We always feel so inspired after visiting The Selby. The photographs and the untold stories presented there are so great! Recently, more inspiration came via Emma Balfour's home...
We always feel so inspired after visiting The Selby. The photographs and the untold stories presented there are so great! Recently, more inspiration came via Emma Balfour's home...
Reader Jamie sent us an e-mail, "I thought you might like this little project I just completed for my 16 month daughter. It doesn't really fit into the recent Great Outdoors theme but it still says summer to me."
From the same company who brought you the Tiramolla's loft bedrooms, come a few more pieces. Tumidei's items are a perfect mix of modern pieces with old-fashioned sensibilities: a place for everything and everything in its place.
You may remember the little gnome table we first spied in Nasai's big city room. A reader asked where the tables were from and we found out they were designed by Philippe Stark. We love how quirky these little suckers are!
Sometimes even the smallest break can make a difference. Just the other day on a trip to Ikea, the husband and I had the luxury of quietly shopping while our son gleefully enjoyed his one-hour stop at Smaland. A recent New York Times article discusses how many parents are discovering the thrill of an Ikea "date" and taking advantage of the opportunity presented.
"Did you know there’s an outdoor world of math and reading fun that awaits you and all you need is sidewalk chalk, dice, and your imagination? Anything we can do inside on paper can be done outside on the driveway or sidewalk, as long as we don’t care if it eventually gets 'erased' by rain or sprinklers. Not only do the kids and I get to exercise our brains but we also get to exercise our bodies." Peg Baron gives us plenty of learning games that can be done with sidewalk chalk on Natural Parenting.
We love the clean elegant look of the Componibili storage bins, by Anna Castelli Ferrieri, and we thought, "Well, why not have these in the nursery?" Who says they only have to stay in adult rooms? They seem like a perfect fit for the nursery -- simple, straightforward and completely lovely.