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Rainy Days, Gossip Girl and Panda Bread
Hot Posts 08.01.09

Click to View these Ohdeedoh Hot Posts in Bold Below • Stencilled Wall with Free Download • Our Favorite IKEA Posts • Road Trip Gear: Babies and Toddlers • Gossip Girl Set •...

Kid Couch Makeover

A small couch makes a nice landing pad and reading lounge for toddlers and young children, but finding an attractive one, especially one not emblazoned with cartoon characters is next to impossible....

Korean Play Mats

If you're tired of the ubiquitous foam alphabet tiles, these Korean play mats offer something at least a little different. We've tried them out and they're pretty thick and comfortable. If you get t...

Parenting Blog Roundup: 07.31.09

From the sanctity of naptimes, to hopscotching hallways, to how you might doom your child by choosing the wrong name- there's a lot going on out there in the parent blogosphere......

See How This Shared Bedroom Was Made

Creative team Ontwerpduo was asked to design a room for two children, a boy (5) and a girl (7). Their end result is a stunning combination of color, pass through walls, hinged chalkboards, built in ...

How To: Kid-Sized Tool Belt

Do you have a little tool nut at home clamoring for his or her own starter tool set? Erin whipped up a pint-size belt and "non-lethal" foam tools for her son Teddy (who's now available for odd jobs...

Inspiration: Princess Rooms You Can Live With

Confession time: Personally, we're not into the "princess" look. Having two boys means that we probably won't ever have to cross that bridge (though, hey! who knows?), but we can't help wondering...

2010 IKEA Catalog New 'Tween/Teen Finds

As we eagerly await to have the 2010 IKEA catalogs in our hands, we have started perusing the Web site for a glimpse at some of the new 'tween/teen appropriate items. We are loving the fun, new ...

Stripe Inspiration: Two Blues

Speaking of stripes, we spotted this beautiful, muted, striped wall on Cookie and loved the interplay of two similar shades of blue. When you find yourself agonizing over two shades of a color on a...

Challenge: Photography With Your Kids

We've talked before about how to take great pictures of kids and reviewed a few cameras even, but with this month's travel theme coming to a close, we'd like to throw in one more outing and challenge...

Chicago Botanic Garden Kids' Site

Yesterday over on the Chicago site, we talked about quick escapes to your local botanic gardens. At a recent stop at the Chicago Botanic Garden we noticed how kid-centric this place could be! Along wi...

Hot or Not: Wave Chaise

Voting and more info, below the jump......

Happy Birthday Sophia

Name: Sophia Birthday: Second Greeting: This is our Sophia. She loves the pool and the beach and anything involving the outdoors. She loves to help mom and dad pick tomatoes in the garden and eating b...

Jane and Grey in California
Adventures and Outings 2009

Names/Ages: Jane (pictured, 3.5 years) and Grey (16 months) Vacation Location: Bishop, California Favorite Baby or Child Friendly Activity There: Exploring, Hiking, Swimming, Mule Days (Memorial We...

Latest, Greatest Alphabet Posters

Keeping you abreast of happenings in the alphabet art world, we're reporting in today with another crop of lovelies: letterpress, arabic, graphic animals, cartoon-style and some of Lorena Simin...

BHG's Top 25 Staycation Ideas

Even if you went on a real vacation, consider some of these fun staycation ideas for those hot August days. We picked out our favorites for families below......

Try This! Glazed On Graphics

When we moved into our new space earlier this month we were pleasantly surprised to find skulls in our closet! But they aren't something you see unless the light hits the wall just right and the tre...

little A's lap desk

Faced with an 18 hour cross-country drive, Merrilee was struck by inspiration to make this clever lap desk for her son, "little A", to use in the car. One glance down at our own lap desk confirms h...

Stretch Shelf by Pete Oyler

So simple, yet so brilliant. Brooklyn-based furniture designer Pete Oyler takes machined aluminum pegs and wraps them in cast rubber. The effect is rather like oversized rubber bands stretched on nail...

Reader Project: DIY Play Kitchen Renovation

We certainly love our play kitchens, here at Ohdeedoh, and it seems that you all do as well. Sharaine sent us an e-mail, "I was inspired a few months ago by all the great DIY play kitchens that ...

Good Quality Transportation Toys for Toddlers?
Good Questions

Q: Hello. I am a mother of a happy boy who loves trains, planes, automobiles and boats and I would like to begin collecting some transportation toys for him. Any suggestions for beginning transporta...

How To: Ceiling Fan Refashion

Ceiling fans get a bad rap. We've lost count of how many times we've seen designers on shows like Trading Spaces walk into a room, look at the ceiling, groan, and immediately remove the fan. Yeah,...

iSpy: Low Tech Game Boy Softies

It's easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of kid friendly gadgets and gizmos, especially while traveling. So why not kick it old school, ditch the electronics and use a little creativity and...

