Curated coziness is everywhere at the Farmingdale children’s boutique The Nested Nook — from the whimsical name to merchandise to the warm decor (the wall color: "Sweet Coconut Milk").

"I want customers and their children to come in here and feel like they can rest and relax," says proprietor Colleen Fitzpatrick, who opened her business in July after operating online for several years.

The shop features clothes, toys and books for babies and kiddos up to age 6. Also available: wellness items for moms, she says, "to calm the chaos."

Fitzpatrick grew up in Farmingdale, and she now lives there with her husband, Chris, and their four children, ages 9 months to 8 years. After studying communications at Iona College — now University — in New Rochelle, New York, Fitzpatrick worked in nonprofit

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