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Mod Mom Furniture

Now this is a great story: Los Angeles mom of two leaves corporate job with A&E and The History Channel back in 2003 to spend more time with her kids, and then "started dabbling with power tools" to s...

Cute with a Capital Q: Canvas Mural Banners from Oopsy Daisy

So sweet, we feel a toothache coming on! We ran across these super cute canvas mural banners at Bliss Living when we were shopping for something for our nephew's nursery. These canvas murals are d...

Delight's Baby on the Go 10 Piece Travel Dish Set

Considering that no one in our office has a baby (yet), we are always in awe of our friends who manage to tote an entire nursery in one shoulder bag and their kid on the other shoulder. So when we ...

Lucky Jade Mini Cashmere Blankets

Spoiled soft. What do you get a baby who has everything? Either something so tacky it's awesome (hey, we happened to like those Spice Girls onesies at Spencer's!) or something completely decadent tha...

Be Vewy, Vewy Quiet: The Nabaztag Wi-Fi Smart Rabbit

Up for adoption. Remember in the '90s when all the kids had those virtual pets that lived on a keychain? What were they called? The Tamagotchi!? Anyway, here's a virtual pet for both adults and ki...

Mtstickan Theo: Photographic Height Chart

This weekend I attended my first (and likely not last) baby shower. I didn't know what to expect, but I did know enough to remember to bring a gift celebrating the upcoming arrival into our friend...

Heavy Duty: Stokke Sleepi Crib System

One of my coworkers who is about 6 months preggers dragged me out during lunch to help her find a crib that wasn't "nauseatingly frilly." She's having a baby girl, and is so far disenchanted with how...

lionwitchwardrobe oak furniture line

Have you ever walked into a children's store and seen something that just makes you disappointingly wonder, "Now why don't they make that for us grown up folk?" That's exactly the thought that spru...

nurseryworks bookcase and dresser

Our friend Danny Chang of Baby Envy pointed out that Nurseryworks has added a striking dresser ($1110-$1270) and a matching storytime bookcase ($680-$1190) to their line of modern nursery furniture....

Wishing Tree wooden puzzle toys

AT:LA reader Sarah sent us a tip on these great wooden puzzle toys from Wishing Tree. Designed by Japanese sculptor Mitsuo Shimizu, these toys are made from a delicate wood-cutting process and pieced ...

Potty Bench

I can confidently say that never in my life have I uttered the words: "Wow...that's a great potty training toilet!". Until now. Boon Inc. has created an ingeniously designed children's toilet training...

Hip Baby Gifts

Since our reader poll results tell us that only a few of you have munchkins in your home, we thought we would put a spin on this month's kids design. You may not have a wee person, but we all end u...

D2 shelving and storage by Blu Dot

Since kids grows up so fast, it only makes sense to invest in a furniture piece that will grow with them. (Having it also look really cool doesn't hurt either!) D2 shelving and storage, from Blu Dot, ...

September: Kids Design

Image from Anna's Calming Nursery from last year's I've got Color Contest. Welcome to September! This month's theme is "Kids Design"- All home design for babies, children, kids...rugrats, etc... Don...

Frog Pod Shower Caddy

Weve noticed that, if a friend has a kid, the tub floor is covered with plastic bath toys. This little guy from Boon might be just the help our frazzled friends need. The frog pod hooks to the wal...

Mini Designer Chairs from Magic Pony

These designer chairs V.2 from Magic Pony look spectacular. We can't kvell enough over the more high-end miniatures sold at MC shops like Jules Seltzer, but these minis are so cute and cheap, we alm...

Recess Furniture from Modern Convenience

There's not much that is more joyous than a brightly colored indoor/ outdoor swing set complete with bright plastic tassels and upholstered vinyl seats. ($2200 with base). Modern Convenience Recess L...

Madison Children's Furniture at Kmart

We keep seeing ads on TV for this childrens Madison furniture collection from Kmart. We cannot say whether or not this will fall apart in a week, but we can say that it has great style. Kmart has a...

Nurseryworks Youth Furniture

The founders of Nurseryworks, have an ambitious goal for their company: to use nursery dcor as an actively positive part of parenting. Their new line of Youth furniture continues the quest. The twi...

Mini Miele

While searching around for information about the Miele Washing Machine (see post below) we came across this: This Miele beauty is a mere $35, works with or without water and makes four different washi...

Sibi Children's Rocker and such

Sibi is a funky little line of children's playthings that manages to be both usable and stylish at the same time. Made of solid ash with steel, the SIBI Rosa rocker (around $100) is our favorite. The ...

Zubbles Colored Bubbles

We dont have children of our own but one thing we know for sure is that every kid weve ever met loves bubbles. In truth every adult we know cant help but smile when they see the bubbles either. But ...

D.W.R. Bunny Junior Chairs: Kid's Stuff That's Worth It

We have definite opinions about overly priced childrens clothes. Sure the old-school rock-n-roll tee shirts and size 2T Ugg boots are cute, but when baby Noah will grow out of his sassy Ramones ones...