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Vintage Child's Desk
Inspiration

I haven't had the time to go thrifting lately. The next best thing is to revel in other people's extraordinary thrifted treasure. Case in point - this vintage child's desk....

Isabelle and Juliette's Monde de Filles
Kids Room Tour

Names: Isabelle and Juliette Ages: 6 and 8 years old Location: Montréal, Québec When we first spied the photos of Isabelle and Juliette's room, the first thing that got our attention was the eye...

Hot or Not? Vintage Irmi

We came across some vintage Irmi lamps on Etsy recently and couldn't decide if it was pure nostalgia or aesthetic value that made us take a closer look. We usually steer away from anything too sacc...

Mid-Century Pieces From Days Gone By

Our friends over at Dwell have put together a quaint little slideshow of Mid-Century children's furniture (some is even for sale). We won't spoil the show for you, but did want to share a few of ou...

Vintage Treasures
Etsy Finds

Etsy has long been our go-to source for handmade goods, but lately (in the garage sale off-season) we've been drawn to the vast number of vintage shops and their quirky, nostalgic finds. We've put ...

Vintage-Inspired Wooden Toy Mailbox
Etsy Find

It's an undisputed fact that kids love to get mail. How much more awesome to get it in their very own mailbox! Just in time for Valentine's Day, Etsy seller How Now Design offers these vintage-inspire...

Bright & Bold Animal Prints

There's only one thing we love more than creative takes on the alphabet and that's animals! We came across these prints which are a collaboration between French Paper and Pop Ink and think they're ...

Retro-Inspired Prints by Green Nest
Etsy Scavenger

There's just something so unabashedly, shamelessly cute about these designs from Green Nest. Whether they're celebrating groovy bygone times, such as Woodstock or San Francisco's Scenic 49-Mile Drive,...

Indigo's Hyggelig Nook
Room Tour

Name: Indigo Skye Age: 3 years Location: Mols National Park, Denmark Fanciful. Cozy. Whimsical. Homey. And our new favorite word: hyggelig (a Danish word that means special, welcoming and inviting). ...

Wood Monogrammed Ornaments

Jackie likes working with wood (remember her fantastic photo flashcards?) and we really like what she makes with wood. Her latest endeavors are these neat wood ornaments that she'll customize with ...

10 Vintage-Inspired Kids' Rooms
Roundup

As anyone who's done it can tell you, putting together a room with vintage pieces doesn't happen overnight. But they'll also tell you that collecting all the elements is definitely a labor of love. (A...

Bedtime Bus Roll Poster
Etsy Find

Vintage bus rolls are a hot-ticket decor item these days. As cool as the real vintage deal is, we're digging these adorable versions that can be customized with your child's very own special bedtime r...

Retro Animal Pillow

We love retro children's books for their illustrations. They all seem to have a certain amount of detail and charm. So we were super excited to find these retro animal pillows by Etsy seller Vintage...

Jack's "Suzy Homemaker" Play Kitchen

We thought "Suzy Homemaker" was just a fun expression, but Angela scored a vintage stove by this name at an antique shop and created a little play kitchen for her son Jack to go along with it....

Educational Classroom Charts at Three Potato Four

Did we call it or did we call it? Back in January, we predicted that people would start digging even deeper for unusual vintage classroom artwork, beyond alphabet friezes and numbers posters. The fres...

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...

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...

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...

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, ...

Mini Tour: Miles and Andrew's Bright and Airy Space

Here's a wonderful space to rev up your engines for our Small Kids, Big Color contest. This room is a classic example of an instance where, if you were to be presented with just the fabric swatches an...

Ava's Colorful, Handmade Haven
Kids Room Tour

Name: Ava Florence Age: 2 years Location: Birmingham, UK Ava's mom, Joanna, is an interior designer who firmly believes that, when it comes to kids' rooms, the only color rule is that there are no ...

Vintage Inspiration: School Clocks

In our recent roundup of clocks for kids, Ohdeedoh reader Swordspoint commented that she wished there were more clocks with regular numbers, to help her daughter learn to tell time. Consider the humbl...

Look! Vintage Emotional Baby Faces

There's a certain level of expectation when walking into a antique store. There's bound to be an iron rooster, mid century dishware, a box of records and so forth. So when we rounded the corner and...

Mini Tour: Chloe's Restful Vintage Space

When we last peeked inside Jade's home, it was to tour her daughter Makena's "big girl" room. Jade is expecting her second daughter, Chloe, any time now, and we were thrilled when she offered us a gli...

Got Me In Stitches: Modern Kids Quilts

When we saw these new modern children's quilts from design duo Adam Young and Michael Alvarado, better known as "Got Me In Stitches," we knew they weren't a secret we could keep to ourselves. Bold ...

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