10 Best: Ideas for an aviation-themed room

Neee-oowww! Planes and all things aeronautical are flavour of the month here in Brighton, so I couldn’t resist bringing you a round of goodies for your little high flyer’s room. We’ve raved about Paperboy’s wallpaper designs in the past and their latest, Spitfire (which celebrates the  75th anniversary year of the iconic World War II aircraft) [...]

10 Best: ideas for a robot-themed room

In the 50s, pretty much everyone believed that robots would be commonplace in every home by the year 2000, and I have to admit, having grown up with Tomorrow’s World in the 80s, I kinda hoped it would be true, too. Sadly, with maybe the exception of Japan, our world is lacking in automated help, but [...]

Shelf wooden animal hooks

I fell in love with these gloriously simple wooden hooks as soon as I saw them. I think it’s important for children to be independent from an early age and mounting a set of coat hooks at child height under the adult ones is always a good way to achieve this and, of course, encourage [...]

Hot Buy of the Day: Bird Hooks

At £3 a pop, these cute, dotty red and blue bird hooks are charming little steals. Made from painted metal, they look sweet facing each other in conversation. From Cox and Cox Remember hooks are handy for making the most of your wall space and taking storage off valuable floor space.

Pakuist Oost Whamm! Coat Hooks

I have been looking for some hooks to hang our ever expanding fancy dress collection and I think this is possibly the most perfect solution. This comic styled coat hook from Danish designers Pakuis Oost is silk-screened formica and has three pegs for hanging coats, bags or even capes. £45 from Molly-Meg.

Rainbow Lacquered Door Hooks

I have a soft spot for rainbow coloured items so I am loving these door hooks from Vertbaudet. If you don’t want to make holes in your doors but still want to use the space for storage then these are an excellent alternative. They are made from lacquered epoxy metal and measure 15 – 32 [...]

Coming Soon! More Hot Buys from Habitat’s Spring/Summer 2010 Collection

Yesterday I got all overexcited by the gorgeous Nelly bookcase in the shape of an elephant from Habitat’s forthcoming kids collection and now feast your eyes on even more fabulousness! Their Timbuk quilt, £55, is a rainbow brite delight, as are their imaginative Sienna animal hooks, £10 each, which also come as a tiger version [...]

5 Hot Elephant Buys for Kids Rooms

Contemporary and retro animal inspired buys are a big trend with kids gear, especially our well documented grand love affair with owls and a recent interest in horses. But they’d better watch out for the mighty elephant with these three cool buys for children’s spaces. Frank & Fischer’s elephant coat rack which is also available [...]

Three Hot Coat Racks for Children’s Rooms

   I do love a coat rack, so much so that I still can’t make up my mind on one as there is too much choice! First up are the very cool Squirrel Coat Racks from Utility Design which feature three squirrels clambering up a tree in either the glossy orange pictured or in matt [...]

New Nursery & Decor Section at Monsters & Munchkins

Monsters & Munchkins is an online boutique which launched last year with a focus on delivering high style clothing for children from a well chosen, niche collection of designers. They’re still continuing with that, but they’ve broadened their sections with an exciting range of goodies in their new nursery and decor section. They’ve got some [...]

Handy Storage: Office Hooks from Present&Correct

Natalie writes…Like a number of things, I have a bit of a thang about hooks which as many parents will testify to, can end up being sanity savers and decorative items, because toddlers sure do come with a lorra lorra gear! I became an instant fan of these Office Hooks which were produced in the [...]

Monkey Door Hangers

Natalie writes… I’m always on the lookout for unusual door hangers and coat hooks as they make handy storage solutions and great decorative pieces if well chosen. Urban Outfitters have this cool set of 3 metal monkey door hangers which can hang over the back of your door. They are sold out online in black [...]

Nursery Style: Create a feature wall with retro wallpaper

Natalie writes… I’m a big fan of feature walls and we have a couple dotted around the house, with one in the bambino’s bedroom. Wallpapering the entire room can make it all feel a bit busy and closed in but a feature wall opens up the room and creates the illusion of space. As usual, [...]

Leaf Coat Hanger

The bambino seems to have accumulated a lot of coats and together with her mum and dads, it’s become clear that we need a coat hanger, and of course it has to be a funky one. As well as hanging your coats really fashionably, it also comes with 3 magnets which enable you to use it as a memo board or even display pics on there.

Malin Lundmark Car and Caravan Coat Hook

Caravans aren’t my thang in real-life but it doesn’t stop me from liking this rather funky coat hanger….even if like a lot of coat hooks these days,  it doesn’t exactly come cheap! Designed by Malin Lundmark, it’s manufactured from powder coated steel and it looks like it has hooks for six coats (or as many [...]