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A couple of years ago, I was delighted to be invited to the 1st birthday of the daughter of one of my best friends from high school. It was my first daughter-of-a-friend birthday party, and I wanted a special gift for my honorary niece. I headed off to the craft store intending to purchase a toy box of some kind, and fell in love instead with a small unfinished wooden rocking horse...

This rotating bookcase from PB Teen looks like a great way to save space in a small bedroom. The unit offers shelves, a mirror, a corkboard, and peg hangers all in one unit that only occupies a 20.5" square chunk of floorspace...

If you liked Kyle's post over on Apartment Therapy Boston about a chair with a built-in drawer, then you're going to love to the child-sized version we found by Collect Furniture. This bright and sturdy chair is designed to give children 3-10 years old a stylish and functional place to store books or favorite small treasures...

When we stumbled upon this kid-friendly gadget that took second place in this year's Greener Gadgets competition, we just knew we had to share. Designed to help teach kids a lesson about conservation and energy costs, the Power Hog Piggy Bank regulates energy use by requiring coin deposits to keep power flowing to the connected device...