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Posts tagged “inspiration”

Good Idea: Install New Flooring to Create a New Look

Ohdeedoh reader Kirsten (of Kirsten*Can) showed us her adorable homemade mobile a couple of weeks ago, and now she's sharing photos of her children's recently renovated playroom. The flooring needed t...

Land Of Nod: Shopping With A Snicker

We'd like to take a creative liberty this morning on the word entertaining. Although that's the theme for this month, we'd like to share something that was "entertaining" to us, although it has noth...

Good Idea Revisited: The Snacking Table

This just goes to illustrate that great thinkers think alike: When Ohdeedoh reader Mandi saw our recent post about using vintage Cosco toddler seats to create a cute snacking area, she emailed us phot...

Tabitha's Bedroom on "Bewitched"
Hooked on Houses

Wow! Talk about a nostalgia overload. We recently spotted these great images of Tabitha's bedroom, from the TV show "Bewitched", over at Hooked on Houses and are not only remembering our own childho...

Grey and Yellow Nursery Revisited

Remember Jo-An's gorgeous grey and yellow nursery nook we showed you? Well she's finished the rest of the nook and is showing photos of it....

2 DIY Wreaths To Dress Your Home For Party Time

Wreaths are easily customizable and add an unexpected touch to your spaces—especially come party time! You can change them up to suit the theme your working around and are a simple way to add ...

Flickr Find: Calendar Wall

What a charming and fun addition to a room! We spied this DIY project and fell in love. Genie and her husband, Scott, created a gigantic calendar on their wall and the results are incredibly winsome ...

Periodic Tile Table & Bench

We've seen the shower curtain before, but now there's a new way to learn your periodic table, and it's on a slightly larger scale—like say an outdoor table. Details after the jump... ...

4-Sided Felt Play House Slipcover

Jill Green of Homemade By Jill has been a busy little bee lately. She's recently whipped up a 4 sided, felt play house that slides right over her kitchen table. There's a working mailbox, a garden ...

Flickr Find: Chalkboard Wall Calendar

This is a great idea that serves two purposes in one fell swoop: visually anchoring a chalkboard wall and keeping track of family events. Laura entered her kiddos' wall in last winter's February Jumps...

Best Halloween Movies For Kids

If you're looking for a great way to keep your kids entertained while catching up on housework after all your Halloween costumes, crafts and decorations come to a close (or while sorting through the...

Fall Decorating with Felt Leaves

We're a bit behind on fall decorating and were looking for something easy, inexpensive, colorful and that would store well for future use. When we saw these beautiful felt leaves by 5 Orange Potato...

Laundry Room Collections

This idea is so simple, but so beautifully executed. Flickr member tsillie hill dreams collected all the random little things she found in her children's pockets, then laid them out and photographed t...

Add Some Magic with Fairy Doors

We're not in a rush for our son to grow up and he can believe in Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny and his chances of winning the lotto for as long as he likes. He can even believe in ...

A Kids Series

Amanda over at Swish and Swanky has been posting a fun "Kids Series" that includes brief interviews with the children whom the rooms belong to....

Sock Bats: Great Last Minute Holiday Project!

This time of year it can be hard to know which end is up when it comes to the sea of spectacular holiday crafts. There's so many to chose from, but one of our recent favorites are these easy to make...

Craigslist Makeover: Play Table and Chairs

How much are we loving this beautiful set of table and chairs? So much that we're kind of jealous that our knees would bump the underside of the table. Want a similar set for your own little ones? All...

Rosy Levy's Designs For Kids

Yesterday we about fell out of our chair while oogling these photos from Rosy Levy. She's designed spaces in her home for her children to exist that look so inspiring and comfortable that we're jus...

Good Idea: Snacking Table

We've always harbored a huge fondness for vintage Cosco kiddie chairs, but we've never been quite sure how to make good use of them. That is, until we spotted this fantastic little setup. Two chairs p...

A Willy Wonka Party

This was a Willy Wonka themed baby shower- but we think there are some great ideas in here for a child's birthday party- think Candyland or candy bar themes. For example, check out these balloons wr...

Kennedy's Playhousewarming

Let's see...bake the hors d'oeuvres at 350ยบ, arrange the flowers, stack the coats on the bed... Wait! This is a housewarming on a much smaller, cuter scale. It's Kennedy's playhousewarming - a ...

Inspiration: His 'n' Hers Shared Room

We frequently field questions about how to design for rooms shared by brothers and sisters. Ohdeedoh reader Stephanie shares a pair of photos of the room shared by her daughter Savannah and son Elliot...

Super Cool Chair Tent

One of the biggest problems we always had when making forts and tents out of the kitchen and living room chairs was getting our blankets to stay put. Inevitably someone would step on a blanket and p...

Serving Trays Turned Chalkboard Wall Art

Ohdeedoh reader Melissa was kind enough to send us a photo of her recent diy project. She hit up her local thrift stores for some silver platters and instead of using them for table decor, she added...

Inspiration: Kids' Room from 1935

Proving that good design ideas never go out of style, this 1935 ad for Armstrong floors contains some great features that we'd be mistaken to think of as fleeting trends: chalkboards, oversized maps, ...