Marisa Kula Mercer, mother of Sabine, 9 months, and co-owner of organic-bedding line Plover, rarely buys brand-new things. "There's just more interesting vintage stuff to be found out there, and it's the ultimate in recycling." When she and her husband do find a gem at a flea market, they manage to seamlessly fit it in with other eclectic pieces in their Oregon home.

Tell us about your living room. Love that groovy red couch!
My family spends a lot of time in the living room. My husband and I fell in love with the red Natuzzi couch as soon as we saw it. We thought it was the perfect piece to build the rest of the room around. The plain brown throw pillows are from Ikea, and the Brown Leaves pillow is Plover. I would actually like to have more pillows around because we use them for so many things: propping up the baby, sitting by the fire, lying around.

Love that big white hand on the shelf. What's the story?
The white hand sculpture is something we found at a store in Portland called
Rejuvenation. They sell salvaged and restored home hardware, and we are there once a week combing through everything. The hand was actually used for fitting gloves.

Where did you get that great cat?
My husband loves to find weird little things. The cat is actually an acupuncture model he bought online. It's kind of special because my husband rarely buys knickknacks (unless they're at Goodwill!) He has a way of finding them, or they're given as gifts. Most of the other figurines in the cabinet are things he found buried in the yard of our house.

What's your favorite vintage find in the nursery?
Her cowhide rocking chair. The seat is almost worn through, which is priceless. I also found the big blue chair at a local thrift shop, and it's the most comfortable seat in the house for reading books and breastfeeding. I can't wait to recover it in a Plover print! Her little baby bongos are also from our neighborhood Goodwill. My husband found those, along with a child's violin, when I was only a few months pregnant. So she's set for musical instruments!

How did you round out the rest of the baby's room?
I painted that 60s-style blue when the room was my office, and we loved it so much we left it there for the nursery. The crib and the rug are both from Ikea. That was the simplest, least tacky crib I could find, and it's made from sustainable wood. The rug is 100% wool, which is all I would put in her room. I love decorating her room because there's more freedom to play around than in the rest of the house. Plover's crib bedding comes out in Fall 2008, and I can't wait. For now, I just use our baby quilt in her crib, and  I keep a stack of Plover euro pillows on the floor in her room. I prop them up around her so she always has something soft to fall on.

These drawings are so interesting. Are there stories behind them?
The black-and-white artwork on her wall is from her uncle Rob's sketchbook. They were early drawings for the last Shins record cover, Wincing the Night Away, which Rob designed. He and Sheila framed them for us last Christmas, and since Sabine was cooking about the same time that record was, it made sense to hang it in her room.

What about the framed art?
The three framed pieces hanging together are copies of the artist Jen Corace's work. They are so sweet in a little girl's room. My husband put them in frames from Goodwill.