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Telegraph's List of Favorite Family & Kid Websites

Ohdeedoh is on the list! The Telegraph's list of "the most useful sites on the web for parental tip-swapping or entertaining and education young children online", that is. We were honored to be includ...

News: Maclaren Recall Affects Strollers Sold Since 1999

Stroller industry giant Maclaren announced this morning a massive voluntary recall affecting every stroller they've made since 1999 - that's over one million. The stroller hinges "pose a fingertip amp...

Disney Offering Full Refunds For Baby Einstein DVDs
(With or Without Your Receipt)

Recently, Disney has announced their intent to offer a full refund on any Baby Einstein dvd purchased in the last 5 years. After spending months dealing with an unsatisfied customer, and a pending c...

Maxwell's Tips on Smart Storage for Kids' Stuff

Maxwell recently gave an interview all about kids and smart storage. He kicks it off with an observation: "Children, more so than adults, are natural collectors of stuff. Parents should not be surpri...

Cookie Magazine is Folding

Conde Nast is closing more of their titles - it was announced today that Cookie, Gourmet and Modern Bride are all slated to fold. We've long been fans of Cookie here at Ohdeedoh - their mix of style a...

News: Cash For Clunkers Cribs & Car Seats

Children's toys and supply giant, Toys R Us announced late last week that they're unveiling a safety incentive program. They're hoping to entice parents to turn in their old cribs and car seats (a...

Gwyneth Paltrow: Nursery Decorator To The Stars?

Gwyneth Paltrow hit it out of the park when she designed her daughter, Apple's bedroom. Even if you think white carpet is completely out of the question, chances are you still think it's a great spa...

David Netto Sells NettoCollection to Maclaren

While many may consider the children's furnishings world a sleepy backwater, business has, in fact, been booming during the past decade. One person who has ridden the wave is David Netto, who's luxe ...

Show Us Your Family's Outside Space

This month, the entire network of Apartment Therapy sites is taking long look at the great outdoors - the spaces just outside of our homes, both big and small, where you and your kids go to relax and...

Jonathan Adler Got His Style from His Dad
NPR

In honor of father's day, designers Jonathan Adler and Simon Doonan discuss the influence their fathers had on their design aesthetic. Both have lost their fathers and honor the role their father's p...

Survey: Golden Squiggle Design Contest

Maxwell writes: We're working on a small design contest that would take submissions over the summer, post them in August and then show off the winners in early September. Right now we're narrowing dow...

Please Excuse Us While We Update Our Links System

You may have noticed that, as of this morning, our sidebar links are missing. We took them down while we do some work on a new format for including them on the site that will be easier to update mor...

Memorial Day 2009 on Ohdeedoh: Lots of Smaller Cooler!

Along with our wishes for a peaceful Memorial Day, we are bringing you six new contest entries today. Check back throughout the day for all the wonderful small rooms and be sure to "thumbs up" your fa...

Coming Soon...Time Out Chicago Kids

We've already got Time Out New York Kids, and coming soon for parents in the second city: Time Out Chicago Kids!...

Happy Mothers Day!

To all the "Mums" out there from all of us at Ohdeedoh, have a wonderful day!...

Mrs. Meyer Talks About Life at Home

It's no surprise that we're all Mrs. Meyer's fans at Apartment Therapy. The all-natural queen of clean and straight talk (Thelma Meyer, grandmother, age 76) recently shared some childhood memories wit...

Coming Soon: The Smaller Cooler Kids' Room Contest

Over on Apartment Therapy, we are in the thick of our annual search for the smallest coolest home - we've been posting lots of inspiring entries and the readers have been voting away. It's time for t...

Salon 94 Seeking Broken Toys for Artist Project

Sirui works with Salon 94 and contacted Ohdeedoh with a request. The gallery is seeking no-longer-functional toys for a project called "Recycled Landscapes" by a well-known artist that will be complet...

Our Commenting Policy 2009

Dear Readers, Lurkers & Commenters, We've had unfiltered (and amazing) comments since we launched in 2004. Yes, every now and then we’ve had to do a little policing, but not much, and I’ve felt t...

Look!: Ohdeedoh on Facebook

Several of you have requested an Ohdeedoh Fan Page and we have complied! You can now find Ohdeedoh on Facebook... ...

Farewell, Wondertime

Sadness and dismay over the shuttering of Domino dominated the blogosphere yesterday, but we have our own heartbreak to contend with. Parent company, Disney, has just announced that the March issue...

Ohdeedoh Nursery & Kids Room Submission Form

We love to hear from the Ohdeedoh readers. We're always on the lookout for great nurseries and children's rooms to feature on the blog and this is our newest, easiest way for you to send us photos and...

MLK Day is a Day of Service
Help Out In Your Community This Monday

President-elect Obama has asked Americans to create the change they wish to see by volunteering their time this Monday to celebrate the memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. We took a look and found lots...

The Homies: Best Children's Design Blog 2008!
The Homies 2008

Last night we completed our first ever Homies Awards, celebrating the best in home blogging in 2008, and it's my pleasure today to announce five six winners. It was an impromptu, get the ball rol...

Ohdeedoh Hot Posts: Mini Tours, Letter Quilt and Menagerie Rug

The reader's favorite posts on Ohdeedoh this week included a Thinkbaby Feeding Set, nap map suggestions and Benjamin Moore paint picks. Jump below for links to these & LOTS more hot posts from the la...