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DwellStudio

One of our Ohdeedoh readers recently made this comment about DwellStudio: "I used to work as a children's textile designer and DwellStudio was always the benchmark for smart and beautiful design. I al...

New Natural Wood Foam Mat

Finally- if you've been shying away from the alphabet foam tiles and you have hardwood floors- these might be just what you're looking for. ...

How To: Modify Your Rug

Get out the cigars and pop the champagne because craft savant Katie Steuernagle has birthed a new craft! It's the granddaughter of traditional rug hooking and the way cooler cousin of those latch h...

"Just the Sheets, Ma'am": Single Crib Sheets from DwellStudio

Parents who don't plan to use a crib bumper have (rightly) complained that crib bedding is often sold only as whole sets when all they want is the sheet. We were reminded recently that DwellStudio ...

Spooky Halloween Floor Tiles

Leave it to the Queen of Halloween, Martha Stewart to release a line of mix-n-match Halloween Flor tiles. As much as we want to say we'd never even consider buying such a thing, we can actually see...

Season Rug: Grownup With A Kid Twist

Using "grownup" rugs in kids spaces is a great way to get around theme-y cartoon products, but often times they just aren't fun enough! We came across the Season rug from notNeutral, which is a gr...

Pippi Longstocking Bedroom Accessories

While we're not usually big fans of character-based decor we might have to make a small exception for the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking whose hijinks and escapades have been entertaining children...

Great Finds: 10 Rugs Under $20

Rugs. They make any room instantly warmer and ground furniture for a more pleasing look, but when you're pairing them with kids, they can seem over priced and lacking in style. Urban Outfitters ha...

New CB2 Picks Perfect for Tween or Teen

We recently picked up the new CB2 catalog and noticed several of their new items would be a perfect fit for your teen or tween's room. Popular trends include orange, as this color of the moment certa...

Amy Butler Rugs for Chandra

More than any other designer, Amy Butler's fabrics show up in your children's rooms, nurseries and homes as bedding, curtains, pillows, bags, quilts, slipcovers, and lots, lots more. Now (drum roll...

Preview: DwellStudio Baby & Kids Collection, Fall 2009

We always look forward to seeing what perennial favorite DwellStudio has in the works for kids and babies and, let us tell you, they've been busy! Introducing three lovely new designs and a wide ar...

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...

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...

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 especially lik...

Pennant Rug by Hable Construction

Pennants are popular accessories for childrens' rooms. If you like the look but want to incorporate pennants in a different way, this pennant rug by Hable Construction could be right for you....

5 Rugs in Black and White

We love how the quickest way to change up a room is by merely adding a rug. You can liven up a room, or change the look of it completely with just the right rug. We've rounded up 5 fabulous rugs in ...

Pop Up Book Rug

After clearing out some of the furniture in our son's room, we noticed that we have quite a bit of floor space. A plush rug to roll around on and read before lights go out would be ideal and this Pop...

Look! Light and Airy Nursery

Recall this nursery featured in a previous post about sheepskin in the nursery. We loved the white painted floors, black sheepskin, tiny toddler bed offset by the large armoire. It always left us wa...

FLOR and Alexander Girard Team Up, Again

Remember Alexander Girards' La Fonda del Sol collection of FLOR carpet tiles? Well, FLOR is coming out with a new Girard-inspired carpet tile called Flora. We spotted it over at Rug Design and it ch...

Inspiration: Using Outdoor Rugs Inside

It's a well documented fact that kids and floor coverings are in a never ending battle. Utilizing an outdoor rug in a main play area is a great way to keep ahead of the war on stain fighting. Since...

Sheepskin Fun Rugs by Bowron

The trend of laying down sheepskin rugs in the nursery we blogged about is still going strong. But if you and your little one long for a punch of color in your sheepskin, you aren't out of luck. Che...

Igusa Floor Covering by Raku

Whenever we can go natural, especially with children, we do. A friend of ours has been searching for some type of natural floor covering for her toddler's play area and came upon Raku's Igusa floor c...

Rainy Day Fun: Autobahn Floor Tape

Hours of our youth were spent zooming cars around the house. They went up the chair, across the side table and back down the couch (where the evil feline "couch troll" waited to snatch them up). Wh...

'Lil Mo Rugs

The right rug for the nursery has been on parents' minds these days. Everyone wants something comfortable and practical and good looking. We've seen our share of pastels and primary colors during ou...