Capucine Maman - NYC!

I've been very timid about putting my toy boxes in brick and mortar stores for some time now mostly because I have so much online business, that it's easier and less time consuming to just sell online and not have to produce pieces for in-store retail in addition to my online sales. I'm slowly warming to the idea more and have been approached by a number of retail shops across the country....and even internationally....

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Cool Furniture

Here's a link to a cool site that does some really interesting furniture.. http://www.stuartmelrose.com/ Check it o...

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Bullet Point Kinda Day

My day seems to be in bullet points. I guess they all seem like that but today especially feels like that. It's choppy. I keep going back and forth from one thing to the next accomplishing less than I would if I weren't going back and forth from one thing to the next then back again.Here are my bullets for the day: * get Gracie ready for school, drop off * come back, handle some phone calls, contemplate working out, don't work out * build some toy boxes * check and respond to emails * try and sand with a mask but realize I bought the wrong mask...

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BRIGHTON FURNITURE

If you live in Brighton and you need any furniture made click here. I undertake most carpentry and joinery but specialise in bespoke furnitu...

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Not in Brighton.. and not Furniture

Although I like to concentrate on making furniture around Brighton, for this job I travelled a long way from Brighton... The Isle of Man!! We left Brighton at 4am to get up there in time to get the ferry from Liverpool. It was tiring but a real adventure and the staircase we fitted was quite special. Whilst up there the client was so impressed with our work he logged on to the Brighton Furniture blog and ordered some...

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Lights, Camera, Action...err, Oh Crap I Forgot My Line!

It was just a typical day yesterday...get up, take a shower (yep, you heard me...I took a shower), take kids to school, cut some wood, be filmed by a production team, SAY WHAT?!A production team came to my house and my good friend Oonagh's house (owns her own preschool) to film us being our always perfect, never boring, always well-groomed selves for a show that will focus on what life is like when you work from home and have kids running about. But not just that. We're hoping to help other women or moms who are trying to figure out how they...

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Sproutstyle Article

Check out this great site! Dee finds the cutest stuff...including some of my toy boxes. http://sproutstyle.blogspot.com/2009/02/mod-mom-furniture.h...

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Brighton Furniture

Don't forget! You can view the full portfolio of furniture and lots of other stuff by visiting the Blue Sky Brighton Carpenters website... just click he...

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There's a chair for everybody...this chair.

Momentoitalia has never appreciated and promoted a product like this one before. A best selling piece from our collection which we can easily mark as "evergreen". There is no person who doesn't appreciate the beauty, the details and the luxurious materials used for these products.This a collection of modern luxury seating furniture composed of chairs, armchairs, loveseats and stools made of a high quality thick leather...

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Modern Tots Belly Up?

So the word on the street is that one of my retailers, Modern Tots, is now out of business. No notice. No warning. No nothing. In fact, no check made out to Mod Mom Furniture for the last order I just sent their client. That stinks. Now I won't be able to afford more of those glue-on fake toe nails. Oh, who am I kidding, I can always afford thos...

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Path-Design.net: Can I Be A Kid Again?

Thanks to Rachel for this great post! Check out the link below and Rachel's website...http://www.path-design.net/blog/?p=136Here's the text of the post...CAN I BE A KID AGAIN?Other than current economy, which has me and a lot of people I know wanting their mommy, I can't imagine a better reason to be a kid again than Mod Mom's very cool sustainable furniture.Owner, designer, craftsman Kiersten Hathcock was once a TV...

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Treading Water

I stupidily scheduled 7 toy boxes to get out between now and next week(two is normal, three is pushing it.) Why did I book it that way, you ask? Money. We need it. Pure and simple. That, and I always think I can do more than I can. It's a curse, really. My weekends aren't weekends anymore. They've turned into two more work week days where even if I do something with the family, I think about how much has to get done to stay on schedule. Don't get me wrong, I AM TOTALLY GRATEFUL for the orders!! Just a bit overwhelmed and overworked right...

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A rolle coaster of emotions!

Design keeps taking new challenges everyday...few years ago we would have never expected to have kitchen which look better than our living room or bathrooms with home theater systems, or wardrobes with built in television and so on....but we reached that point. Now the design industry is pointing its focus on another area of our living space, of our existence: our outdoor areas. This focus has been ignored for a long...

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Albero modern cuckoo clock

Our Albero has walked such a long way since it was born...well it is not really ours, but we like to feel like we adopted it. Nobody has ever really believed in it since we put it on the front line, captivating by its organic design, its modern accent and its simple but intelligent bird. The color choice was also a winning combination: wenge wood with white tree design which pop out like a splash of color exhalted by...

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BadderHomesandGardens

Thank you, Nikki, for writing a post about my furniture! I got a message last night that explained that she and her friends don't have kids but they love what I do. And that they write a kick-ass blog that tells it like it is and wrote a post about Mod Mom. I LOVE IT!!Check out this linkhttp://badderhomesandgardens.blogspot.com/2009/02/boxed-in.h...

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Big-Head Nonsense

You're gonna love this one! I DO!!! I was talking to a very talented interior designer/designer from NYC via telephone yesterday. He called to inquire about a piece he ordered for a client. During the conversation, Grace interrupted twice while I was trying to sound oh-so-smart. I'm sure he was impressed with my office staff. Anyhow, I'll fast foward to the big-head part. The very kind designer thanked me for picking up the phone, since mostly he was getting answering machines and automated systems. And then....wait for it....he said, "you...

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Picture This: My Morning

Just a shot of our coffee table. Normal stuff: coffee, water-based stain, four random legs, Grace's pretend homework and a brush. Maybe I'll change out the coffee table decorations today?!?Sammy, our fearless 13-yr-old dog is comforting Grace in her sick state. :)Grace is sick today. Can't you tell? She looks it, eh? So the little cute blond convinced me to let her stay home from school today since her nose is...

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