A banner year for nursery design

A banner year for nursery design

If you’ve been in the cool kids boutiques, on the design blogs, or heck, on our site lately, you’d know that banners are a hot new nursery trend. And the freethinking coolies at Blik agree.We’ve covered these hip, do-it-awesome-yourself wall decals...
Falling for Fall Leaves – CMP does etsy

Falling for Fall Leaves – CMP does etsy

It’s getting Autumnal all up in here! Fall is my favorite time of year because I love to wear jeans, sweaters and boots. I love chocolaty browns and ochre yellows and dark pumpkin colors. The latter two don’t look very good on me, but I don’t care....
Smart art makes a smart baby gift

Smart art makes a smart baby gift

When products claim to make your newborn baby smarter, I can’t help to be skeptical. Sure, I want the best for my kids but part of me wonders whether I really need a bunch of special educational toys and other gear to give them the upper edge. But the Smarts...
Room d?cor for quirkier kids

Room d?cor for quirkier kids

My son and I are currently in heavy negotiations over the impending redo of his this-is-it-until-you-go-to-college room d?cor. I’ve already said no to black walls, but the thing we both agreed on instantly were using these Critters wall decals, from cult-fave...
Don’t need no stinking hammer

Don’t need no stinking hammer

If you are like me and have a ton of photos that need to go on the wall, but you lack the motivation to frame and hang them, Stickr has got something to make the process a whole lot easier. We’ve recommended their more sophisticated reusable vinyl frames in the...
Bugs on a wall

Bugs on a wall

When it comes to kid’s room decor, I never considered bugs and small crawly critters as a theme, mostly because aside from a few cute ladybugs, I’ve yet to see too many designers do something wall worthy with beetles, grasshoppers, or frogs.That is until I...
The more dust bunnies, the better. For a change.

The more dust bunnies, the better. For a change.

I love the idea of a growth chart, but I’d never found any that appealed to my decor sensibilities, which are admittedly a bit quirky. Then I got a peek at the Dust Bunnies height chart from UK graphic wall art shop Spin Collective, which is actually a wall...
A pirate’s room for me

A pirate’s room for me

After having a son, I quickly realized that boys tend to get that end of the stick when it comes to decor options. Basically, you’re stuck with some variation of planes, trains, or dinosaurs, and that’s really about it. If you’re lucky, maybe a space...