Pottery Barn Kids offers designed-by-you rockers

Pottery Barn Kids offers designed-by-you rockers

You’ve tried it all: rocking, swiveling, cuddling and bouncing, but nothing seems to soothe your baby to sleep.

Could it be that your rocker isn’t stylish enough?

Pottery Barn Kids’ Nursery Seating Designed by You line offers five seating collections to choose from: Dream, Lullaby, Elise, Sleigh and Larkin. Seating options include rockers and ottomans, swivel gliders (above), chairs, lounges and sleepers.

Three of the five lines can be customized with more than 50 designer fabric slipcovers, including seven created by Hable Construction, that blend with most nursery styles.

Costs range from $749 to $3,799, depending on the chair and fabric.

The collection is available in stores, online and in the Pottery Barn Kids catalog.

For more information, visit potterybarnkids.com.

HGTV’s ‘Myles of Style’ aims to help, inspire

Take a gander at HGTV’s “Design Star” Kim Myles’ show, “Myles of Style.”

The weekly series is airing at 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and will feature Myles helping and inspiring viewers while they design their homes. Episodes will highlight Myles’ self-proclaimed “global urban elegance” style and showcase her ability to personalize ordinary rooms.

Each week, Myles will take a bag full of items to homeowners’ front doors and begin the makeover. Items will include fabric swatches, decor and palette ideas.

A special project in which Myles uses common materials to create unusual items, such as adding stickers to a coffee table, will be featured weekly.

For more information, visit HGTV.com/mylesofstyle.

hBook on nurseries gives tips on designs

Although decor can be influenced by dozens of styles, children’s-rooms designers Serena Dugan and Lily Kanter classify nurseries in four categories: classic, vintage, modern and eclectic.

In their book, “Nursery Style” (Chronicle Books, $29.95, hardcover), Dugan and Kanter encourage expectant mothers to create a welcoming space for their babies based on their own tastes, reminding them that it won’t be long before the child grows up and develops his or her own style.

Covering topics such as selecting furniture, flooring, bedding, window treatments and art, the book helps mothers define their style by following a design formula based on focal points and color combinations.

Filled with 130 color photos and practical design and safety tips, the book concludes with advice on ways to make adjustments to your nursery as your child grows up.

Web site lets buyers purchase blueprints

The closest you have come to designing your dream home is drawing it on construction paper. That’s a start, but you have a long way to go if you plan on turning that dream into reality.

Homeplans.com sells blueprints ranging from $351 to $1,200. Users can tailor their searches by home style, foundation, square footage and number of bedrooms and baths.

An in-house custom-design team can help you customize your plan for an additional cost.

Other site features include a building-cost estimate that can help you determine costs in your area, vacation-home plans, and home-value and mortgage-payment calculators.

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