Alice Supply Co. Modern Toolbox

Every home should have a decent toolbox. Having a clean, organized box with everything you need makes tackling those everyday projects much less intimidating. Wouldn't you actually look forward...

Nursery Tour: Phoebe Rose's Mom-made Room

Name: Phoebe Rose Age: due any day! Location: Ann Arbor, MI >> Enter Slideshow Like her friends, we're amazed that mom-to-be Emily made almost everything in her daughter's nursery: toys, quilts...

Pictorial Webster's Cards: Icons & Curiosities from A to Z

Webster's just published a gorgeous pictorial dictionary chock full of original (and beautiful) engravings from 19th century Webster's volumes, seen here on Apartment Therapy. In conjunction with this...

2009 Barbie Dream Townhouse

2009 doesn't have to be a bad year for real estate. How about investing in a smaller scale version of a dream house? Barbie's dream house has certainly come a long way and now a modern incarnation h...

Happy Birthday Meredith

Name: Meredith Birthday: First Greeting: Little Miss Meredith celebrated her first birthday this weekend by learning to walk, definitely impressing her party guests. She loves to go shopping and eat o...

How To: Alphabet Block Photo Display

Megan of Plum Pudding has hit another one out of the ballpark with this fabulous alphabet block idea to add class and a bit of whimsy to your fridge display. It's a great use for orphan blocks espe...

Car Bag

You want to keep everything organized, but somehow the car often ends up a mess! Especially after a long trip. Well, not only does this bag organize things, but we were surprised to find out it's ac...

Not Your Average Teenagers Bedroom

14 year old Yasmin, from Kuwait, is an aspiring interior designer. She's recently made over her room and it's a perfect space to catapult her into adulthood and hopefully a fabulous career pa...

Vacation Inspiration: Built-in Bunk Beds

We've always loved bunk beds for how they combine function with fun, but built-ins have the potential to be even more functional and more fun than your average bunk. They're a great option for va...

Etsy Find: You Are My Sunshine & You Are So Loved Prints

We've been on a roll lately with finding great, affordable prints on Etsy. Our latest scores are these sweet prints by Jess Gonacha. These are a natural fit in the nursery, but they could easily work ...

Look! Birthday Time Line

For our son's fifth special day, we made a time line for his classroom birthday celebration. As part of a Montessori birthday celebration, teachers usually ask parents to construct a simple time lin...

Cute Rolling Suitcase for My Four Year Old?
Good Questions

Q: Hello all, we are travelling with kids to Europe in about a month and I would like to get my 4 year-old daughter some cute pink rolling suitcase, which she can roll behind at the airports and she c...

Coordinating a Vacation with Multiple Babies

We recently had our own Adventure and Outing at a family get-together in the Finger Lakes. As excited as we were to spend time with family, we were most looking forward to meeting the two newest (a...

Inexpensive Art From Hammerpress Studios

Sometimes when decorating our kids spaces we aren't always looking for big art. Not everything has to be giant poster size, infact, we quite appreciate a smaller size especially for smaller e...

Nursery Tour: Leo's Family History

Name: Leo Age: Two Location: St. Louis City Enter Slideshow We love using old photographs in our home, and so do Leo's parents. Scanned photos of Leo's parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents...

Butter Flying: Hand Made Mobiles

We grew up with fun mobiles in our room, but they were never hand made. They were usually made from plastic and store bought; not nearly as personal, or as exquisite as these hand made mobiles...

Thomas in London
Adventures and Outings 2009

Names/Ages: Thomas (2) Vacation Location: St. James Square, London Favorite Baby or Child Friendly Activity There: London is great for small children. No matter where you go there is almost always ...

Jewelry Organizers

If your teen or tween daughter is anything like me, chances are you find her jewelry all over the house. A set of earrings on the coffee table, a ring on the kitchen counter, a watch on the arm ...

Happy Birthday Anna Scot

Name: Anna Scot Birthday: First Greeting: Our little Scottish baby girl has spent much of her first year on trips to visit our families in America and Germany and having them come to visit us! Always ...

Mate in Peru
Adventures and Outings 2009

Names/Ages: Mate (1.5 in photo, now 4) Vacation Location: Lima, Peru Favorite Baby or Child Friendly Activity There: Soaking in the colorful sights, sounds and smells of the open-aired market every...

Roundup: Striped Walls

If you're considering adding some stripes to yours or your kids' walls, it might help to look at some examples in real rooms. We've combed our archives and found fat stripes, thin stripes, one...

Travel Toys for Toddlers Ages 1-2

What toys do you take for your toddler when you travel? You don't want to carry too much, so you want to choose wisely...toys that are quiet, open-ended, and don't have too much potential for little ...

