The reader's favorite posts on Ohdeedoh this week included several Looks!, a roundup of book posts, babywearing advice and chores for children.
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Bettina is waiting for her little Prince to arrive (any day now) and she wrote us to share her beautiful nursery inspired by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's classic The Little Prince.
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This is a great project to help create something nice for your child's room. We spotted this on Zakka Life blog. Take a glass or plastic bottle and wrap ribbon, string, or in this case, raffia aroun...
This version of the classic children's story has been around for a few years, but it just recently crossed our path. The story follows the usual lines, in an unusual setting: instead of a cabin in the...
Not really being a pink for girls and blue for boys kind of a gal, Christiane Lemieux, co-owner of Dwell Studio, went in search of the perfect nursery items for her son...
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We do appreciate the selection of modern crib bedding available today, but sometimes we just crave soft, white sheets for baby. So we were so excited to find Jubi Products, a New Zealand company spec...
Kids chairs are so adorable that they tend to hang around in the house, sometimes for years, even after they're too small for anyone to sit in. But in this bathroom featured in Marie Claire Maison, a ...
So it's a non-character backpack you want, hm? Something cute? Something sweet? Something colorful? May we present for your consideration this cute, sweet, colorful contender?...
When we were kids, it was rocks. We collected your garden variety rocks, but treated them like gems. We would pore over the entire backyard and find the best rocks and would them wash and dry them a...
One of the best things about the fall (other than Halloween, the changing leaves, and corduroy pants) is the fact that it's when so many designers launch their new products. We were excited to learn t...
The Friday Scavenger edition is making the rounds in Portland (OR), Vegas and New York. To go along with our books theme month, we've found a large set of hardcover Hardy Boys books and a long libr...
Last week we talked about instilling the value of housework in kids and reports of diminishing chore-doing by this generation and we wanted to know more about how it works in your family. At what a...
Looks like PBKids has stepped out of its comfort zone and introduced a more modern crib, Skylar. The description says Skylar has a slim profile and works well for small spaces....
We love a good hack. What can we say? We like what we like the way we like it. We also have an abiding passion for Lego. So when we spotted this project to convert a plain old Ikea Ingo table, a few T...
Whether you're buying bedding for a dorm room or just giving your teen's room a little face lift, what's on a bed certainly sets the style of a room. Will it be funky? What about sweet? How about ju...
Look what's down the road in high chair. This is the Tavo high chair by Monte Design. We love the simple lines and comfortable-looking seat.
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No, this isn't the state of Texas, but the hexagonal country known as France. This patriotic chalkboard was made with teaching kids geography in mind, but I can also see it working as a memo board for...
Back in March Bob's Your Uncle invited kids to submit recipes of their own invention and imagination (edible or not) and now they've been compiled in the newly published Dinosaur Soup and Other Dubi...
From the "So Cute It Hurts a Little" department: These ceramic stackable mugs depict the characters from "Little Red Riding Hood" and "The Three Little Pigs" (and from their smiling faces, we're guess...
We don't know what we like more about this piece -- the fact that it was crafted from one solid piece of wood, or that all the pieces fit snuggly inside making storage a bit easier.
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There's something incredibly soothing about this undulating pattern of subtly shimmering elephants. Soothing enough to lull an infant off to sleep? Oh, dare we hope......
Some people are inspired by beans to cook and others to make furniture. Meet Bean, Fava, Sprout and Lima - a family of low rocking seats "designed with balanced posture and ease of breathing in mi...
A friend tipped us off to the Waste-Free Lunch Kit by Kids Konserve. It's a good looking reusable lunch kit for those of us trying to reduce the use of plastics and waste.
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We went hunting for Amy Butler fabric-related projects to get your creative juices flowing for our Amy Butler contest, and it didn't take long to track down this awesome Etsy find. Just as awesome is ...
There's something about the crispness of fall weather that is just so conducive to cooking. The warmth of the oven and the smells coming from it permeate your home making everyone feel good. Encoura...
It's back to school time for many households. It's the time for sharpened pencils, packed lunches and some new clothes. We find getting organized the night before means a successful on-time departur...
From Momoll, a Swiss company with a modern Scandinavian aesthetic, this high-backed Grimm chair for kids is designed as a cocoon for kids to read or listen to their iPod (they can integrate speakers o...
Kids old enough to understand seem as energized by the presidential campaigns as the rest of the country. We've seen more than a few kids in our neighborhood wearing campaign tshirts on the playgro...
Child's name and age: Zoe, due any day now!
Location: Malden, MA
Baby Zoe is a lucky girl. She's not even born yet, and she already has a beautiful room fit to please a discriminating occupant of any...
Charlie's mom put the labor in Labor Day last year when she gave birth to this delightful little guy. Here's what mom had to say about his recent birthday party: Charlie loves balloons, so we had l...
