boxes and containers wh…
I have one word for this time of year and it's not nice. Stores are featuring spring clothes and outdoor toys, but outside my front door there are still the last vestiges of frozen snow, and I'm sure it's not the last of it for the seaso…