Bratt Decor line of kids furniture is now available at KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids. The new line offers a wide range of babies and children’s furniture including: cribs, cradles, changers, dressers, beds, armoires, bookcases, night stands, desks, chairs, table and chairs sets, shelving, mirrors, storage accessories. Bratt Decor has some of the most beautiful furniture in styles that include, modern cribs for the nursery, or traditional designs with timeless details.

The newest addition to the Bratt Decor line of nursery furniture is the Manhattan Collection, a collection offering two classic cribs. The simple yet refined styling of the Manhattan Collection is reminiscent of an uptown loft. The Manhattan Collection cribs come in two models (Soho & Park Avenue) featuring solid end panels and slatted sides. The Soho Crib offers an updated modern style and The Park Avenue Crib features gently arched headboards for a soft, timeless look. Both cribs are convertible to toddler beds to give added life to your baby crib! The Manhattan case pieces feature clean lines which enhance the simple sophistication of the collection. Matching pieces to the urbane Manhattan Collection include a dresser/changer, double dresser, armoire, bookcase, and mirror, all boasting the same crisp edges that makes the Manhattan Collection so appealing!

Blu Collection is also a recent entry, a striking contemporary line featuring a modern style crib and case pieces. The Blu Panel Crib features solid side panels, flat slats, and four sides of equal height. This elegant modern crib is also convertible to a toddler bed for extended use, making it a truly flexible piece. Matching case pieces for Bratt Décor’s Blu Collection include a dresser/changer and a storage cubbie featuring drawers and shelving for versatile storage options.

Bratt Decor’s staple collections including Heirloom Iron Collection full of vintage charm available in gold, pewter, slate, and antique white finishes. The Heirloom Iron cribs, the Casablanca and the Venetian, are compatible with the Casablanca Changing Chest and Casablanca Armoire. Bratt Décor’s Chelsea Collection, available in antique silver and other finishes, features Bratt Decor’s only Lifetime Crib! The Chelsea Lifetime Crib converts to a full sized bed once your baby has outgrown his crib! Also available from the Chelsea Collection are a cradle, sleigh crib, night stand, dresser, and bookcase which also coordinate beautifully with the Heirloom Iron pieces.

First Annual Award Highlights Independently Owned Stores Who Shine Among Peers

KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids an online e-tailer, mail order catalog, and retail store marketer of designer kids’ rooms and exceptional baby gifts, announces the company has won the Retail Star Award given by Kids Today magazine. The store was recognized for their stellar efforts to provide unique products and high quality services for their customers.

“We are honored to be named a Retail Star by Kids Today magazine, because of our focus on customer service, superior product selection, and distinctive gifts,” said Joe Mediate, Chief Marketing Officer, KooKoo Bear Kids.

Kids Today magazine solicited nominations from all types and sizes of stores and came up with a list of 10 who are a model of success for everyone. The Retail Stars were selected by the editorial staff and winners appear in the May issue of the magazine and online at Kids Today Online. The 10 Retail Stars represent a broad geographical range and a wide variety of products sold. Single- and multi-store operations are recognized, but all are independently owned.

Decorating baby nurseries is a much-desired activity for parents who want their child to rest and play in a fun décor. Children’s furniture, wall drapes, rugs, wall art and many other accessories make the baby’s room look unique and amazing. Parents also look for vibrant and eye catching colors that will complement the youthful tone of a kid’s room. KooKooBearKids.com is the one stop online store that supplies a complete range of furniture, furnishings, accessories and specialty items for making a child’s room beautiful and well decorated.

Like most independent specialty operators, KooKoo Bear Kids is all about product quality with that unique style and look and a big dose of great customer service. The store offers classes for expectant or new moms, design assistance, delivery and monogramming services. Each gift is wrapped in a signature yellow box with matching ribbon. The KooKoo Bear Kids Web Site has a gift registry and live chat capabilities for answering questions. By ordering online, customers can access 24 hour shopping, with products shipping all over the world. KooKoo Bear Kids offers promotional specials through social media efforts, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and MySpace.

Supermodel and actress Brooke Burke enlisted the help of New Arrivals, Inc. to design and outfit a nursery for her newborn daughter Rain.

Brooke also opted for our English Rose Garden crib bedding set, loving the soft toile, polka dot and linen fabric combination. New Arrivals, Inc. products are featured all over baby Rain’s nursery! Brooke went to work with various fabrics, using soft pink and chocolate shades to create an adorable nursery, perfect for Brooke’s third little girl! Our pink and brown wood cottage frame, pink floral photo corner frame and pink and chocolate beadboard frames are perfect to display those timeless photos! Other accessories include vintage iron scroll pink bookends, our “Once Upon a Time” pink stripe book holder and small hanging letters spelling out “sweet dreams” over the window.