Pretend food is such a great item for children -- it just brings them so much fun and joy. Julie K in Taiwan gives a great photo tutorial on how to make felt sushi as she tells us, "I’ve been eyein...
There's something about the Gulliver crib that seems to inspire creativity. Emma sent us some photos of the beautiful job she and her husband did of converting a Gulliver into a piece that looks strai...
Let your kids draw on the walls - the walls of their own cardboard playhouse that is. This one by Nume is brand new and for sale in New York. The mid-week Scavenger has also unearthed a unique woo...
Dear Ohdeedoh, I know you've posted various slings. The Baby Budda, Moby, Didymois, Bjorn. What are some other options? What are the pros and cons of each? I am in desperate need of a sling. My ...
We spotted these great woven toy storage baskets (look to the right, past the great vintage toys!) on a house tour over at Nesting Blog. The great color combinations, size and handles make them a gre...
After reading our post about fun variations on the pennant trend, Ohdeedoh reader Shelley wrote in to point us toward this cute version, featuring handprints and footprints. Our favorite thing about t...
Veronica wrote us an e-mail: My daughter is starting kindergarten next week and she needs a regular old backpack. I'm looking for something that doesn't have any sort of commercial character: NO pr...
The popular Luca Glider has a new sibling - the Alto Rocker by Monte Design. Like Luca, Alto is a streamlined design that doesn't need to be sequestered to the nursery....
This cardboard desk and two-seater bench (which doubles as a toy chest) from Kids Gallery is cute, recyclable and under 50 euros......
Starting on September 15, we'll be celebrating the act of creating simple, beautiful sewing projects for children with a special contest inspired by Amy Butler's new book, Little Stitches for Little O...
Happy Birthday to our young friend Down Under, Sophie, who celebrates her first birthday today!
We'll be celebrating her first year with a bottle of champagne for Mum and Dad and a decadent chocolat...
Brave soul Stephanie made a New Years' Resolution to use her crockpot everday. She even tackled crockpot baby food.
What else is happening in the Parenting Blogosphere? Bowling with recyclables...
The folks at Kid O have won scores of international design awards for their elegant educational children's toys. Have all the laurels gone to their heads? With their latest offering, they're making th...
Whoosh! Here's Caroline flying through the air with a safe landing spot in Dad's arms.
Our sweet Caroline will be celebrating her third birthday in style with a big batch of pink butterfly cupca...
It doesn't matter what part of our house you walk in, if you're barefoot chances are you'll eventually end up with a LEGO between your toes. LEGO, where would we be without you? Well, probably with L...
We love the way alphabet banners lend a nostalgic schoolroom feel to children's bedrooms, so we had to take a second look at this colorful frieze from Idlezoo, featuring some of our favorite critters....
How many more reasons we can give you to stop buying bottled water? Oh fine, here's one more - Klean Kanteens now come in color, er, "kolor".
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Do you like the clean lines of this crib and changing table/dresser set? The crisp white against the dark espresso finish? Yep, so do we. Who makes this line you ask?...
How many times has this happened to you: you go to tons of trouble coming up with a blueprint for creating your dream office out of the last bit of unused space in your tiny home... only to find yours...
The result of creative efforts by Daniel Kron and Geane Brito, Genius Jones is a Miami-based shop which offers, according to their own words "Design for a New Generation." There is such a huge variety...
Tomas learned to walk in time for his first birthday today!
Tom has been walking for a couple weeks now, but every time he starts walking, he is so delighted that he laughs really hard and then fal...
Do your bath toys multiply overnight likes ours do? For that reason, we've always been fans of Boon's Frog Pod bath toy storage. Boon recently has come out with a friend, the Bug Pod....
Decorative recycled fabric bird houses from Paris children's design store Serendipity come in three sizes and a range of fabrics, to lend a bit of fairy tale charm to your child's room...
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The carefree days of summer have come to an end and the more structured, scheduled days of school time have begun. And those of you with kids younger than school age may find yourselves without a w...
Allyson is on the hunt for some nursery bedding: I saw this bedding in the latest issue of Fit Pregnancy and scoured the magazine to find the manufacturer. With no leads, I thought I would send it to ...
Check out that smile!! Devin turned ONE yesterday! Mom reports that he got last licks on the summer by splashing in his pool and hitching a ride on his big sister's tricycle!
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For many children, this is the second week of school and dreams of winter break may have already begun. We love knowing more about our readers so we want to know......
There's something about fall that makes us want to edit, purge, and organize. And living in the perennial hope, as we do, that just the right organizational device will make life simpler, every fall w...
Today in the Scavenger, we're featuring a Joovy twin stroller, Maclaren Baby Carrier and more from the cities of D.C., Burlington, Boston, San Francisco and Seattle.
The Ohdeedoh Scavenger: putting...
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