Art and Decor - Cool Mom Picks

Three cheers for custom pennants!

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 Kristine...

Oh, the places we’ve never been. And the prints to match.

by Carrie | Art + Decor

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, and cards. Now...

These ain’t your mama’s nursery rhyme illustrations

by Carrie | Art + Decor

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 bold...

In the pink

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

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 birds...

World’s best pillow fight pillows (sound effects included)

by Susan | Art + Decor

For years, I dreamt about a playroom — a place (that wasn’t my living room) where my boys could make a mess with their superhero toys and have pillow fights and stand on the furniture without making me insane. Now that we have a playroom, I’m...

It’s a mod mod mod mod alphabet

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

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 graphic representation, making for a...

Tooth fairy pillows get a sweet update

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Since turning five and seeing all her similarly aged friends losing teeth, my daughter has become obsessed with the tooth fairy. And while I love all the fantastic tooth fairy pillows we’ve found here at Cool Mom Picks, I don’t think I can bring myself to...

Silhouette portraits more 2009 than 1909

by Betsy | Art + Decor

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 a soft-focus...

Bugs on a wall

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

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 frogs.That is until I...