Cosy winter with Rafa-kids

Few weeks ago I was dancing from happiness in our Rafa-kids studio. We received a special delivery of NEW bench samples in all 4 different wood finishes. It was such an exciting moment!  Not only because we could see for the first time all the colours and how the benches look like, but there was also time for new pictures. 

White B bench was the first one. I imagined a cosy room, with Rafa-kids A teen bed, B bench and L shelf styled with beautiful textures of wool, felt and linen….Colours I like the most at the moment and which are so perfect for Winter season are : Blue, Grey and White. As our L shelf has a metal rod to hang favourite garments, I realised I needed some  beautiful pieces to display for the photo session. Happily we have in Rotterdam the great kids store BonBononTheBlock, where you can always find the coolest, trendy clothes.  Thank you! 

I’m so glad we managed to capture this calm, cosy mood. Just looking at it makes me so relaxed and I can simply take it all to our home for boys. The white furniture, walls and floor give such a great base for a room and to create your own individual world. I hope you also like this wonderful Grizzly carpet and baskets, which are all hand made made in Nepal, and part of Rafa-kids collection from now on. 

Stay warm….! 

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Clouds and Raindrops decoration for children's room

Let’s start the weekend in dreamy , cosy and sleepy mood….

Don’t you think that Clouds, Moon and the Raindrops are such perfect elements to decorate child’s room ?  I recently discovered, that the Danish brand Fabelab known for beautiful high quality textile products, have created in collaboration with Chispum from Spain, dreamy wall stickers. Clouds with raindrops in blue and pink. They are made with the special watercolour print designed by Anna Thomsen from Trekant Design. What do you think about the simple decoration of Moon and stars by CamCam brand from Copenhagen ? Or just a large raindrops catered from paper and hang next to the child’s bed? I’m so glad to see such a simple, calm products for the little ones. …

Thank you for the inspiration :  Fabelab - CamCam and BigImaginationDesign 

Design on Monday

MOEBE - design brand based in Copenhagen

I can’t believe it is already a week since last post on the blog. 

Where is this time going and why does it pass so quickly ? I actually can’t believe we will have December in a moment and the year will end so soon. I’m not ready….

If you follow my blog for a longer time, you’ve probably noticed I like to find nice things on the internet and share it here.  Unfortunately since last months  or even year or two I don’t have much time to do it any more. I thought that today I will make a little change. I would like to show you few little design objects which recently caught my attention and made me smile. Well designed, well crafted with a twist, that’s what I like the most! 

Wall hooks - Luciekaas

Wooden animals T-lab Japan

Groovy Magnets & Rafa-kids

Did you like our  “ Let’s walk into the forest…..” blog post ? 

Well , we have much more for you today. 3 years ago I had a chance to discover a very nice brand from Belgium called Groovy Magnets. At my last visit in Amsterdam I told you about it here, I came across their products again and thought to do something together. Rafa-kids absolutely loves to collaborate with other creatives, so we asked if we could use their playful products in our up coming project. 

So here you are! 

Simple idea with a great and fast effect - magnetic wallpaper, magnetic wall stickers, posters and magnets. You select a wall sticker and magnets -  put it on the wall ( no glue needed) and you can start to play together with your child. I’m sure you will have lots of fun! We have a problem which animal on the magnetic sticker to choose - Owl, Rabbit or maybe the Giraffe ?  The graphics is so cool and the quality is very good. It is not a sponsor post, believe me. I’m just exited.  I always appreciate not only the way the product is made, but how it is packed and Groovy Magnets - get’s my 10 ! Well done. 

Let’s walk into the forest…..

In some parts of Europe there is already a big layer of snow, but in the Netherlands we still enjoy Autumn atmosphere. We feel so lucky to have sunny days and to see the nature changing slowly…. Few weeks ago we brought into our Rafa-kids studio a ‘nature’ vibe and created a children’s room with NEW Rafa-kids B bench. The set was part of a project called Carte Blanche which we were asked to create by our long partner/stockist in France Les Enfants du Design. I was feeling like a little girl in a candy store, since I could select product from their collection to create this room. Yeeey!!! …it is one of our favourite children’s stores carrying plenty of the best modern products for children which are on the market at the moment. 

What is the story behind the room…

 I wanted to bring into child’s room a charm of natural colours and textures. We set two corners - one with our bench next to the bed and the second is a little “ tea corner” where kids can play. Our Rafa-kids bench is such a simple and elegant furniture which can be used in many different ways. We always want to make our furniture - Playful. I hope you like the tones of mint with the contrasting dark brown textures of wood and wool. My favourites are the different kinds of baskets to hide the kids toys. They give a room a bit of a boho vibe contrasting with the modern simple furniture. I also imagine that the room, can be gender neutral and give calm and nice atmosphere to play. I hope you like it. 

To create this room we selected few of our favourite products from the Les Enfants du Design store: 

Nobodinoz - Pouf and jumping rope, Muuto - Dots , Snowpuppe lamp , Ferm Living - House shelf, Dot Mint little basket, pillow , Donna Willson - Wooly Wood plaid, Bloomingville - baskets, Blabla kids - Cloud Pillow and Mint Doudou soft doll , Chair - Oeuf NYC and white table from Flexa Play. 

Monday inspiration - self made wooden furniture in children's rooms

Parents' creativity doesn’t have an end! It is great to discover so many individual projects created for children's rooms by them. It can be an architect in me who always gets exited to see something unique. Today I would like to show you few inspiring project. 

As you can see most of the furniture is made from wood or plywood which is great and easy material to work with. The first room was created by Tinta Luhraman. You can find her charming Instagram account here. Beautiful example that child's room can be made only with natural materials and colours. As Tinta explains it, is all conscious decision - no plastic toys, but only the one which last for a long time and are made from natural materials. Her daughter loves to play  with ‘toys’ found in the forest, what is easy to notice looking at her room. The bed was made by her father. 

The nursery room I’m showing you is created by another creative parents , please have a look at their website : Huisengrietje. Not only the bed is made by them but all the little natural accessories too. What do you think about this absolutely cute clouds hanger made from tree branches ? 

And then big projects - bunk beds! The first project is created by Danish mom Pernille Hornung Bahn for her siblings Vitus and Cornelia. A wide wall with built-in sliding door, storage and sitting area is dividing the room in two. Cornelia has cabinets and shelves to the right of the wall. In the second part of the room is Vitus on the way down from his bed. Cornelia loves her new 'room' with high bed and plenty of floor space for play. The new wall has a built-in bench for Cornelia. A carpenter built an old barn window into the wall, so that she can look into the space of her big brother. The window also lets natural light from other part of the room. Great isn’t it? The two other projects are from here and here. 

Have a wonderful new week ahead!