Affordable baby gifts that look like they’re not

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

I love buying artwork for baby gifts, but the idea of actually taking the time to get something framed is a bit of pain in the postpartum rear. So fortunately CMP (and pretty much every design blog) fave Binth Studio has a new line of wonderful framed prints, at...

Another way to hang your kid’s pretty face on the wall

by Carrie | Art + Decor

For as long as I can remember, my grandmother had silhouettes of her six kids hung along the fireplace. I loved the fact that just by looking at the profiles of these children I could identify the adults around me. I was happy to discover how Pretty Faces has...

Time to go bananas

by Mir | Art + Decor

I’ll grant you that — my son’s nickname being Monkey, after all — my fondness for all things primate-related may be a bit beyond that of the average person. Still, if you don’t think this little monkey clock by Tree by Kerri Lee is...

An alphabet with attitude, dude

by Mir | Art + Decor

Frankly, I’m not certain I’m actually cool enough for this Alphabet Learning Poster, but let’s just say I desperately want to be. What’s not to like about an alphabet where L is for Love, X is for Malcolm, and Z is for Zeitgeist? Oh, and...

Collages have just been elevated to a whole new level

by Mir | Art + Decor

As the veteran of countless “fancy collages” made for me by my children out of magazine pages and Elmer’s glue, I’ll confess that I never knew something as delicate and lovely as Linda Solovic’s creations were possible under the...

Take me out to the ball game

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Even since having my son a couple of years ago, I’ve noticed the boys’ room decor options are getting way better. Even if you like the more traditional themes, like sports, you’re not stuck with some uninspired wall border of soccer balls or ugly...

It’s a bird! It’s an origami!

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

I love the idea of decorating your baby’s nursery like it’s a real room and not a clearinghouse for fluffy lambs and bright colored safari animals. Not that I don’t love baby decor, but in this economy, when you’re trying to get the most of the...

Cool art everyone can afford. That is, if you can afford free.

by Mir | Art + Decor

Cool Mom Picks internet crush (we would totally braid each other’s hair at summer camp) Indie Fixx has done it again with indie coolness for the masses; this time, founder Jen Wallace has set her sights on affordable art for all.In fact, affordable isn’t...

Oh, hello cutest tooth fairy pillows ever in the history of tooth fairy pillows

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

If I were the tooth fairy, I would not be all fair and diplomatic with my reward system. No ma’am. I would give the most money to the toothless child who lured me in with the cutest tooth fairy pillow and made the biggest production out of the whole lost tooth...

Childrens rugs get a much needed makeover

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Modern children’s rugs are that one item that hasn’t quite proliferated at the same speed as other modern nursery decor. Mostly your rug choices for the kids’ room are stripes, butterflies, or um . . . stripes. But I’ve just discovered the...

Hugs make the world go round

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Call me a total dork, but I get all teary and melty every time my three year-old hugs one of her friends goodbye. There’s is something beyond adorable about two little girls squeezing each other tight– and anyone who disagrees has a heart of coal and dryer...

Welcome to the jungle

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

Thankfully, I have undergone a baby mobile intervention since having our first child, and am happy to report that we are free of all fuzzy, robotic sounding mobiles in our home, mostly due to the amazing choices out there today. Like this beautiful Petit Collage baby...