by Christina Refford | Storage + Organization
When you’re a parent, a new year doesn’t necessarily mean mimosas at brunch as much as it does finding a place to put all the new games, toys, dress-up clothes and various other things that the kids received over the holidays. Thankfully one of our...
by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year
We’re such suckers for modern kids’ furniture, and this year there were some amazing new pieces. Here, our editors favorites of 2011 that we’d gladly furnish our own kids’ rooms with. So-Ro Cradle Liz: Simply one of the most beautiful modern...
by Cool Mom Team | Editors Best of the Year
One of the fun things about planning for a baby is planning how to decorate the nursery. Then, planning on how to transition it from a baby room to a kids’ room. Allow us to present some of the coolest art and decor ideas from 2011. Creative Thursday Growth...
by Christina Refford | Toys + Playthings
My toddler LOVES anything train! Do you all have any ideas for cool train tables that my toddler would love? I wish I had done this research for my son before we got his ugly train table many years ago. Though he loves it, it’s a major eyesore every time I...
by Lexi Petronis | Baby, Doing Good
If you’re considering a baby blanket as a gift for the upcoming holidays, or simply for a new baby in your life, I can’t think of a more beautiful gesture than one of these Me Two You baby blankets. Because for every one you buy, one is also donated to a...
by Christina Refford | Art + Decor
Along with decking the halls, we hope to finally redo the walls in my son’s bedroom, but given that it has taken years for us to get around to this project, there will be no painted murals of his favorite cartoon characters. Instead, I’m digging the idea...
by Delilah S. Dawson | Living
Wallpaper is cool again, and it’s not all girly flowers and damask. If you’ve got a knight in shining armor (and Converse chucks), you won’t want to miss this quirky but elegant wallpaper made just for junior jousters. The ‘Ere-Be-Dragons...
by Eva Glettner | Art + Decor
Nacho Libre happens to be one of my all time favorite movies. Something about Jack Black in “stretchy pants,” as he calls it, just puts me in a good mood. Well these posters bring out the giddiness in both me and the kids. Rebecca Paragine is my kind of...
by Cool Mom Team | Helpful Services
We’re so thrilled to be teaming up with our sponsor Harris Bank who’s asked us to offer up cool picks to help teach money management early. Back when I was a kid, a piggy bank was no more than a basic way to teach money savings to those old enough to dump...