10 Best: ideas for a farm-themed room

I don’t know a toddler who isn’t enamoured of Old Macdonald, so a farm-themed room is a bit of a no brainer. Colourful and fun, it works brilliantly for boys or girls and you can ramp up the tractor count if you’ve got a petrolhead on your hands. I took this fantastic print from ByGraziela [...]

10 Best: Ideas for an insect-themed room

Ooh, my search for insect goodies brought up so much fabulousness it almost warranted two posts. But I’ve been firm with myself to bring you my 10 favourite finds if your little one loves all things creepy and crawly. Let’s start with the walls. This dramatic wallpaper by the wonderful Timorous Beasties is probably a [...]

Hommu Eco Wall Vinyls

I’m always on the lookout for cool nursery art and I’m thinking that this fabulous Learning Animals wall vinyl will perfectly complement Alfie’s Bold & Noble Birds Around Britain print. Part of the Minni range, made by Barcelona-based interiors company Hommu, it features a host of animal silhouettes against a vibrant red background and is [...]

Six of the best animal cushions

My love of (OK, unhealthy obsession with) cushions is well-documented on BG and, inspired by my recent revisit to Zid Zid Kids, I’ve been hunting out the most fabulous  soft furnishing fauna on the web and, my, was it a tough job narrowing it down to six. First up, My Dear Darling’s fab monkey pillow, $38 (plus [...]

Bomb Design Tour d’Europe mobile

Yes, yes, I know it’s obscenely expensive but, in my imaginary mega-rich alternative existence, I buy this for all my previously jet-set friends when they have a baby, to remind them of the good old days. Designed by Germany company Bomb Design and made from colourful acrylic, the mobile features 10 iconic European landmarks, including [...]

Animalask Clock by Westergaard Designs

I’ve been on the lookout for a clock for the nursery for a while but nothing has really wowed me. Until I spotted the Animalask on cool design site Bouf. Conceived by Danish/British designer Polly Westergaard, it has traditional cuckoo clock house-shape styling, with intricate animal cutouts on each of the numerals (including a cuckoo [...]