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...

Flannel receiving blankets get a makeover

by Cool Mom Team | Baby

Once I discovered muslin swaddling blankets, my flannel ones all became changing pad liners. But as the cool weather approaches, there is something wonderfully comforting about wrapping your sweet baby in softness and warmth.With fall here (and a new baby too!),...

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...

Baby in a Blanket: Not Just Baby Blankets Anymore

by Cool Mom Team | Kids

Question: Does the world really need more cute baby t-shirts? Answer: If those shirts are made from organic cotton, colored with organic dyes, tag-free, and ubercute, then absolutely. CMP fave Baby in a Blanket’s latest offering are just such shirts,...

Not Mrs. Brady’s Bean Bag Chair

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

Say “bean bag chair” and my mind flashes back to 1975, an image of a shiny vinyl blob sitting on shag carpeting. I can even conjure up the squeaking sound it made when I landed on it. The bean bag chairs by Cocoon Couture?  Yeah, not one of those....

I Like This Bookshelf, Sam-I-Am

by Cool Mom Team | Uncategorized

It isn’t often that the kids and I both love a piece of furniture. To them, furniture isn’t something to covet but something on which to climb, or at best, throw their stuff.  So I knew I’d found something special when I spied the...