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Posts tagged “inspiration”

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, ...

5 Places To Find A Kids Color Palette

We can cruise online articles and pictures till we're blue in the face, but when it comes right down to it, the most inspirational things can be things from our everyday lives. Here's 5 great place...

Inspiration: Shared Room Makeover

Wow. Where to start with this classic-yet-playful room that Jenny at Little Green Notebook made over for her two daughters. Not only did she pull together an amazing array of colors and patterns on a ...

Good Idea: Move Things Around

With the colder weather suddenly here, we're looking at a lot more days inside the apartment, and when it looks like our toddler just isn't interested in playing with any of her toys anymore, here's w...

Chalkboard Half Wall

The chalkboard paint rage is still going strong. We have to admit that we love how dark and matte chalkboard paint looks, not to mention that it keeps crayon marks on the wall to a minimum....

A Boy's Desk
Flickr Find

Nothing brings color and liveliness into kid spaces like kid-chosen things. This beautiful desk filled with a young boy's treasured collection of favorite objects makes us smile every time we look at ...

How To: Glowing Eggs For Halloween

Halloween is full of all sorts of spooky and unnatural things and as we're gearing up for the big day at the end of the month, we've been working on ideas for the best Halloween party this side of th...

Inspiration: Plaid Houses by Laure Tixier

These stunning playhouses were made for a gallery exhibit, but we see no reason not to draw DIY inspiration from them. Each of the nine houses in this collection were inspired by the idea of using kid...

Colorful Kids' Rooms
My Home Ideas

One of our favorite lines from the movie Mermaids is "Know your fabrics and your colors, that's what I tell all my girls." Well, we found this little collection of rooms that certainly shows knowledg...

You've Been Booed!

Even if you're not super into Halloween, this is such a fun idea and a great way to build community in your neighborhood or even apartment building. Here's how you "boo" someone......

Free Halloween Paperdoll

Candy and other sweets definitely are in the Halloween line-up. But what other treats can you hand out this year? How about an adorable paperdoll complete with Halloween clothes...for free?...