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Turn Art Projects into Fall Decorations

October 18, 2010 by Momstart 7 Comments

So far the best decorations hanging on the walls in my house are the art projects that Zoe and Miles have been doing.

Zoe’s favorite thing to do is arts and crafts. She has been into it for over a year now and it just seems that her love for art grows every day. We went to the Children’s Musuem up in Everett and she sat right down to create the art project for the day. On that day it was wreath making. Miles had to run around and at the last minute decided to make one so all of the other kids had to wait on him to finish, but he’s quick. Details aren’t as important to him as they are his sister. Anyways, these home made wreaths are my wall decorations for the season.

We have another great project that Zoe did all by herself. This one she did at the Fall Festival that our church had. Her brother could not be convinced to leave the bounce house for his life, so we had to separate. Dad took arts and crafts with Zoe and I took Bounce House duty. So here are more of Zoe’s creations hung up on the wall!

The leaves are hanging to the right of our fireplace. My husband wanted to hang them on the mantel and I’m not ready to put nail wholes in the mantle above the fireplace. I love looking at their work every day. It just reminds me how creative the kids are. So if you are wondering what to do with all of those school projects, use some of them as wall art.

Oilo Modern Nursery Decor, Baby Bedding and Home Furnishings Giveaway

April 19, 2010 by Momstart 672 Comments

I would love to have a nursery done in any of the Oilo patterns. The modern chic styles would be great for a boy or a girl, but I’m not having anymore children and my son is about ready for a big boy bed. I had to share this great company with you guys though.

Oilo was founded by Annalisa Thomas, a former art director and graphic designer and her mother, Dorte Anderson, a former interior designer with more than 25 years of custom interior design expertise, Oilo offers the modern mom a fresh new approach to style-setting nursery décor. The Oilo collection includes chic baby bedding and designer home furnishings. Thomas founded the company while looking for the perfect baby bedding for her first child after discovering a void in the category for high quality designer level modern baby décor without the designer price tag. Though not an actual word, Oilo’s name is derived from a combination of Hawaiian words, “lio” (small sprout) and “ho’oilo” (the cool, rainy season). The Oilo name personifies the image of relaxing and enjoying the serenity of life.

Annalisa Thomas

Dorte Anderson

Oilo Infant Bedding

Two sets made their debut in Oilo’s infant bedding collection:

Wheels features clean, circular mod designs. Made from 100 percent fine woven cotton. The bedding set includes a zippered side bumper cover (foam filled for standing durability), tailored skirt and fitted cotton percale crib sheet. Wheels will be available in Cobalt.

Recommended Retail Three-Piece Crib Set (bumper, tailored skirt and crib sheet): $399

Recommended Retail for individual Wheels Motif crib set items:

Wheels Crib Bumper: $249

Wheels Crib Sheet: $49

Wheels Crib Skirt: $159

Available Colors: Cobalt

Modern Berries blends style and softness for a chic, sophisticated look for baby’s room.

Made from 100 percent fine woven cotton. The bedding set includes a zippered side cover bumper cover (foam filled for standing durability), tailored skirt and fitted cotton percale crib sheet. Modern Berries will be available in Spring Green and Tree Trunk Brown (note: Tree Trunk Brown will debut Spring 2010).

Recommended Retail Three-Piece Crib Set (bumper, tailored skirt and crib sheet): $399

Recommended Retail for individual Modern Berries Motif crib set items:

Modern Berries Crib Bumper: $249

Modern Berries Crib Sheet: $49

Modern Berries Crib Skirt: $159

Individual items in each bedding set are also available for purchase separately.

Two additional bedding set offerings, Raindrops (Aqua) and Cobblestone (Taupe) can also be found at Oilo.

In Addition to Bedding:

GLIDER COLLECTION

Oilo’s faux leather glider collection is a beautiful and comfortable seating choice for the nursery or any other room in the home. Features include a unique parallel rocking motion and tall back for maximum comfort. Coordinating plush pouf footrests are available as well. Three leather glider styles are offered: Gus, Penelope and Cohen. Available in Spring Green or White. Recommended retail $1,299 (White), $1,599 (Spring Green).

