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. 

Rafa-kids K desk - Studioaandacht for Brabantia

I’m so exited to share with you this modern and minimalistic pictures with Rafa-kids K desk. 

All the images were created by Studioaandacht for a family business Brabantia.  This world famous for their touch bin and wall fix company asked  Studioaandacht to refresh their brand image back in 2012. Each season their develop a new trend strategy and produce and shoot images for packaging, PR and advertising of Brabantia. The images are so playful, filled with colours and eye catching. We are very proud to be selected for their new campaign. My favourite picture is the green metallic one with  “LET’S CLEAN IT UP” note. I wish my working would place look like that, every day….

Soft and cosy Liv’s room

Finally weekend…

what an intensive and busy working days behind us….

I just couldn’t wait to hide at home under some warm blanket with my coffee.  

The perfect ingredients for a cosy Autumn day for me ?  

Cosy and soft room with plenty of felt, linen and wool. 

Please welcome our Rafa-kids benches in all 4 finishes : wood, whitewash, white and dark chocolate. 

Our new family member is a perfect furniture to put next to the bed. It can become a side table to put your book,or something to draw on and play. A storage for textile, garments and all what you need around. It will look so stylish and organised. We hope you love it as much as we do! 

In Liv’s room you will find: 

Rafa kids - A teen bed in whitewash finish. 

B bench 120 cm in whitewash finish and BB bench 90cm in natural wood. 

We also have a new Linen throws and felt basket in beautiful grey and blue. 

We wish you a wonderful weekend ahead. 

Rafa-kids BB bench - InsideOut magazine - Australia

While we pull warm sweaters to welcome chilly Autumn days in Europe 

at the same time in Australia the first Spring vibes poping out. 

Do you remember my post about a favourite stylist Jessica Hanson from Australia? I adore her work since a long time and always find inspiring what she does. For the October issue of the Insideout magazine she created with Sam Mcadam-Cooper  this amazing Black Swan Ballet dancer set. 

We are over the moon to spot Rafa-kids B bench and A teen bed in this girls’ room.  I remember ones a Rafa-kids customer saying, that our furniture is elegant and light. It was so nice to hear and it came back to my mind when I saw this pictures. Sunny colours used for this set give definitely feeling of a fresh start. 

Monday inspiration - Baby Blue for children’s rooms

Today I’m back with inspiring Monday post about Blues in children rooms…

Forget about the traditional baby blue coloured nursery rooms for baby boy! I hope we are over this generalisations and that baby blue colour is also a perfect tone to decorate girls’ rooms. They love to wear blue, right ? It is such a calm, relaxing and dreamy colour to add into children space. We are currently repainting our boys’ room and when we asked which colour they would like…my 10 years old son asked to paint the white walls - blue…

Last week Rafa-kids created in our studio this soft and delicate room with a touch of blue. The photo session was dedicated to our NEW B bench and BB bench. We went for natural wood and whitewash furniture with plenty of beautiful textile : linen , felt and wool. Perfect ingredients for a cosy Autumn day. 

I’m glad to see more and more examples of using soft blue tones with grey for a modern children spaces. It brings lightness and fresh air into home deco during the dark days coming ahead to us. 

Thank you for the inspiration - Pictures credits  :  3 - 4 - 5 - 6+7+8 all Rafa-kids

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Kids space at vtwdbeurs 2016

Last Friday we went to look for inspiration at the biggest Design and Interior Fair in The Netherlands called - VT wonen&design Beurs taking place in Amsterdam. We were so exited to discover, that the Dutch magazine vtwonen created space for kids in their pavilion. It was not just one little room…it was large and impressive open space.  The main element was a built platform where child can sleep and play and on the other side there was a separate area for working. My favourite element was definitely the built platform with the drawers underneath for all the toys and also a large wardrobe. Open shelves gave chance to expose all little treasures. Just perfect. I really liked the colours combo kept in this era. Grey was contrasted and refreshed with orange, which gave cosy and warm feeling. The working area was dark and calm, with a galaxy theme. Kids’ house was filled with plenty of vintage finds, industrial furniture like chairs or shelves, which made this space look so personal. Such a wonderful atmosphere….

and we spotted Rafa-kids XO game and X stool in black in there!  

Unfortunately on the entire fair it was not much more inspiration for children except this pavilion….I will show you more from the fair shortly. 

Happy weekend my dear readers. 

Open STUDIO

Last weeks we were busy paining and refreshing our studio in Rotterdam. We are almost finished and ready for the new season to start!  Yes, we can’t wait! Before that happens we thought, it would be great to OPEN THE STUDIO to welcome our local followers and friends of Rafa-kids while running this one off 3 DAYS OUTLET. Please note in your agenda : 

Rafa-kids 3 DAYS STUDIO OUTLET

when:

from September 15th to September 17th

10:00-18:00h (15-16 September)

11:00 -16:30h (Saturday 17 July)

where:

Insulindestraat 108, 3038JC Rotterdam 

You are more than welcome!

Why we do it ? 

Since this Summer we moved our stock into a bigger warehouse and now the studio is a place only for our creativities. We still have some furniture, photoshoot props and beautiful textiles. Come over to meet us and grab some nice occasions! See you soon….

We will reserve some outlet pieces for our internet followers so please STAY TUNED.

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