Open Thread 18

Questions, Answers and Chat

(image: Fundy Play Table by Argington, available at 2 Modern, Design Public and Modern Nursery)

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Looking for a Nursery Tour from at least a couple months back... It was green and black, and had a giraffe (and other animals I think) hand-drawn on the wall. Ring a bell? I can't find it. Thanks!

posted by mjoe on July 23rd 2007 at 4:20am
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Also, why not have a link to all the Nursery Tours on the side, like all the other AT sites have a link to House Tours?

posted by mjoe on July 23rd 2007 at 4:29am
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If you click on "archives", the first column, "features" has a link for nursery tours.

posted by dcmom on July 23rd 2007 at 4:50am
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weird. they aren't all there though....

posted by dcmom on July 23rd 2007 at 4:51am
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mjoe - is it Rowen's nursery you're looking for?

http://nursery.apartmenttherapy.com/nursery/nursery-tours/rowens-nursery-tour-020456

posted by janie on July 23rd 2007 at 4:56am
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You're looking for Rowen's Nursery Tour. Use "Rowen" as a search term and it will come right up.

posted by CMcB on July 23rd 2007 at 4:56am
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That's the one, thanks!

posted by mjoe on July 23rd 2007 at 5:05am
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I want to refinish Travis' nursery furniture, and when I went to Home Depot they said they didn't have any "Baby-friendly" paints or stains. What kind of paint and stain should I use that is safe and baby-friendly? Where should I look?

posted by exxon23 on July 23rd 2007 at 8:03am
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I'm looking for a small, powerful, and of course stylish air purifier for my baby's nursery. Looking at HEPA filters, and everything is U-G-L-Y. Thanks for any suggestions you might have.

posted by babymomma on July 24th 2007 at 11:27am
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Hi, I can't remember what it's called but I'm looking for that modern knitted baby hat and scarf combo. It's an all in one which covers the head and shoulders and it comes in brown and blue, and I think brown and pink. I'm sure I saw little Ursula wearing it on a post many months ago and want to buy it for a new baby boy I know but I can't for the life of me remember what it was called or where I can buy it. Does anyone remember it? Thanks!

posted by reef on July 25th 2007 at 6:31am
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reef - the knit item your looking for is by oeuf, but it's not available on their site anymore... a quick google showed them as being available (and on sale!) at cocoacrayon.com.

posted by molly h on July 25th 2007 at 10:57am
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I just noticed that Ikea has a new crib on their site. It's blue (not so much a fan of the color... but it could look cool painted).

posted by dcmom on July 26th 2007 at 6:01am
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re: ikea crib - yeah, that blue is a bit much, i dunno. but i am pleased to see that the gulliver is back... wasn't there a bit of drama over the supposed discontinuing of that item a couple of weeks ago?

posted by molly h on July 26th 2007 at 8:44am
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Thanks Molly H!

posted by reef on July 26th 2007 at 10:35am
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Safe Paint:

I've been considering milk paint, which comes in gorgeous colors. I read about it in an ivillage newsletter:

"The Old Fashioned Milk Paint Company uses a paint formula that dates back to the 19th century, when homemade paint was stirred up using a recipe of buttermilk and crushed limestone. The company's new line, SafePaint, is specially formulated for walls and other nonporous surfaces. Made from food- and pharmaceutical-grade ingredients, it contains no synthetic petroleum or plastics, it's biodegradable, and it will not give off VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds)."

http://www.milkpaint.com

posted by tsubaki on July 28th 2007 at 12:17pm
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