Children's art absolutely has a place in home decor and can add a welcome personal touch, said Esther Sadowsky, owner of Charm & Whimsy, an interior-design firm in Jersey City, N.J.

BATAVIA — In 1954, with a prized fuschia clover curled tight in his massive trunk, Horton the Elephant enchanted the world with his inspirational message of fairness and equality.

It was while Puglisi was drawing with her children that she came up with the idea for Whimsy*Woo. "We tried lots of names, rhyming it with monkey moo, which is what I call my kids," she said.