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’ [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

10 Best: ideas for a tree-themed room

  The branches may be bare at the moment, but I can’t help but think of spring and greenery. Although far removed from trad teddies and bunnies, trees are a fantastic unisex theme for a nursery – great if you don’t know what flavour you’re expecting. Designers love them as well – there’s a veritable [...]

HappyThought Christmas printables

Left it a bit late to source stylish Crimbo decs? Not to worry. The lovely folks over at HappyThought paper printables have done it again with a small yet perfectly formed festive collection of colourful downloadable goodies for your delectation. My faves are this adorable polar bear family, top, and retro toy place settings, above, [...]

Swoonish Picks: Zara Home Kids

Zara Home Kids is one of our absolutely most favourite high street destinations where you can almost always find bright, quirky, and souped up trad pieces to add a stylish splash to kids spaces. It’s actually been quite a while since we’ve indulged our obsessive love of it, so here are just a few of [...]

Wonderland collection at Plantation Rug Company

How fabulous are these rugs? They form part of the new Wonderland collection from Plantation Rug Company, which also features a big version of the owl, blue and pink owls and the tree with the owl’s eyes peeping out. All would look equally gorgeous adorning your little one’s floor, but I’m particularly fond of the big [...]

10 Best: ideas for a train-themed room

  Choo choo! You don’t need to go anywhere near Thomas the Tank Engine to achieve a first class kids’ room that’s just the ticket. Move along down, please! Firm favourites Ferm Living come up trumps on the wallpaper front with their Tiny Train design, £59, Koko Kids. Love these Galt room dividers – be great [...]

Becky Baur cushions

I first came across Becky Baur when purchasing kids’ birthday cards from Minor Mail. I loved the cutesy retro style of her illustrations, so later Googled her and was delighted to discover she also produces cushions and ceramics. I’m not alone in my admiration – Mary Portas recently snapped up Baur’s homewares for her London [...]

Rifle Paper Co prints

I just love Rifle Paper Co‘s paper products. A Florida-based studio run by husband-and-wife team Anna and Nathan Bond, it produces quirky cool stationary and prints featuring bears, bugs and blooms, all printed locally on eco paper. The insect series is particularly cool for a child’s room – how amazingly cute are this caterpillar and [...]

10 Best: ideas for a rainbow-themed room

Red and yellow and… Who doesn’t love a rainbow? The thing I like best about them as a theme is that it’s so easy to customise pretty much anything to suit. Painted cot bars. Seven strips of fabric for a curtain. Paper lanterns. All cheap and easy updates. Check out Pinterest for some amazingly creative [...]

Hot Shop: Mes Habits Chéris

Happy to bring you another shopping opportunity from across the Channel. Mes Habits Chéris is an emporium of delights stocked with familiar French brands Le Toy Van, Lalé and Mimilou, plus BG Euro faves Kidsonroof, Bakker Made with Love, Isak and Sukie. There is a lot of extremely covetable stuff on this site – I’d recommend [...]

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