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Children’s Furniture Giveaway Winner!!!
Wow! Can you believe that Thanksgiving is only one week away!? It seems like it has come super fast!
Thank you for all of the responses! We had over a hundred!!! Here are a here are a few o...
How to Transform Furniture With Creative Paint Applications
Breathe new life into your furniture and cabinets with outside-the-box paint, stain and sealant ideas.
How To: Color Wash Furniture
For a muted look, try this color-wash technique on any unsealed material -- wood, terra-cotta, wicker, and bamboo all absorb watered-down paint pigment.
Building Adult Capabilities to Improve Child Outcomes: A Theory of Change
This 5-minute video depicts a theory of change from the Frontiers of Innovation community for achieving breakthrough outcomes for vulnerable children and fam...
Looking for Some Parenting Advice? Here are 5 Websites for Latina Moms
While moms love their children no matter what language they speak, different cultures face different challenges when it comes to parenting.
How the New Preschool Is Crushing Kids
Today’s young children are working more, but they’re learning less.
Should Kids Have Cell Phones?
Do cell phones make kids safer — or more vulnerable? Most parents get kids phones because they seem like a way to keep children safe and connected. After all, with a cell phone, your child can contact you whenever he needs you. Also, you should be able to reach your child (assuming, of course, that she hasn’t lost the cell phone, buried it in a backpack, lent it to a friend, forgotten to turn the ringer on, or decided to ignore it when…
How to Whitewash Furniture
Summertime puts me in the mood for lighter tones and a more beachy, bleached-out color palette. In the spirit of adding that summery feel to my home year-round, I decided to try my hand at whitewashing a piece of wood furniture. I picked up at the flea market a table that had a beat-up, dark brown finish but elegant, clean lines. After a little experimenting I’m happy to report that it’s easy to achieve really pro-looking results on your own. Click “play” to…
How to Repaint Plastic Furniture
After a harsh winter, your tables, lawn chairs, and more can be looking a little beat up. Save your outdoor pieces with a simple, one-step process.
From blah to bold! How to repaint furniture — without losing your mind
You've seen the pictures. Scuffed-up coffee tables, distressed dressers and sad, unloved armoires all revitalized by a colorful new paintjob
How to Faux-Age Painted Wood Furniture
If you can paint and sand, you can create this timeworn look on any new or old piece
What Item Of Furniture Are You?
How to Give Furniture a Faux Finish
Should children stay with their parents if they are homeless?
Children growing up on the street is unfortunately becoming a common sight across our island.
7 Reasons You Should Become a Foster Parent
With the staggering numbers of children in foster care in our communities, there is always a need fo...
24 Easy Ways To Make Your Furniture Look More Expensive
Because you're busy doing other things...like eating pizza.
Child Care Is Hard but It Doesn’t Have to Be
High-quality child care helps parents work and children get a good start. But this care is expensive and can be hard to find. This short video profiles three...
Help finding quality child care
Sherri Sutera remembers the difficulties of trying to find a high-quality, safe child care when her children were young.
Three Things Parents Should Tell Their Children
Elizabeth Smart, a former child abductee turned activist, gives her top three tips on what every parent should tell their children in order to protect them f...
