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Maharam makes some of the best designer fabrics of the 20th and 21st centuries - from Josef Hoffman to Alexander Girard to Maira Kalman . But even if you can't afford to cover your sofa in Eames or Panton fabric, at least you can get a vicarious thrill watching the kids match up 36 different swatches...

I'm a big fan of children's television network Noggin, and I particularly love their broadcast design. Specifically, the illustrations created by designer Melinda Beck (including Moose A. Moose) are my favorites. After writing about her today on my blog , I came across some artwork for sale on...

Now they're only $1 each! (Originally $5.95 at Kid Robot .)15 different critters like Otto, Garth or Eedleedleedle (with various cloth accessories) can swap heads, torsos, legs, and everything else. Or you can hang your own LeDoux on the wall. Many prints, such as Bird Herd (above) are reasonably...

Perhaps I'm just bitter. Perhaps I wouldn't be as bitter if I hadn't just taken a good long look at my current couch -- the one that my son peed on last night -- and wonder how it all came to this. Even though I mourn for what used to be a decent piece of furniture that is now a bodily-fluid...

Who needs sunshine and rainbows when you can remake your nursery to look like The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari ? Based on a design originally created in 1922 by Peter Keler for his then-teacher Wassily Kandinsky, this Bauhaus cradle ($3,150; includes shipping!) sharpens the lines of even the softest decor...

A recent visit to the L.A. Zoo afforded me a viewing of one of its outrageously cute new baby animals and kicked off a new mother-daughter obssession: koalas. Great timing, then, that I came across Australia-based designers Other. Their "Bright Koala" canvas print is cuter than the real thing...

Well, it's actually a hand-made ceramic lamp ($105) designed to look like a bird -- and a stern one at that! A bit more Euro-minimalist-chic than the awesome Bird Cage Chandelier Chris recently featured, it's a nice balance of future and nature for the modern nursery.

Without a Trace star Poppy Montgomery is expecting her first baby, a boy, in December and she is excited: "I'm so excited and ready. I feel him moving and kicking and I want to see who he is." Wendy Bellissimo and Montgomery spent time together designing the perfect nursery and OK! Magazine...