Baby chic By Mary Jane Suttor When bringing a new baby home from the hospital parents like to have sweet, yet unique decor for the baby's nursery. For parents looking for inspiration for the baby's new room, they need not look any further than the children's section at a local bookstore. Go to the beach. Gather some sand and shells and then select the book "Row, Row, Row Your Boat for Babies" by Annie Kubler. Tie in artwork of sailboats, starfish, and sandcastles. "The Sandcastle Contest" by Robert Munsch can be the inspiration for sandcastles for the room decor. Walk through a flower garden. Collect flowers that are in season and match colors to the flowers. Decorate the walls with murals of garden gates, watering cans and pots of flowers. Continue the colors of the flowers into the bedding and window coverings. Choose the book "My Garden of Flower Fairies" by Cicely Mary Barker ...

Kid chic By Carisa Silvesan

Creating a bedroom your child will love is not hard to do and can be very fun as their imagination really comes out and you see what kind of world they envision. There are several key elements in creating a dream bedroom. There are the walls and the ceiling, the floors and the window coverings, the furniture and, last but not least, the blankets, pillows, and sheets, along with any extras that will make it special.

Get Creative

You could just slather a certain color of paint on the walls or add some borders and wall decorations. There are posters and photos with frames. Or you could have someone come out and paint a mural on the wall and ceiling. You could paint it like a checkerboard and create a little girl's room like Alice In Wonderland. You could paint the ceiling with storm clouds and do a pirate ...

Sneaky ways to store stuff By Angela Gibson

Smart moms know that the difference between a well-organized, "pottery barn" perfect playroom and a disaster area scattered with all sorts of kiddie clutter hinges on on thing: storage and plenty of it!

The majority of playrooms today just are not equipped with the necessary storage to create order from chaos and to make it easy for our kids to keep it that way. Most of us are resigned to a couple of floor baskets, a top shelf in the closet, and an occasional, modestly-sized bookcase for storing our children's collections. Both you and I know, that's just not going to cut it! So how do we reorganize and provide a place for everything in an attractive yet budget-wise manner?

Getting Started

First of all, you must UP the quantity of storage receptacles. The best way to streamline clutter is to have a designated (labeled) ...