Brooke outfitted a twin bed with custom linens and pillows to blend right in with the English Rose Garden theme. Coordinating fabric by the yard was used to cover the glider and ottoman, accented with an English Rose Garden pillow. Our pink polka dot growth chart and large, hanging “rain” letters decorate the nursery walls!An elegant, fabric draped bed crown set the stage for the sweet nursery, centered over the crib. Coordinating fabrics were also used for the memoboard, lined baskets for the changing table and custom changing pad cover and curtains.Custom lil pink dottie fabric ruffles for the built-in shelves add charm and uniqueness to the room! Our wood cottage frames, scalloped, pink signature frame and charming tabletop clock decorate the shelves. Our pink and chocolate beadboard frames hang with ribbon from our pink flower peg.Our large hanging letters spelled out “rain” personalizing the nursery! Brooke alternated our pink with brown stitching ribbon along with our pink and brown stripe ribbon to match the decor exactly! She also used our wooden flower pegs as cute hangers!

To finish it off Brooke used our small pink polka dot letters to spell out “rain” on the nursery door. These cute letters are a fun and whimsy addition to any nursery!

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Children and Mommies-to-be Have a Place to Party.
Introducing Roswell’s Fabulous New Party Room at KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids.

KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids, the shopping destination for upscale children’s furnishings and gifts, and Posh Tot Events, Atlanta’s Premier Event Planner for Children and mom’s parties today announces a partnership to provide high-end baby showers and birthday parties in their beautifully appointed “Tea Party Room” at KooKoo Bear Baby & Kids Roswell Retail location.

The New “Tea Room” designed by KooKoo Bear Kids and Posh Tot Events will be unveiled at the Sweet Apple Village Fall Festival on Saturday, November 7th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Sweet Apple Village is located at the corner of Etris Road and Crabapple Road in Roswell, GA.

“For parents looking for something other than just another gym party, we have designed a tea party that will dazzle your little princess and her friends. For women looking for a unique Baby Shower, our beautiful tea room is a perfect haven for a Mommy-to-be to celebrate the impending arrival of her little one.” said Jennifer Shields, Posh Tot Events President and Founder.

Hosting an event at the KooKoo Bear Tea Room provides the unique experience of actually enjoying and participating in the event without stress. Every detail is taken care of and handled with style. In the Posh Tot Event style, packages are available to include everything from invitations to favors.

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids offers designer rooms and exceptional gifts available via the web site, or retail store. From themed beds with matching bedding of fresh colors and designer fabrics to timeless classics like quilts with hand applied beadwork and embroidery, KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids offers hundreds of rugs, curtains, blankets, bedding, and kids furniture for a totally custom look. Hollywood stars seek out the exceptional designer items such as Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic luxurious bedding, Fleurville Diaper bags, promom couture original design tees and tanks, Boxy Backpacks and Toddle Totes by Petunia Pickle Bottom, and kids bedding from Traditions by Pamela Kline. Custom designed specialties by KooKoo Bear Kids include timeless, wooden furniture, snuggly blankets for infants, zippered booties, classic crib bedding collections, and clothing. KooKoo Bear Kids’ gifts feature a signature yellow gift box with matching grosgrain ribbon bow and handwritten card that indicates the arrival of something special.

Join us for a Special Halloween Story Time at KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids with Author Danny Schnitzlein

What will happen when a jittery, jumpy kid comes face to face with a band of trick-or-treating monsters on Halloween?

Please Join us for a special Halloween Story Time and book signing at KooKoo Bear Kids on Thursday October 29th. The book is Tick or Treat on Monster Street a fun story of a boy’s dread of things that go bump in the night fills his head with monstrous thoughts. So when he is separated from his older brothers on Halloween night and finds himself alone on Monster Street, he fears the worst!

Lightning flashes. Bats flap overhead. Doors squeak open. Hairy arms and tentacles drop spiders into his sack. The boy is relieved when he finally meets up with another trick-or-treater. That is, until his new friend removes his mask…

When: Thursday October 29, 2009
Time: 1:30 pm and 4:00 pm
Where: KooKoo Bear Kids Retail Store
Phone Number: (770) 771-5665
Address: 12060 Etris Road Roswell, Ga 30075
Directions: Click Here for Directions

About The Author Danny Schnitzlein studied creative writing at Eckerd College and holds a BS degree from the University of Florida. He lives in Georgia.

Roswell Children’s Boutique Hosting Grand Opening

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids Inc., marketer of upscale children’s furniture, room décor and gifts, announces the opening of its flagship children’s retail store in Roswell, Ga. The store will hold a Grand Opening, featuring sales and specials, on Saturday, November 7, 2009 to reveal their new Holiday lines in time for the Shopping season.

