Alphabet Fabric Wall Stickers

We love wall stickers and we love alphabets so a combination of the two is, frankly, awesome. A colourful take on the popular Victorian decorative typeface these stickers add some character. You buy each letter individually so you can spell out words or even have the entire set if the fancy takes you. Ideal for [...]

Hot! Olive Loves Alfie Colour – A Soya Based Paint Range

I’m loving Olive Loves Alfie’s natural paint collection. A collaboration with The Nursery Paint Company, it features fifteen soya based shades of cool and sugary tones which have anti-bacterial qualities. and 100% free of VOCs. The names of the colours in the Olive Loves Alfie Colour range are inspired by owner Ashlyn’s daughter’s love of [...]

Jennifer vandenBrand Robots & Trikes lampshade

It’s so difficult to find decent lampshades for boys’ rooms – they’re always emblazoned with cartoon characters or cars… or both. Which is why I like this refreshingly retro one from from Jennifer vandenBrand in bright cobalt (the colour for spring 2012) featuring catapults, trikes, robots and spinning tops. I have to say I’m less [...]

Inspiration: Bookshelf Dolls House

I love this idea. Take one small Expedit unit from Ikea add some wallpaper and you have a super cool dolls house. With the unit only costing £19.99 it’s a chiconomy buy! Via 101 Woonideeen.

Bubble highlights: sneak peek

(Clockwise, from top left): Nadadelazos jungle pants, Olive Loves Alfie paint colours, Dandy Star cushion Nat and I spent the day at Bubble London yesterday, seeking out the most swoonsome new goodies for autumn/winter and helping to judge the Stand Out stand design competition (well done, Pili Pala!). We’ll be reporting back on hot new [...]

10 Best: Foxy Finds

Foxes are fast becoming the new owls, loved by parents and little ones alike  (Alfie adores his Tootsa Macginty fox sweater), so I thought I’d round up some the foxiest finds for kids. My love for Maileg toys knows no bounds and this little fella is no exception. In fact, I’ve decided he’s going to [...]

Hot Shop: Anglo-French store Cachette

Cachette is a new online retail destination by an Anglo-French couple Stephen and Delphine who’ve upped roots and moved to the south of France. Packed full of chic, design led Euro buys for the home by a host of independent designers, it’s another temptation spot to add to your list. J’adore the ‘learn to draw’ [...]

Brink and Campman Bear Rug

It may not be sub zero outside but I am feeling the chill inside. Cold floors (and toes) have me thinking of rugs and while I was browsing at Heal’s the other day this bear rug by Brink and Campman literally leapt off the screen at me. Each rug is made to order from 100% [...]

Hot shop: Polly & Joe

I have friends (a couple) called Polly & Joe, so I liked this online store before I’d even seen what they sold. And what it is is a small but perfectly formed collection of toys, clothes, art, nursery decor and changing bits from a few well-curated labels. Think toys from Ferm Living, tops and bodysuits [...]

Inspiration: Customise bedroom furniture with wood grain effect for a woodland theme

I visited Home and Top Drawer on Monday, the trade show for design-led products and went to visit the stand of one of my favourite British brands ever, Anorak. Laurie’s famous ‘kissing animals’ prints adorned bedding, homewares and accessories displayed on a bunkbed, chest of drawers and shelving that have been transformed with wood grain [...]

Hot shop: I Dream Elephants

I still can’t quite believe that we haven’t featured the wonderful I Dream Elephants as a Hot Shop before. This is literally a dream online retail destination, featuring, as it does, so many of our favourite labels (think Bobo Choses, Ej Sikke Lej, Popupshop and Smafolk) alongside less familiar but equally fabulous names: Inge van [...]

Dawn Crothers Art

We’re weak for a bit of art here at BG and always on the lookout for cool artists. Northern Irish artist Dawn Crothers is an emerging talent currently on my radar with her quirky creations. Originally sculpting by day, she fell into painting by accident and has gathered quite a following. While she hasn’t set [...]

Bubble & Tweet animal prints

Amazing art alert! These limited-edition silkscreen prints by Bubble & Tweet are beyond cute. Whether its the zingy oranges and turquoise of the Chickadee Forest or the muted pink and blue of Owl Forest (make a great new baby gift), these are wall candy of the highest order. £35 each, Not on the High Street. [...]

Aurina Nellie floor boulder

As someone who lives with a huge Elmer fan I was immediately drawn to the Nellie floor boulder, £54.95, from Norfolk-based interiors company, Aurina. Full of beans, literally, with a removable, washable cover in a tomato and white colourway, it would make a fun, stylish addition to any child’s room. Check out the cushions, bed linen [...]

Retro Villa

Retro Villa is one of my absolute favourite vintage decor haunts and while I was pressing my nose against their virtual window the other day it occured to me that I’d neglected to share it with you. A Danish delight, Retro Villa is packed to the gills with the kind of over the top wallpaper [...]

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