Nesting with beautiful throw pillows

by Cool Mom Team | Living

We all should know by now that birds are the new black. Or maybe the old black? It’s hard to say. But I’d imagine that looking back on this decade, we’ll equate bird motifs with the french poodles from the 50’s and happy faces from the...

Just like the white winged dove

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

When you search for nursery decor online, you tend to get a lot of the same old same old. But when you search for decor and leave the kids out of it, sometimes you end up with something unique and beautiful and unexpected. I think these peace love bird wall decals...

When you care enough to lick a stamp.

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

My birthday is coming up tomorrow (happy birthday me!) which means I have cards on the brain. If not in the mailbox. As much as I love ecards and send them with abandon, there’s still something nice about getting something in the mail that’s not a bill, a...

I got schooled by Mrs. Meyer, and now I clean like the dickens.

by Delilah S. Dawson | Storage + Organization

Once upon a time, there was a girl who wasn’t a very good housekeeper. Then she flew to Minnesota–which is cooler than she could have imagined–and met a fairy grandmother who taught her that cleanliness is next to just-plain-goodness, because it can...

The wit, wisdom, and expensive stationery of Simon Doonan

by Cool Mom Team | Cards + Stationery

Dempsey & Carroll makes the kind of fancypants stationery that you drool over in high end department stores — that is, if you’re the type who drools over fancypants stationery at all. Yes, I am that type. It’s the kind of stuff you want on hand...

The power of restaurant placemats now at your dinner table

by Cool Mom Team | Kitchen + Dining

I’ve long thought about how to channel the power of the restaurant paper placemats in my own home so that we can all enjoy a pleasant meal. In other words, one in which the kids are occupied while I’m busy cutting their food into a billion pieces. Well the...

Decorating for the hard to commit crowd

by Cool Mom Team | Art + Decor

By the time my husband and I agree on a paint color, I’m pretty sure we’ll be ready to move out of this house. So instead of waiting until we find the perfect shade of green for our bedroom, I’m taking the bull by the horns and investing in a few...

If an amazing storybook married a computer this would be their love child

by Betsy | Cool Tech

I know a lot of parents aren’t into letting their kids play on the computer when they’re younger, but I have to confess I believe using computers is an incredibly effective way to teach children everything from colors to calculus. For better, or worse, our...

Out of milk? Write it in fur.

by Cool Mom Team | Living

What’s cooler than a write-and-erase message board? Well, a lot of things. But for something that’s cooler and just as useful, check out the most outrageous message board we’ve ever seen. This Dedo message board from Portuguese artist Goncalo Campo...

Bright and beautiful kids’ art, hold the usual characters

by Mir | Art + Decor

As so many of you know by now, in Cool Mom Picks land, Etsy is always the place to look for the nursery decor that won’t make you say, “That looks just like that print I saw at the store….” And on Etsy, we’re loving Hsin Ping Pan’s...

One less thing for me to nag my kids about. I like that.

by Mir | Kitchen + Dining

Those of you with little ones probably cannot imagine the day when your tween despairingly announces that her glasses make her look like “a total dork,” but I’m here to tell you that it happens. And suddenly your kid is big enough to wear contact...

Party like it’s 1959

by Liz Gumbinner | Cards + Stationery

I think I’ve discovered party favor central. And much to my delight, it’s not in a mall or a half-abandoned shopping center, which is where those party favor stores seem to be in New York. In fact, this little party supply shop is not even in New York....