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High and Low: Light Blue Curtains

Curtains can be a lovely focal point to your child's room -- especially when the color and pattern is a lovely shade of blue with great lines and swirls. Whether your budget is high or low, we've fou...

How To: PomPom Curtains

Some of our favorite decor projects are those born of frugality. Reader Jaime spied some beautiful pompom trimmed curtains in a magazine, but when she tracked them down she discovered they cost $25...

How To: Cover a Skylight, Four Ways

Attics can be a great place to room a child and skylights help make the room bright and cheerful - great for your spirits, but not great for naptime. If you have this conundrum, we can point you to...

Rose Branch Curtains

Pink just isn't cutting it. Cartoon characters? Please! If your teen is looking for some new curtains and wants something just a tad bit more sophisticated, Delia*s Rose Branch curtains may be just...

Create a Stage With a Pair of Curtains

This idea has stuck with us since seeing it in Jim and Kari's Evanston house tour. With a simple set of IKEA curtains, the family created a stage in the backyard for the kids. Here's what we love:...

Curtain Panel with Pockets

We're really liking the Lusy Gomma curtain panel. With its fun color palette of pink, gray, orange, and white, and pockets for storage- it's so much more than a curtain....

Ramones Window Shades

If your teen is going to keep the sun out of their room, they may as well be extra cool while doing it. Tell the sun to "Hey Ho, Let's Go" with this kitschy fab Ramones window shade....

Frost Your Windows

Looking for a little privacy in the nursery or bathroom but still want some light? We've seen plenty of pretty options for translucent screens, but they tend to be pricey. For $8, you can get a can...

Good Questions Follow-Up: Window Treatment for a Funky Window

Shannon was in a quandary this past spring about a window treatment for an oddly shaped nursery window and she asked our fabulous Ohdeedoh readers for suggestions. Well, she took one reader's advic...

Teen and 'Tween Curtains at Delia*s

As we learned earlier this week, tweens are definitely having a say in how their bedrooms appear and one of tweens and teens' favorite places for bedding and room accessories is Delia*s. Upon review...

Cut Felt Panels by Selina Rose

These cut felt panels are just so pretty! They would definitely add that soft and sophisticated touch to the nursery. Use them however best you see fit- window coverings, wall hangings, room divide...

Good Questions: Window Treatment for a Funky Window?

Shannon writes in for help with a funky window in the nursery: We recently moved into a home whose previous owners completed an upstairs addition in the mid-1960s. There are lots of cool angles and...

ICFF 2008: Dwell Studio for The Shade Store

Why wouldn't DwellStudio have drapery and shades? They're known for their bold patterns and fabrics. So, we were happy to see at ICFF they have teamed up with The Shade Store to do just that. ...

Food Smocks from Petite Violette

Bibs just can't cover it all, and we all know how messy things can get. That's why these smocks make great gifts for new babies or artistic toddlers. Plus, we love the look on this little girl's fa...

Window Screen Film

Not surprisingly, a lot of kid's rooms in apartments do not come with stunning views, which is why we were happy to find Window Screen Film. Designed by Sofia Löfstedt and Johanna Lindgren, this opaq...

Good Questions: Nursery Draperies

AT Reader Jen asks:Any ideas for fun draperies for the babies room? I don't want to spend a fortune and of course I love the draperies at Anthropologie but I am trying to be frugal. The room is going...

UV Ray Protection from Vista Window Film

A sunny apartment is a good thing, right? We think so, but lately, we have been worried about the steady amount of sun that hits the play areas of our living room. After all, if indoor sun exposure is...

Kid-Safe Blinds?

What is currently hanging in the windows in your nursery? We love the clean, fresh look of cellular shades on a window. But when you have toddlers or kids, you definitely don't want any of those long...

Blackout Curtains

How bright is your nursery when the lights are off? In the city, it can be hard to fall asleep - even when it is dark outside, city street lights mean it is never really dark, which is why we are suc...