Posts Tagged ‘home’

You’re not exactly the DIY type, but having an interior designer customize your dream nursery is the last thing on your mind — or in your budget.

But before you hop the shuttle to IKEA, consider this deal: Blue Bench in Tribeca is offering a $100 child’s room design consultation (down from $500) that includes recommendations on the floor plan, fabric, bedding, paint, floors and windows. Plus, all resulting orders of movie set-worthy furniture are 20-percent off. Learning how to maximize closet space, work with a tricky layout or choose pieces that will transition with your child may be worth the initial investment.

And hey, no one needs to know you had a little help.

159 Duane St., 212-267-1500, bluebenchnyc.com.

If only shopping could be a more cerebral experience. Sure, sweaters can be stimulating, but you’d like a little more composition with your kid’s cords.

Get the best of both worlds: Park Slope boutique Pink Olive presents “Somersaults,” original acrylics-on-wood by Brooklyn-based artist Kristiana Parn. Inspired by Parn’s childhood in Estonia, the whimsical style centers around arctic animals like polar bears and foxes. And the picture-book feel of her happy fish, birds and bunnies are a natural addition to a nursery or child’s bedroom.

Next stop: MoMA Design Store.

When: Through 12/31/08.
Where: 167 5th Ave., Brooklyn, 718-398-2016, pinkoliveboutique.com.

Although she cannot yet talk or walk, your little one has quite an active imagination. Who exactly are those frogs and felines she babbles to each morning in her crib?

Artist Ami Suma will bring those creatures to life in her custom children’s wall paintings. The unique, anime-inspired artwork has just the right touch of whimsy, with mystical mammals, funky fairies, and whatever else your heart desires. Using your babe as inspiration, she will transform a dull wall into a dream world (with toxin-free paint, of course).

Dream on.

Visit amisuma.com.

Your kids find matching socks to be overrated, and you’ve never been one to conform.

Check out the funky animals of Brooklyn-based Wallcojr Designs. Handmade with TLC, the patterns, textures and funny faces grace designer Erin McGill’s irreverent artwork, tees and one-of-a-kind furry friends.

And dare to be different.

Available at wallcojr.com.

Living in NYC means not seeing many birds, but plenty of pigeons — that is, until the city’s plan for robotic hawks goes through.

To reminisce about warblers and wrens, pick up one of Brooklyn artist Tamar Mogendorff’s sweetly vintage birdhouses and bird cages, crafted from recycled period linens and cottons. Each houses plump, handcrafted birds in an unfussy palette.

They’re one-of-a-kind, unlike your fake plants. Hang one in the nursery, or anywhere else lacking in wildlife.

Available at enfantterribleshop.com.