Want to learn secrets of Richmond’s top interior designers and home-improvement experts? Tips and tricks of the trade will be unleashed Thursday at the second annual Day of Design, sponsored by the Richmond chapter of the International Furnishings and Design Association. The event will be held at the new Sierra Hotel at Short Pump Town Center from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

New home products, holiday tablescapes and autograph sessions with former NFL stars will be featured this weekend at the 22nd annual Richmond Home Show. The event at the Richmond Raceway Complex, 600 E. Laburnum Ave., takes place tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Ticket are $7 for adults; 16 and younger are admitted free. Tickets can be purchased in advance online at http://www.agievents.com/home-and-garden-shows.cfm. Click on “22nd Annual Richmond Home Show.“

www.tagnwag.com: “Dick and Jane” vintage matted book pages, as well as other early primers from the 1930s and later. $28 for sets of four; others available separately.
  www.just-pooh.com: downloadable Ernest Shepard “Winnie-the-Pooh” illustrations, plus history, stories, coloring pages, song clips, games.
  www.potterybarnkids.com: Dr. Seuss character prints ready to frame, $89 each

Those colorful dinosaurs are awfully cute. But now your son is into Spiderman and other super heroes. No wait, he’s moved on to football players. Next thing you know, he’s in high school and only cares about music and movies.

Jennifer Cohen wishes she had had the sense to think about the cents she was lavishing on decorations for her baby daughter’s bedroom. Cohen pulled out all the stops for the dream nursery—down to the custom-made crib bumpers and skirting.