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Gifts for new parents

Everyone brings something for the baby. Bring something for the two of them.

After a baby arrives, the bedroom turns into a laundry room and a place to sleep in shifts. This gift gives the parents a way to take it back: a room they both love, and evenings that feel like theirs again, whenever they're ready.

Give a year of BraiseSee every gift

Sent by email, printed or mailed as a card. Never expires.

The baby gets the nursery.
The parents get their room back.

  1. A tired, happy couple asleep together on top of a made bed in the afternoon

    Chapter 1

    The first weeks

    Nobody plans a date night in the first weeks, and nobody should. The bedroom becomes a laundry pile and a place to sleep in shifts. That's fine. It just helps to know it won't stay that way.

  2. A couple laughing on a freshly made bed in a calm, reset bedroom

    Chapter 2

    Taking the room back

    One day the laundry moves out. Fresh sheets, the lamps back on, the room reset to something calm. It's a small thing that makes a big difference to how the evenings feel.

    The ten-minute room reset
  3. A couple lying close and talking on their bed by lamplight

    Chapter 3

    A night that's just yours

    Then, whenever they're ready, an evening for the two of them again. Busy years are exactly when couples stop making time, so the habit is worth starting before life gets even fuller.

    Keeping close in a busy life

For the parents, not the nursery.

A Braise gift card buys the design work and the evenings, not products, so it's easy to give alongside the baby gifts. They choose everything themselves, on their own schedule.

  • Braise  GIFT CARD
    Congratulations
    A year of Unlimited
    ACTIVATES WHEN PURCHASED braiseroom.com
    The one we'd give

    A year of Unlimited

    $59

    No rush and no expiry: a year means they can start at three months or at nine, whenever they're ready. Up to 30 renders a month of their own room, plus card decks, dice, planned evenings and playlists for the two of them.

    Give this
  • Braise  GIFT CARD
    Congratulations
    A Virtual Design Session
    ACTIVATES WHEN PURCHASED braiseroom.com

    A Virtual Design Session

    $149

    Thirty minutes on video with the Braise team to plan a calmer bedroom together, with a written recap. Easy to fit in during a nap.

    Give this
  • Braise  GIFT CARD
    Congratulations
    The Digital Report
    ACTIVATES WHEN PURCHASED braiseroom.com

    The Digital Report

    $49

    A written plan for their bedroom in 48 hours: a palette, a layout and a costed shopping list. No calls, no appointments, read it whenever.

    Give this

Something smaller? One and three months of Unlimited start at $9.99 on the gift cards page.

  • Send it now or later

    Schedule it for the day you choose, or print it and tuck it in with the baby gift.

  • It never expires

    They can use it when life settles, not on a deadline.

  • Discreet at both ends

    A neutral sender name and subject line, and a neutral line on your statement.

An ordinary bedroom photo, and the same room redone in a warm, calm style (after)An ordinary bedroom photo, and the same room redone in a warm, calm style (before)BeforeAfter

A calmer room, planned from the couch.

They take one photo of their bedroom and see it redone in a style they both like: same walls, same windows, new everything else, with every piece linked. No shopping trips, no appointments. Drag the slider to see one.

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Rest now, and the room after dark

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For better rest

Sleep comes in pieces for a while. These make the pieces count.

For the room after dark

Low light for late nights, and a warm room when the evenings come back.

Read during a nap.

Four short guides for full years, each one quick enough to finish before someone wakes up.

  1. 01A teal bedroom with a magenta bed made up and a laundry basket tucked by the wardrobeThe ten-minute room resetA calmer bedroom in less time than a nap.
  2. 02A navy bedroom with a mustard bed and a basket for phones on the nightstandKeeping close in a busy lifeSmall habits for two that survive a full calendar.
  3. 03A paneled bedroom with heavy velvet curtains, a thick rug and a quilted bedPrivacy and thin wallsSimple fixes for a quieter, more private room.
  4. 04A living room set for a night in, with candles and a snack board on the coffee table and floor cushionsDate night at homeFor when going out isn't happening yet.

Time for the two of you, too.

A card on a quiet evening, a roll of the dice, a playlist and a planned night in keep the two of them close while everything else changes. A year of Unlimited covers all of it.

A couple forehead to forehead by candlelightPlanned eveningsThe light, the music and what happens next, already worked out.A couple reading together in bed by lamplightConversation cardsEasy questions for two tired people, and bolder ones later.Three wooden dice on a bed of glowing coalsHot CoalsDice for two, for when you'd rather not decide.The Velvet Vinyl playlist cover: a couple dancing by a record playerPlaylistsMusic for a night in, low enough for a baby monitor.

Add one for the parents to the baby registry.

Babylist, Amazon, MyRegistry and most other registries let you add a gift from any store. Copy the link for the gift you'd like, paste it into your registry's “add from another store” option, and the name, price and picture come with it.

  1. 1Pick a gift below and copy its link.
  2. 2In your registry, choose to add a gift from another store or website.
  3. 3Paste the link and save.

Expecting yourselves?

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