by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
With my daughter all puzzle-crazy these days, I am adoring the heirloom-quality Cinderella puzzle illustrated by children’s book artist Jen Bulthuis of Fidoodle and accompanied by the classic tale reimagined by writer Shannon Gerard. The magnetic pieces come...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
We moms of toddlers and preschoolers know that the night light is an essential part of an effective bedtime experience. But dare to try to find one without a licensed princess or smiling race car and you’re stuck with a boring one from your local home...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
We don’t come across too many wallpaper options for nurseries, or at least ones that we’d feel comfortable recommending. With all due respect Peter Rabbit, I love you, but I don’t need a repeating pattern of 60,000 of you that my baby will outgrow...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
When it comes to growth charts, we’re the pencil on the wall type of family. Believe me. It’s not like we love to write on our walls, but we have yet to find a growth chart that is both functional and is something we’d actually hang somewhere other...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I really do love my kids’ names. Considering how many fights my husband and I got into before we finally nailed down Quinlan and Drew I might have them plastered all over their walls except for the fact that I have yet to run across a wooden name sign that suits...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
What do you get when you mix modern sensibilities with the ancient art of letterpress printing, then sprinkle the top with a dash of whimsy? The sweet yet minimalist designs of Dee & Lala, it would seem. My kids are unfortunately too old and cynical to endure the...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
Personalized gifts are fantastic for new babies, but there are other ways for a mama to know you ordered something especially for her bambino besides having it monogrammed. A great new pick: The splendid custom wallpaper panel art from Lisa Golightly of Kiki and...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I wish I had that kind of eye so that I could cluster fifteen framed pictures altogether on a nursery wall and make it look like it does in the pages of Metropolitan Home or Apartment Therapy. But alas, I don’t. So I’m grateful for the artwork from Cici...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
Oh Petit Flaneur, where have you been all my gift-giving life? This brand new Toronto-based design shop is doing super fabulous things with a combo of natural or reclaimed materials from local sources and a sharp design sense. The handmade wooden blocks may be the...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
When I discovered the mixed media art from Jessica Pisano, her butterflies reminded me of my grandmother Dorothy’s house. She collected photos and paintings of butterflies, as well as the real thing, stuck through with pins and mounted in the old school way. I...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
A note to my neighbors: I truly am sorry. I have tried to explain to my children that dandelions are weeds. Weeds that you do not want in your yard. I’m sure you don’t mind when they pick armfuls of bright yellow flowers as we stroll the neighborhood, but...
by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor
I’d love to decorate my walls in big black and white framed photos of my kids. But until I start taking super fantastic pictures, I fear that’s not the best idea. Instead I’m turning to Fat Kat Design. Granted they’re not framed photos, but...
