Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interior design. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 15, 2009

CoCaLo

As an interior designer, I love to browse around and see what's new in the design world. Every once in a while I find a company that absolutely wows me. I stumbled upon CoCaLo today and I was most definitely wowed!

CoCaLo is one of the new trendsetters in nursery and juvenile bedding. Their bedding has very intricate detailing, which gives it a style that stands out amongst the other companies in it's same competitive field. Not only that, their designs are very unique and stylistic which is my favorite aspect, as I am far from a traditionalist when it comes to design. I love new, fun, and unique patterns and styles.

The company has five different nursery and juvenile bedding lines: CoCaLo Baby, CoCaLo Couture, CoCaLo Naturals, CoCo & Company, and Baby Martex.

I have to say that I have not seen such a great leap in nursery bedding design from a company like I have with CoCaLo's couture line.


I mean just look at the beautiful color palettes and tones in the designs above, as well as the intricate detail and stylish patterns. The first thing I said when I saw CoCaLo's couture lines was "Why couldn't I have found out about this company when I was decorating Aniela's nusery?!!!" Our little girl just might have to get another crib set ... you know, as a backup. As a matter of fact Talan might need a new one too!

For the traditionalists out there who like the cutsie animal designs and the themed rooms, CoCaLo has you covered as well. Here are a few from the CoCaLo Baby collection.


I am generally not a fan of themed nurseries, but I must say that even some of the themed designs that CoCaLo have released caught my attention.

The company also has a new naturals collection, and though they have only released two sets thus far, they are absolutely stunning! And, for those of you with toddlers or older kids, they have also released some new toddler and twin couture sets!

Now, I know you're wondering how much these sets will set you back and to be honest, they aren't very expensive. The themed sets will run you about $160 to $170, while the couture sets will run you about $200 to $225. I paid in the range of one of the themed sets for the bedding that I got for Aniela's nursery, and for just a little more I could've gotten her one of the gorgeous couture sets from CoCaLo!

Another great thing about CoCaLo is that if you visit their website and find a bedding set that you like, they have a nursery resources section in which they give design tips that go along with each bedding set, including the names of coordinating Behr paint colors!

For anyone who is expecting, I highly suggest looking into CoCaLo's nursery bedding. The next time that I am given a nursery project by my firm, I will most definitely be showing some of CoCaLo's designs to my clients.


You can visit the CoCaLo website by clicking HERE.
All photos are copyrighted by CoCaLo and/or their respective owners. No infringement is intended.

Monday, August 24, 2009

DIY Toddler Beds

Being an interior designer, I love reading about new design ideas and projects, and this one really caught my attention. On top of that, I love DIY projects as they can save you lots of money in the long run.

Gabrielle Blair of the Design Mom blog (one of my favorite reads), came up with a great, money saving DIY project for creating a toddler bed. She made two gorgeous toddler beds for only $75 ... that's the cost of making BOTH beds!


Lets face it, finding just the right items and products for your child can be a bit of a task, as you always want them to have the best. Gabrielle became overwhelmed when looking at the large selection of toddler beds available these days. Also, everything that she liked was a bit pricey and more than she wanted to pay, so she did something about it ... she made her own toddler beds! The beds have a simple platform design so that if your little one happened to roll off of the bed, they wouldn't seriously injure themselves. Also, the beds use crib size mattresses, allowing you to get a little bit more use out of those crib mattresses and therefore save a little money.


The step-by-step directions to creating these beds, along with accompanying photos, can be seen by visiting the Design*Sponge website.

To read a few tips and tricks from Gabrielle herself, you can visit her post about the beds on her website, Design Mom.

Our son has a 4-in-1 crib, and our daughter (who is due to arrive in October) has an antique style crib that doesn't convert. These beds would be ideal for our two little ones at some point, and I love that I could display my own design personality with the beds since I would be creating them on my own. This project is really simple but nothing short of genius!


All photos within this entry © Gabrielle Blair. No copyright infringement is intended.