Chantal Lamers

Our kids need this crinkle cutting tool ASAP.

No space for a bench, console, or cabinet in the entryway? Shaker peg racks are the answer.

They’re not a cure, but they help ease those exhausting symptoms.

When one wants to read and the other wants to sleep.

A little inspiration for wallpapering everything from closets to cubbies to dollhouses and dresser drawers.

Your child will be off to fantasy land!

Cool gifts to get them excited and keep them engaged!

There's a reason IKEA is the smartest choice for organizing a kid's room.

It's time to get cozy.

Including one shaped like a house!

Smart strategies for storing all the things.

Here's how a family home manages to have minimal design AND lots of kid-friendly play spaces.

We tapped the pros (who happen to parents themselves) for their very best tips, from choosing a photographer, finding a location, and what to do with your lovely photos afterwards.

This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. Join us over on Instagram for more! Let’s face it: After spending much of last summer cooped up inside of our homes, we’re all itching for some serious adventure in the coming months. That said, if 2021 is anything like last year, the highways could be jammed up with all kinds of road-trippers.

This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. About five years ago, I was interviewing a woman for a magazine story when we veered off-topic to her family’s new-to-them Westfalia. She mentioned how life-changing the shift to the camper van had been.

This piece was created for Cubby, our weekly newsletter for families at home. Want more? Sign up here for a weekly splash of fun and good ideas for families with kids. When the world shut down last year, parents and kids were faced with all kinds of challenges, and everyone learned (very quickly) that the idyllic place to work, study, and Zoom goes beyond buying the perfect desk. Some families are still fine tuning their spaces to this day.

Shortly after shelter-in-place began last year, so did the wild pandemic shopping. (Remember that phase?) Everything from used bicycles and basketball hoops were swooped up from second-hand neighborhood sites and new recreational equipment was back ordered for weeks and months. Meanwhile, people were adopting cats and dogs in record numbers. A video went viral of shelter volunteers in Florida celebrating the first time they’d adopted out every single pet.