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.

Chariot Bike Trailer

Bike trailers are becoming an ever more popular way of getting about and avoiding the need for car use. Today’s review of the Chariot Bike Trailer comes from Chris who writes the blog Worrybomb – an amusing personal blog with fantastic pictures of his daughter: The Worrybomb. There are several bicycle based alternatives for carrying [...]

Inspiration: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party

We love a good party and when I saw Izzy’s Mad Hatter’s Tea Party I knew you’d love to see it too. Luckily for us Mama Lottie, who blogs at The Snowdrop Bakery, was happy to share photos and her party secrets! I was Inspired by my obsession with Pinterest (birthday inspiration board here) and [...]

Bord blackboard iPad/iPhone app

All children love a good session with a blackboard and chalks, but they’re not exactly the most portable of items. So, if you’re out and about, you could do worse than invest in Bord, an app that recreates the experience (without the dust – yay!). You can choose from a black or green background, six [...]

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 [...]

Inspiration: Wardrobe Revival

I am in love with this bright yellow wardrobe. The combination of the old design, fresh colour and retro interior have me smitten. Get the look: Old wardrobe: there are a whole host of place you could scout for an nice looking old wardrobe. My top hits would be charity furniture shops (Oxfam & Emaus [...]

Belle & Boo Party Range

So many new and exciting lines coming through this year and one of the cutest has to be Belle & Boo’s new party range. With everything from invites to party bags covered you can add a little (or a lot) of charm to your child’s party.   The range includes much of what you’d expect: [...]

Appracadabra Count the Animals! iPad app

I’m ever so slightly in love with this quirky app from the marvellously monikered Dutch publisher Appracadabra. It’s designed to help your little one learn to count to twenty (in English or one of fifteen other languages – Lithuanian, anyone?) aided by fun animal illustrations by Caroline Ellerbeck, from one horse to twenty ants. My [...]

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 [...]

Dear Zoo iPad app

Ooh, I do love it when a classic children’s book is given an iPad makeover. Dear Zoo was one of Alfie’s favourite reads when he was small and now Rod Campbell’s timeless tale of unsuitable animal gifting is going all interactive on us. Your little one can choose to either read the story or have [...]

New Shop Crush: Pipii

It shouldn’t surprise you that I can get a little, erm a lot, obsessive in my googling. Last night I got it into my head that I simply must find some paper snowflake decorations to hang. During my little frenzy of snowflake searching I came across my new shop crush: Pipii. With Monty and Betsy’s [...]

Dutch Bikes

Ever since seeing Lianne of The Pippa and Ike Show flying down the Gloucester Road on her fabulous Dutch Cargobike I have been intrigued by them. With the rising cost of petrol I’m looking for ways to ditch the car permanently. The Cargobike seems to be a perfect solution: a bike which has enough space [...]

Cool Spot: Purple Dragon Chelsea

Last year we fell in love with Purple Dragon, a members club for families that at the time was based in Battersea. Like a relaxation paradise with your kids (yeah I know, who woulda thought, eh?), where you don’t need eyes in the back of your head and a stiff drink to cope with the [...]

Ikea Hack: Ladder into Steps

Eagle-eyed Eve spotted this inspired hack over at Ikea Hackers. Grace from Australia needed a way for her daughter to be able to climb in and out of her bed safely as she couldn’t use the attached ladder. Enter a Trofast unit and a handmade safety rail and they have a set of wide stairs [...]

Spot the Dot iPad app

I’m a die-hard David A Carter fan and adore his amazingly creative pop-up art. Alfie has enjoyed One Red Dot from a very early age, so I was delighted to find an app featuring Carter’s work. Spot the Dot is a simple idea – you have to find the appropriate dot on each colourful screen [...]

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