OILO LIGHTING

Brighten up baby’s nursery and any room in a home with a perfect light from Oilo’s lighting collection. Lampshades can be customized from Oilo’s pattern and color palette to perfectly match a room’s décor. The lights feature a sheet of white acrylic which encloses and diffuses the light to cast a soft glow. Two lighting styles are offered, Double Decker and Cylinder. Recommended retail Double Decker $199, Cylinder $149.

OILO PILLOW COLLECTION

The perfect accessory to add a soft decorative touch to your glider, nursery and any room featuring Oilo’s distinctive designs. Oilo’s 100 percent woven cotton pillows are available in a full range of the company’s signature patterns and colors. Available in three sizes: 20” x 20”, 16” x 16” and 13” x 17”. Recommended retail: $39-$49.

“Oilo is all about turning the nursery into the most comfortable, clean, and carefree environment in the home, said Annalisa Thomas, founder, Oilo. “We design our products with the mother in mind, as we want the nursery to feel like a sanctuary she can share with her baby. Many products in our collection, including our gliders and lighting are also designed to create a sophisticated modern look in the home beyond baby’s room.”

The Oilo Collection will be available at retailers nationwide, select online retailers and online at www.oilostudiocom. Special order items (including gliders and poufs) will have a 6-8 week lead time for production plus 7 days shipping. Custom lighting orders have a 2 week lead time. All other items will ship immediately. Oilo products can be customized as long as they are requested within the company’s offered fabric options. All items in the Oilo Collection are made in the USA. www.oilostudio.com.

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Interior Design – Decorating my Son’s room with The Studio Danielson Designs

January 21, 2010 by Momstart 15 Comments

Back in June when right before my life was turned upside down with buying and selling a house Danielson Designs offered to send me a personalized wall plaque. I said yes and right after that everything went crazy. We sold our house and I had to pack it up as soon as it arrived, I was very sad because it deserved to be hung up immediately.

Now that I’ve been in my house for over four months I have realized that I haven’t gotten to decorating anything. Putting up the tree and a few nicknacks was all we did for Christmas and after taking all the decorations down the house looked too empty. Too Plain!

With completely blank walls staring back at me, I was terrified to put a brand new nail hole in the wall. These are virgin walls don’t you know! The inspiration to start putting holes in my walls came from my Christmas present. For Christmas I received a bunch of picture frames. My husband picked them out and filled them with photos. So then I just had to put a hole in the wall.

Since we were finally courageous enough to start putting holes in the wall we decided that we could hang up the plaque in Mile’s room.

Miles Elliot, “You will always be LOVED. ALL THE WAY to the moon & back!” These words are so true. My kids are my world. Now, I’m not where near done decorating the house or deciding what to put where. This is in Mile’s room above the changing table. It’s the only thing on the wall for now, and it’s centered horizontally between the window and the closet and centered vertically between the ceiling and the changing table. My husband has the laser leveler and loves using it. He’s actually a little OCD if you know what I mean. But we still love him. So it was a project we did together. I told him where and he did the hanging.

I realize now I should have taken another photo of the entire wall so you could get a little more perspective but at least you can see how nice the plaque looks. It’s solid wood with the design painted on. I love it. I’m very grateful for the free product that The Studio Danielson Designs sent me.

The Studio ships orders in 48 hours and designing is done is 3 easy steps. First, you choose a product template from their extensive gallery. I chose the Child’s Name Sign that retails for 39.95. You can watch the demo if you want but it’s so easy. Second step is to change the text that you are allowed to personalize and or choose the color option you want. The third step is to save design and add to cart. Easy!

They have Personalized Plaques, personalized picture frames, personalized awards, and personalized monograms. It took me a long time to decide, but since I was still in my old house the only room I could think we needed something in was Mile’s. Now, I need something for my own room.

They sent me this free product with no expectations of posting. They just “hoped” I would like it enough to post about it, and I do!!!