Finally a glider with a lifespan

by Betsy | Uncategorized

We all think that we’ll use our baby gliders once the little ones become big kids, but if your glider looks anything like most glider chairs, then I’m here to tell you that, no. You won’t. However Q Collection, as part of Q Collection Junior, has...

Editors Best of 2008 – The coolest art, decor, kids furniture and kids bedding

by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year

Oh how we swoon over the pretty things in life. We’re guessing you will too with these picks of our favorite things to make the nursery, kids room, or playroom as awesome as you want it to be. Liz: Artist Lindsay Brackeen’s Tea With White Rabbits Print is...

Big dreams of tiny Décor

by Mir | Uncategorized

Let’s pretend I’m having another baby, and as long as we’re pretending, let’s pretend I had a budget transplant! Okay? So we’re pretending, and I’m heading over to tiny Décor for a couple of the notNeutral Tetra 2 changing...

Baby Bjorn makes the bouncy seat of my dreams

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

BabyBjorn did a really brilliant thing when they launched their fantastic, comfy new BabySitter Balance bouncy seat – they created an adult-size version and let the product review editors all sit in it. What they didn’t do is figure out a way to cajole us...

An eco-friendly kid’s rocking chair that hits the Spot

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Back when I was shopping for nursery furniture, eco-friendly meant the crib wasn’t painted with lead-based paint. Well looky looky how much has changed in a relatively short period of time. Today, cribs with “a conscience” are becoming much more...

Muu Furniture: When a red plastic racecar bed really isn’t your style

by Julie | Uncategorized

I’m in favor of pulling out all the stops to decorate my children’s rooms beautifully. But since a little redecorating is inevitable between preschool and high school, that means choosing furniture with some built-in flexibility.Woodworker Robert...

Whooooo makes the coolest toy boxes?

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I kind of wish Kiersten Hathcock of Mod Mom Furniture would stop making so many cool new pieces for kids because frankly, our we don’t have the room for all of it. Next up: Her adorable new Woodland Mod Owl Toy Box, handcrafted safely and beautifully with...

iglooplay: Go Jump On The Furniture

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Have you ever entered a room in which the kids have been playing (usually too quietly) only to find that they have rearranged all the couch and chair cushions so that they can walk (tumble, jump) around the entire room without stepping on the (enchanted quicksand)...

Jellio Furniture – Roald Dahl Would Be Proud

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

I am not of the mindset that children’s furniture should be serious – or any furniture for that matter. Give me some bright lime green plastic dining room seats over a set of stern Teutonic stiff-backed chairs any day. Oh wait, I already have them. No...

Green Kids Furniture at Sparrow. (And Pink. And Orange. And Brown.)

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

It is not generally cheap to go green. I mean sure, compact fluorescent bulbs can save you money in the long run and hybrid cars make sense with gas prices these days. But we all know that feeding the kids the organic mac n cheese and decorating the nursery with...