Tag: Habitat
Room Candy: Display Storage
Following Natalie’s superb toy decluttering post I thought some toy storage inspiration was in order and these ideas from Family Living, a Swedish magazine are rainbow coloured storage heaven. All play experts agree that children are more engaged with play and toys when they are ordered and easy to access. I have been lusting after [...]
Bedroom Tour: Milo’s Wild West Bedroom
When I spotted Milo’s super cool wild west room on his Mama Abby’s blog, Little Red Buttons, I knew you would all love it too. Based in Nottingham, Abby hails from America and wanted to create a feel for Milo’s American roots and still be stylish. As Abby says: The inspiration for the room came from a [...]
Spring Reductions at Habitat
Habitat are offering up to 50% off in their Spring Spectacular. We are pleased to see some favourites such as the Timbuktu Quilt are included in the event. The majority of the children’s reductions seem to be 20 – 30% but I have spied a few pieces at 50%. And remember – Habitat are *finally* selling [...]
Lock from Habitat
Habitat are starting to put their new season stock online and one item that caught my eye is this interlocking table and chair set. Made from oak veneered moulded plywood it’s a modernist set which will blend seamlessly into ‘adult’ spaces. When it’s not in use the two pieces can be slotted together to form [...]
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 [...]
Coming Soon! Habitat’s Nelly Bookcase
Hot diggety damn! I felt my heart race as soon I spotted this burst of sunshine yellow elephant buy in Habitat’s spring/summer 2010 collection…and then I mentally started moving furniture around and imaging explaining to the boyf about the mystery yellow elephant that’s mysteriously appeared in the room… Tee hee! If you’ve ever been partial [...]
BG Christmas Gift Guide: 10 Hot Stocking Fillers for Babies & Toddlers under a Fiver
I’ve been scouring the virtual hotspots for cool stocking filler buys and will be highlighting finds over the next week or so with everything under a fiver or tenner. Here are the first ten starting from just a few months old right up to over 3 years… Brio Rattles We love pretty much all things [...]
Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Tiny world toys part two
There are so many tiny world delights out there, we want them all! Following on from part one yesterday, we bring you delights from the best in tiny world toys – Plan Toys, Pintoy, Habitat, Le Toy Van and Muji. From fighting fire, to tending to patients, to sailing the big seas or hanging with [...]
Bambino Goodies Christmas Gift Guide: Play houses for toddlers
Play houses are an integral part of early childhood, providing dens to let your child’s imagination run wild as they play act at life with their toys and their pals. We’ve rounded up our absolutely most favourite ever play house buys to include eco friendly cardboard options, to teepee’s, to Habitat’s amazing contemporary update on [...]
Hot Roundup! Modern Advent Calendars for Cool Kids
I’ve been on the hunt for cool advent calendars, both paper and reusable. They’re all decorative in their efforts to count down to the big day, with some great for role-play and story telling, and others that will be treasured and anticipated in excitement each year. Starting from £4.99 up to £59, from whimsy traditional [...]
Habitat Online is in operation!
Exciting stuff! Lots of Habitat goodies are now available online to buy (not just furniture) and I dare you to restrain yourselves. Now I say lots because there are notable absences such as the Christmas range (surely being uploaded imminently) but there are lots of things big and small to buy. The storage trolley (chunky [...]
Habitat Advent Calendar
I had a quick jaunt on Regent Street this past weekend and of course couldn’t go there without stopping at Habitat and when I hit the kids section, I spotted their fabric Countdown Advent Calendar. Bold, minimalist, and totally bucking the twee Christmas vibe, the pockets are nice and big too for squeezing in all [...]
Habitat’s Scribble by Hennie Haworth Range
East London based illustrator Hennie Haworth has racked up quite a client list – Waitrose, Urban Outfitters, The Observer, Time Out, and The New York Times to name but a few. She’s now injected her colourful, contemporary, playful illustrations into a chair, melamine bowls, plates, and beakers, plus stationery and storage as part of her [...]
The heavens opened…the angels sang…Habitat is selling online!
Sweet baby Jesus and the angels, Habitat has finally heard my prayers and is selling online! OK, they heard half of my prayers – they’re selling furniture now and the rest will be available from November, but this is massive leap from zilch! Massive! I’ve been cursing them since I started Bambino Goodies and now [...]
Nursery Tour: Polly’s Vibrant Retro Room
Jane Foster is a talented British artist who lives in Brighton. We have previously featured her work with Clothkits and will be featuring more of her goodies next week. When she agreed to photograph her nursery for this feature we were understandibly excited by the results. Her home is a riot of colour and design [...]
