by Cool Mom Team | Gear + Hardware, Life and Home
If you’re redecorating, considering redecorating, or have even once had a vague dream about redecorating that you kind of remembered in the morning, it’s a pretty exciting time to roll up your sleeves get it done. Especially considering all the tech...
by Kate Etue | Causes and Giving Back
This light bulb might not look like it’s all that special, but it really, really is. Because now until March 29, IKEA will donate $1 from the sale of each one of their LED light bulbs to light up refugee camps worldwide. I have such tremendous respect for...
by Kate Etue | Life and Home
Wow, now here are three new light bulb innovations for the home that Thomas Edison never dreamed would exist. Mainly because he didn’t have a smart phone. Which he probably didn’t dream about either. Lumen TL800 First check out the Lumen TL800 (above)...
by Liz Gumbinner | Uncategorized
Everyone know knows the benefits of compact fluorescent light bulbs–longer burn time, less energy costs, more effeciency. But now with increasing concern about UV radiation and mercury emissions–especially when they break–and so I’m beyond...
by Stephanie Mayers | Uncategorized
I have found there tends to be extra excitement around toys for kids that light up or glow- even with simple items like a plain old hardware store flashlight or a glow stick from the auto shop. Something about turning off the lights and setting up to play in the dark...
by Cool Mom Team | Photography
Anyone who loves smartphone photography knows that the flash isn’t one of the better features of most camera phones. I’m always looking for better ways to take flash photography, and here’s one trick, for both iPhone and Android, that’s...
by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home
I’m feeling the need for a little sunshine and happiness right now, both emotionally and physically. And hey, sometimes your mood starts with your surroundings so when I saw this desk lamp at CB2 I perked right up. How could you resist this atomic yellow table...
by Liz Gumbinner | Life and Home
I just got a bunk bed for my kids and was trying to figure out a good clip-on reading light that could just clip onto the sides of the bed. Have you come across anything like that? Thanks! -Maryann Funny enough Maryann, I could have written this question myself about...
by Cool Mom Team | Travel
Whether we’re camping, trying to catch fireflies, or just going out to the beach to watch the waves by moonlight, my kids like to have a little light nearby to keep an eye out for those things that go bump in the night. And while flashlights do the trick, I love...