“We had an overwhelming customer demand to open a larger retail store that offered an unparalleled shopping experience where people could touch and feel our high quality merchandise,” said Tara Mediate, president of KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids. Our products have been featured throughout the media including InStyle Magazine, NBC Today Show, Pregnancy Magazine, and other acclaimed publications and we needed to address the local market with a high quality retail shopping experience.

Tara created KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids out of necessity said Trace Walsh, vice president of creative design at KooKoo Bear Kids. She wanted to send a baby gift to her brother and sister-in-law and wanted something besides the typical cookie basket, gourmet foods or flowers. Tara needed a special place to shop to celebrate the birth of her nephew. This “shop” needed to have the right selection of unique gifts and have excellent customer service. A “shop” where one could find the perfect gift: accessories for a dreamy nursery…stylish gifts for Mom…stylish gifts for baby and beyond.

Problem, such a “shop” did not exist. Solution: Tara did what any mother would do, she solved the problem by creating KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids. (She could have called it “Cloud Nine” since your nursery decorating dreams come true the moment you walk into their Flagship Store.)

Whether you desire opulence or simplicity for your new arrival, KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids will delight and surprise. “The secret is out…celebrity mommies such as Cindy Crawford, Mira Sorvino, Kate Hudson, Kelly Ripa and more are “in the know”…KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids now has a starring role” said Tara.

KooKoo Bear Baby and Kids store is located in Sweet Apple Village at 12060 Etris Road in Roswell, GA. The store will be open between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Sunday. Personalized gifts and designer products from Young America by Stanley Furniture, Lea Furniture, Rachel Ashwell’s Shabby Chic, Traditions by Pamela Kline, Petunia Pickle Bottom, and Rub a Dub Dub are just some of the specialty items offered at the store and on-line. For added convenience, customers will be able to return items ordered through the Web site at the retail store. For additional information, contact the store at (770) 771-5665

Madonna and Gwyneth aren’t the only Americans falling for everything British. Tea shops are cropping up all over the country in place of coffee bars. And recently Kate Moss brought her British chain TopShop to the US where women waited hours in line just to purchase a bit of her hip UK style. And the trend continues with the launch of promom couture’s latest Tee: Happy Mum. “The tee’s recent national debut on NBC’s Today show has moms and mums everywhere clamoring for it.” Celebrity Stylist Stacy London suggests a promom tee for every stylish mom (and mum!)

What’s your caffeine pleasure: Are you home-brewed coffee, McCoffee, McStarbucks, or have you made the move to tea?? I may have gone Happy Mum, but I will never trade coffee for tea!

Join us August 27, 2009 at KooKoo Bear Kids in Roswell for Story Time with Author Mary Ann Rodman who will read and sign her book A Tree for Emmy, the humorous and touching story of a headstrong little girl and the unusual object of her affections.

A Tree for Emmy is a lively and spirited, Emmy loves all kinds of trees, but the fuzzy, pink mimosa tree in Gramma’s pasture is her absolute favorite. When her birthday comes around, Emmy knows exactly what she wants: a mimosa tree of her very own. But the grown-ups around her don’t really share Emmy’s enthusiasm for the wild tree they consider a nuisance. As fall approaches, Emmy’s dream is brushed aside. Autumn leaves fall and seeds scatter, but no mimosa trees come up for sale. Crushed and angry, Emmy flees to Gramma’s house to work out her frustration. When she retreats under the beautiful mimosa tree, Emmy finds a special birthday surprise!

When: Thursday August 27, 2009
Time: 10:30 am, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm
Where: KooKoo Bear Kids Store
Phone Number: (770) 771-5665
Address: 12060 Etris Road Roswell, Ga 30075
Directions: Click Here for Directions

About the Author Mary Ann Rodman is a former school media specialist and university librarian. She is the author of A Tree for Emmy, the popular picture book, First Grade Stinks!, as well as, My Best Friend (Charlotte Zolotow Award, Ezra Jack Keats Award, CCBC Choice List), Jimmy’s Stars, Yankee Girl (CCBC Choice List, ALA Notable Book, Georgia Book of Excellence Award) and the upcoming, Surprise Soup. Rodman received her B.A. in Theater Arts from Lenoir-Rhyne College in North Carolina and her M.S. in Library and Information Science from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She also holds an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Vermont College. In addition to writing, Rodman enjoys teaching writing workshops and working as a community theater director. Born in Washington D.C., Rodman has lived in various states and in Thailand. She currently resides in Alpharetta, Georgia with her husband, daughter, dog and psychotic cat, Rosie.

Our last Story Time was such a fun event we would like to share the picture of Ann Ginkel author of I’ve Got An Elephant.

Each child was given a balloon and Ann herself personally signed each book purchased. Story Time is a nice way to introduce your child to reading and experiencing the fun stories of our local authors.

Please join us for our Story Time book readings every other Thursday at KooKoo Bear Kids Retail store in Roswell, Ga. See our web site for the stores events calendar.