Playful Learning & The Hope Revolution

Playful Learning, a fabulous website by Mariah Bruehl is packed full of educational activities that promote positive family interactions. It's a magnificent resource that's presented beautifully and...

Road Trip Gear: Kids

Last week we looked at some ideas of things to bring to help make long car rides with babies and toddlers more bearable for the whole family. Similarly, we've been brainstorming on road trip i...

Summer Toy Flashback: The Wet Banana

Remember the Wet Banana? You might also know of its cousin, the Slip 'n' Slide. It was basically a long sheet of plastic with a self-contained sprinkler. You turned it on and when the plastic was wet ...

At Home with Stylesetter Aerin Lauder
Elle Decor

It's often difficult to create a lively room for boys that isn't too "theme-y" or too babyish. One easy way to create a strong, fun room is to go with a monochromatic palette. Elle Decor featured Ae...

What's Your Walk Score?

As we were reminded on a recent vacation, our driving skills are getting slightly rusty after almost fifteen years living in New York City. Sure we'd love to fill up a car trunk with groceries or c...

Look! A 25 Year Old Pez Collection

My husband has been collecting Pez since he was little. Just out of diapers, they were his special treat whenever he would accompany his mother to the grocery store. Sure, there's been many that we...

Taming Your Toy Collection

It's a topic we have to come back to again and again because a home with kids will always have toy "build-up." The most important thing is to have some strategy for dealing with it. We found a few f...

For Wall or Floor: The Love Tattoo Rug

We've seen this rug design by Sophie Conran (exclusively for CB2) in various catalogue settings showing it placed on the floor or hanging on a wall. We love the latter! One thing we haven't seen is it...

Look! Creative Wall Hook Decor

Jackie and Joe, the owners of this Washington, DC home, cleverly repurposed hooks found throughout their old house into decor. They carefully hung the wall hooks throughout the entryway and kitc...

Funky Wallpaper for Your 'Tween or Teen

We grew up in a house filled with wallpaper. My mom strongly believed that if painting a room was good, then wallpapering it was even better. The rooms in our home frequently received mini-make...

Stencilled Wall with Free Download

Wallpaper? Nope - painted wall stencils used in combination to give the effect of wallpaper which is probably about the same effort as putting up wallpaper and is certainly less expensive. We're a...

Room Tour: Ava's Livable, Lovable Mid-Century Space

Name: Ava Age: 3 Location: San Diego Enter Slideshow Almost everything in Ava's room, from the vintage school desk to the Mary Blair tapestry, has a story behind it. Ava's parents, Elise and Darren,...

Found: Easy Mural Idea

Earlier today over at Apartment Therapy Chicago, we featured a product that we think has some longevity when it comes to your kids spaces! Originally intended to cover garage doors, these prin...

Green Ideas: Recycling Bins in the Home

We've been thinking of reevaluating our own recycling system at home. With a baby crawling around, we don't want bins with glass bottles or cans to be accessible, but we're also a little afraid that ...

Gossip Girl Set
In Style

We'll admit it. We've seen a couple episodes of Gossip Girl (This probably stems from our longing for the good old days of the original 90210.) and while we've watched it for the clothes more than an...

3-D Play Rugs

We've looked at activity rugs before, but these new designs by IVI take the idea to a whole other level with their intricate landscapes: Traffic, Farm, Family and 'Playing Way.’ We especiall...

Amazing DIY At-At Walker Bed

Theme rooms can either be hit or miss in their decor and can be frustrating because children grow out of their likes and dislikes in the blink of an eye. But we're pretty sure this one will last for...

Homemade Panda Bread

Is it possible for bread to be adorable? If anything could make us think so, it's this loaf of bread we spied at Perfect Pandas. Actually more like a cross between cake and bread, it involves cocoa, g...

Maine Cabin Collection Bedding

We love this cabin-inspired bedroom from LL Bean because it reads chic camper, gender neutral, and good for a range of ages all at once. Creating a kids' room that evokes travel or adventure is a grea...

ABC Photo Book

How much more exciting will the ABC's seem when each letter is represented by a picture of your child. With an older child, taking the photographs could also make a great summer activity. Or take ...

Quinn and Erik in Mexico
Adventures and Outings 2009

Names/Ages: Quinn and Erik (now 4 & 5) Vacation Location: Chichen Itza, Mexico Favorite Baby or Child Friendly Activity There: Grass picking, climbing steps and playing hide and seek amid the ruins...

Five Great Radios for Your Teen

Maybe their MP3 player needs a break? Maybe they like listening to NPR? Whatever the case, your teen may be in the market for a portable radio. We've rounded up a nice selection that will fit ...

Happy Birthday Sadie

Name: Sadie Birthday: 1 Greeting: Sadie came into our lives 1 year ago! She's a happy little girl, always chattering away and giving kisses and hugs all day long. She loves splashing in the pool, rock...