A great new travel crib has just arrived in our stores. The Go Crib, made by Guava Family, is an excellent alternative to the other great portable cribs you can find at Magic Beans. Perfect for day trips to Grandma’s or the beach, The Go Crib collapses into a compact, convenient backpack-style package that can [...]
Archive for the ‘Modern Nursery’ Category
Giveaways Day 23 - Monte Luca Glider
Friday, July 23rd, 2010We’ve been in the market for some new furniture, and Eli and I agree that sitting in a prospective chair is just as essential as, well, test-driving a stroller. So we’ve been sitting in lots of chairs. I’ve learned about optimal seat depth and back height. I’ve learned about different arm shapes and cushion fills. [...]
Giveaways Day 22 - Nook Pebble Mattress
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010The success of a new product is determined by three things. First, the quality of the product itself, second, the strength of the marketing behind the product, and third, the price. When a product has intrinsic excellence, strong marketing, and a rational price it’s practically unstoppable. With two out of three, it might have a [...]
Giveaways Day 13 - Skip*Hop Playspot & Rody
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010If you’re going to bounce, you’d better have something soft to land on - that’s what I always say. In today’s giveaway, we’re doing just that. We’re giving away one of our best-selling toys, a Rody, and we’re teaming that up with the fabulous Skip Hop Playspot, an interlocking foam mat that will cover a [...]
Giveaways Day 12 - Bloom Alma Crib
Monday, July 12th, 2010The first time I saw the Bloom Alma Crib, I was ushered inside a curtained room at the ABC show in Las Vegas by Simon May, the owner of Bloom. He promised to show me something that would amaze me - and he did. Although it was barely more than a prototype, the Alma crib [...]
Giveaways Day 9 - Baby Bjorn Prize Package
Friday, July 9th, 2010 Today’s giveaway is a prize package - a trio of fabulous products from Baby Bjorn that includes the Baby Bjorn Travel Crib Light, the Baby Bjorn Babysitter Balance, and the brand new Baby Bjorn Comfort Carrier.
Over the years, I’ve sung the praises of all three of these products, and with the exception of the [...]
Pebble Mattress leaves no stone unturned
Monday, June 7th, 2010I get to see a lot of interesting product concepts in this job. But the new Pebble Mattress from Nook Sleep Systems completely stopped me in my tracks. It isn’t so much a mattress as a total reimagining of the infant sleep environment.
Aesthetically, it is stunning. The asymmetry of the pebble shapes and the vivid [...]
The Door
Friday, April 30th, 2010In the middle of everything else that is hectic in our lives, we’re also doing some work on our house. Which means that in addition to obsessively researching baby gear and toys, I’m also a newly minted expert in tiles, faucets and countertop surfaces. The biggest challenge is actually my kids’ rooms, though. By now, [...]
Holiday Giveaways # 5 - IdeaPaint Dry Erase White Board Paint
Monday, November 9th, 2009When IdeaPaint asked to do an installation in the Wellesley store’s playscape, I don’t think any of us imagined a project of any great magnitude. But after an onsite brainstorming session a couple of months ago, we ended up with a very big idea. We decided to create three large-scale IdeaPaint murals - one for [...]
Best Stokke Sleepi promotion ever
Sunday, August 16th, 2009From now through October 15, if you purchase a Stokke Sleepi, the mattress (or mattresses, depending on which configuration you get) will be FREE. We are incredibly psyched about this. A) because it’s an amazing value and B) because I have two Sleepi systems in my house, and love them and think every parent should [...]
