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Posts By Janie Lee

Kidishes Tempered Glass Dishes

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Our growing collection of kid dishes include ceramic, plastic, melamine and stainless steel. Each has it's pros and cons. If you're trying to move away from plastic, want something that can be microwaved but are afraid of breakage, check out the video after the jump.

Inspiration: Space-saving Ideas for a Shared Room

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We love the look of this room. It's bright, white and modern, and it offers some great tips for setting up a small shared room.

Another Use for the IKEA Bekvam Step Stool

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We love our Bekvam step stool from IKEA and so do lots of other folks. We've seen it left as is, dressed up, and even used as a mini play kitchen. But check out this awesome alternative use just for kids after the jump...

PlanetBox Lunchbox

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We've discovered yet another great lunchbox for those of you who like to pack a lunch. It's the stainless steel PlanetBox.

Inspiration: Corner Library

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We love a great book display. (Remember the custom-made book display in Oscar's nursery tour?) It's the best way to store books for young children, but it also can be a great feature for your home.

Baby's First Haircut and Other Mementos

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Our baby got his first haircut yesterday and I instinctively kept a lock of hair as a keepsake. It's definitely something we want to keep but what do we with it?

Packing Your Child's Lunch

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Take a close look at this menu. Sounds like it's from a nice French bistro, non? It's actually a French school lunch menu.

A Tree Becomes a Book Becomes a Tree

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We love to see great looking and creative tree branch shelves for the nursery. This new tree bookshelf by designer/artist Shawn Soh really fits the bill.

Reisenthel Market Basket - Kid Version

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We own a couple of Reisenthel Market Baskets for use around the house for books and magazines; impromptu picnics; clean baby laundry; farmers market shopping; crochet projects; and anything else we can think of.

Reader Project: Tree Mural

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Oh, we just love hearing from our readers and seeing your beautiful projects. Kelly wrote to use recently and sent in some photos of her handpainted tree mural. Jump below for details.

DIY Embroidered Clock

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It's always nice to add something you DIY'd to your child's space. Here is a great idea from Liz at Say Yes to Hoboken.

Streamlining the Morning Routine

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It's our first year of preschool and we made it through the first week with little drama. To keep things running smoothly, we've instituted a new way of organizing our preschoolers outfits to minimize time spent digging through drawers and closets. What's our tip?

Inspiration: DIY Boat Mobile

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This season's HGTV's Design Star is over, but one great idea for the nursery sticks with us. If you watched the penultimate episode you'll remember the fabulous hull frames that Dan Vickery created for Jason Priestly's nursery.

Get-Set Placemats

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Because the highchairs we use in our home don't have trays, we're always interested to hear about good looking and well-designed table coverings and placemats. We recently heard about these Get-Set Placemats and wanted to know more.

Displaying Baby Clothes as Momentos

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We were up very late last night organizing baby clothes. Three large piles emerged - keep, keep, and keep. Although we tend to be ruthless when clearing out the rest of our belongings, it's hard to part with our sweet babies' clothing.