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Look! Seonna's Modern Toy Box

When we spotted this little girl's room as part of a tour of Seonna's home on AT: LA, we had to highlight it over here. Seonna describes her house's decor as "modern toy box" (how great is that descri...

Toy Box Reinvention
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Since we're celebrating color this month, we have to applaud this fantastic toy box reinvention. What started as a rather plain wooden box was painted and reworked into this cheerful, fun keepsake....

A Danish Gem
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Well it's no wonder the Danes are the happiest people on earth if they all live in charming apartments like this one. The first thing we noticed is what beautiful light they have which surely makes...

Marita & Jens' Playroom - From the Fall Colors Contest
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As with all the entries in this year's Fall Colors Contest, we keep being wowed by the great use of color. Brave choices produce fun results. We spied Marita & Jens' entry among the participants......

10 Ways to Avoid Hipster Baby Names

Babynaming is one of those can't-please-everybody propositions. Whether you choose to go traditional or creative, sentimental or futuristic, you can't avoid other people's (generally unsolicited) opin...

Parisian Chic Bedroom
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We love kids' room that appear effortless, lived in and still beautiful. And we're always curious to peek inside the homes of interior designers. So we couldn't resist a visit to Cookie's Nesting ...

Milk Jug as Kid-Friendly Planter Project
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Our sister site, Re-Nest, is currently asking readers to submit their best repurposing idea for their Creative Reuse 2008 feature. We spied the Milk Jug as Kid-Friendly Planter Project post and thou...

22 of the World's Most Creative Alphabets

If you've been looking for an alphabet poster for your child's room, and you want a bit more edge than the alphabet-poster market normally provides, look no further. Yael at Reuben Miller has rounded ...

Roomark: Kirsten 10.1.08
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We've been following Roomarks avidly ever since this feature was launched at AT a couple of months back. Readers have been sending in their favorite photos of inspirational rooms, either their own or ...

Kitten & Skull Print by Brandon Dunlap
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Kittens and skulls -- somehow it seems so wrong, yet so right. Artist Brandon Dunlap puts the two together for a great combination we're sure many tweens and teens would get a big kick out of. ...

1001 Rules for My Unborn Son

"Try a hairstyle that you'll one day regret. I'll get over it." "Have a signature dish, even if it's your only one." " When it comes to shoveling snow, the earlier you start, the easier the job." ...

100 Exceptional Free Paper Models and Toys
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Whether you're past origami and are looking to step it up a bit or if you want something easier, these paper models from Creative Closeup are just the thing. ...

iLunchBox.com
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We're only two weeks into the school year, and already our preschooler's lunchbox is starting to look suspiciously identical day after day. Fortunately, Cool Mom turned us on to iLunchBox, so there's ...

Shopping for Baby Gear With Christiane Lemieux
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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... ...

House Tour: LJ Builds To Fit One More
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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...

Hula Seventy Themed Birthday Party
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Themed birthday parties are always such fun. The possibilities are endless and when you've found the right theme, you know it. We love the beautiful Chinese-themed birthday party Andrea, of Hula Se...

Key Modular Storage System by Housefish
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The moment we saw this modular shelving and storage on AT San Francisco, we could immediately picture it in any room in our home, especially the kid spaces. The combination of open and closed shelving...

AT New York Dollhouse Tours
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AT New York took "small is cool" to a new level recently when they featured two unusual House Tours - of dollhouses! Both homes - one retro, one modern - are the creation of Brooklyn dollhouse enth...

Kids' House by Studiomama
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This structure, Kids' House, reminds us of an indoor fort or treehouse. What kid (or adult for that matter) wouldn't want a little privacy or reading or napping nook in their home? It was designed...

Preppy Bedding on AT: Chicago
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The preppy look is still going strong and even if you didn't own a copy of The Official Preppy Handbook back in the 80s, never fear -- you can still "prep" up your child's room. ...

Rocking Platforms by Economides
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Designer Constantinos Economides designed these rocking platforms chairs which we discovered online. Part art, part statement, they are the ultimate in recycling. The rockers are created by fastening...

Super Mario Room
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Roll out the barrel, we'll have a barrel of fun. Roll out the barrel, we've got the blues on the run. O.K., that suggests more Donkey Kong that Mario but it still prompts us to say fans of Super Mari...

Guerrilla Gardening With Kids
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Confession time. This post is sort of a thinly veiled opportunity to showcase two things dear to our hearts: guerrilla gardening and cute baby photos. When we read that blogger/guerrilla gardener Andr...

Teenyweenykins by Kaley Woods
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Mr. Potatohead gets a face-lift, sort of! The prototype for Teenyweenykins, by design student Kaley Woods, were introduced at the New Designers exhibit in London. ...

Shinzi Katoh at Penelope
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We're always on the lookout for U.S. sources of Shinzi Katoh-designed products so we were happy to learn of another via an AT: Chicago post last week. Penelope is a brick and mortar store in Chicag...