Ring’s End Lumber will host a totally free “Morning for Moms” seminar from 10:30 a.m. – noon on Tuesday, June 8, in the Wilton store at 129 Danbury Road. Color Consultant Rita T will share recommendations on safer methods to decorate a child’s area and child-safe window treatments, and also how to teach young children about fire security, and a Ring’s End architectural hardware specialist will discuss locks. Sandra Gordon of Weston, author of the 8th, 9th and 10th editions of Purchaser Reports Best Infant Goods (2004, 2007 and 2009), will cover room-by-room ideas for child-proofing. Limited seating is obtainable; mother and father are encouraged to pre-register by sending an email.

“Child-proofing is usually a constant method, and despite the fact that it’s impossible to get vigilant just about every second, father and mother must be aware of what they could easily do to safeguard their children’s environment,” Ms. Gordon observed. “In a baby’s room, bare bedding is very best. A crib wants only a tight-fitting mattress and sheet; young children can suffocate inside the extra padding, blankets, pillows and stuffed animals,” she noted.

“Children age 15-17 months are inside highest risk group: they are extremely mobile, but unaware of possibility. Dad and mom need to be specially watchful about dangling cords on blinds, coffee pots, cell phone charger packs, even the new baby monitors,” Ms. Gordon continued. Other ideas will include turning the water heater down to 120°, creating sure toilet seat covers are closed (even installing specific locks for quite curious youngsters), employing safety straps inside the high chair, and being careful when traveling about keeping dangerous solutions out of harm’s way. “Parents must be especially watchful about child-proofing until the kid is around age 4 or 5,” Ms. Gordon added.

“Instead of using fancy bedding since the focal point for decorating a baby’s place, dad and mom need to select a distinct inspiration, for instance a colorful rug or wall art,” Rita T stated. “Using colour creatively in a child’s place has become so a lot simpler and safer since Benjamin Moore launched their new Natura Paint; it’s the only zero-VOC paint out there that is certainly accessible in virtually limitless colors, since it uses a patented waterborne colorant method that’s VOC-free. For families, knowing their children won’t be exposed to potentially harmful toxic fumes and they could use the room perfect away is really a real plus,” she stated.

“There are numerous wonderful decorating choices available on the market currently which can be both lovely and add unique safety functions to protect our kids. Hunter Douglas, for instance, has various innovative window blind solutions that are either cordless or with a cord process that breaks apart under pressure,” Rita T. mentioned.

Ms. Gordon, the author of eight books and mother of two daughters, frequently writes about health, nutrition, parenting, and purchaser issues for leading purchaser magazines for instance Prevention, ShopSmart, Mother and father, Parents Expecting, American Infant, Far more, Self, Redbook, Shape, Family Circle, Fitness, Ladies’ House Journal, Cooking Light, Woman’s Day, Parenting and Fit Pregnancy, iVillage.com, and weightwatchers.com.. She has appeared on the Right now Show along with the Discovery Channel’s Make Space for Child as a infant security expert, along with television news programs across the country. For more details, or to follow her blog, go to www.babyproductsmom.com.

Rita T, a former elementary school teacher who is widely recognized by her trademark hat, has a lot more than forty years experience in the design and style world, spanning product development, interior pattern and color consulting. Her practical approach to decorating encourages families to recycle furnishings and add pieces, employing colour as the catalyst to generate harmonious and useable space as rooms evolve. Focusing primarily on colour for the past ten many years, she creates an annual “colors for your life” palette based on current trends and personalized for her clients. She is at the Ring’s End Paint Center in Wilton from 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at the newly opened Ring’s End Paint & Layout Center at 149 Westport Avenue in Norwalk from 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Saturdays.

In-store colour consultations are complimentary. Rita T can also be engaged as an independent colour consultant to visit clients’ homes and help them create a custom color palette for individual or multiple rooms or a home’s exterior.

The Ring’s End Paint Center in Wilton, featuring a Benjamin Moore Signature Store, is located within the Ring’s End Lumber store at 129 Danbury Road (route 7). Hours are 7 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday-Saturday (Thursday until 7 p.m.). To reach the Ring’s End Paint Center in Wilton, call the store at 203-761-1000 or 1-866-842-7833 (toll totally free).

Ring’s End Lumber provides a one-stop source for lumber, millwork and building materials, kitchen and bath cabinetry, paint and painting supplies, architectural hardware, tools, and hardware for area contractors, decorators and homeowners. Known for the quality and depth of its inventory and also the expertise of its staff for additional than 100 years, Ring’s End has full-service stores in Darien, Bethel, Branford, Niantic, New Milford, Wilton, CT, and Lewisboro, NY, a stand-alone Paint Center in New London, CT, a new Paint & Layout Center in Norwalk, CT, a custom moulding and millwork manufacturing facility in Milford, CT, and a central distribution and education center in Stratford, CT. Visit Ring’s End about the Web at www.ringsend.com.