yellow in H&M Home SS14

It looks like the yellow color in the interior accessories will stay with us in 2014.

 I just came across the new H&M collection for Spring/Summer and I can see that they are proposing plenty of affordable products in this color this year. I personally really like the black & white stripes, together with yellow, which makes this a very graphic and fresh combination. Yellow color with many tones of gray, linen , wool are also very nice idea. The H&M bedding collection with dots, has it's charm too, available in yellow, blue and black and white. We will stay definitely with the cool tigers for my boys room! 

Kids' Design book from BRAUN

We are very proud that Rafa-kids' beds are featured in KIDS' DESIGN 

book by Michelle Galindo released by Swiss publisher Braun. 

The volume: 

" ... presents a selection of the most innovative designs for children, 

from novelties to established classics. It is for all parents who value great design and want to pass it on to their children."

We find it amazing that being only 1,5 years on the market we are standing between such a good companies as Oeuf or Kalon Studios.

There is plenty of other great products for kids in this book but I cannot take pictures of it all :)  

If you are interested in kids' design, you can get it here : braun-publishing

and some of the established classics toys....

geometric lamps

Lamps - delicate - light - easy to put - easy to move.

So simple geometric shapes.  

Fresh and energetic colors. 

My favorite at the moment. 

Thank you  

studiosnowpuppe - moncolonel for the great work! 

Happy Wednesday to all of you! 

knit animals BLA BLA

Do you know already Bla bla kids ? 

I was looking at this brand a bit skeptical for a while, because it's to cute for my own taste…but then, the other day, I look carefully at my 3 years old son favorite knitted animal,  and I realize that Bla Bla dolls are probably loved by kids a lot ;-) They have this traditional look, cosy and frendly. My little boy has this animal ( on the picture above without any brand name ) since he was born and he will not fall a sleep without it. 

Bla Bla was created in 2001 by Susan Pritchett and Florence Wetterwald. During they visit in Peru, they came across entire villages of expert knitters who had been keeping the tradition alive for generation…and the idea to start own company was born. 

I'm thinking of getting new knitted animal  for my son…but then, which one ????

 Cat ? Monkey ? Panda….it's not easy. 

notedesignstudio

I don't know about you, but when I look at some products of  Note Design Studio - I think they are so playful and childish. Colors, shapes, materials and expressions, just perfect for kids to play. I don't think this is what the designers think off ;) but at least I can easy imagine this furniture in children's room. My personal favorite is the red open wardrobe, made out of metal, with the crossing legs . Note Design Studio says that for this collection they were inspired by camping and field trip and storage boxes and shelves based on cages for trapping specimines.

They are stockholm-based design studio founded in 2008. They work within the fields of architecture, interiors, products, graphic design and design strategy, look for more : notedesignstudio

AM.PM. for children deco

Today I would like to show you colorful children collection from AM.PM . 
If you are a reader of Milkmagazine, you probably recognize this brand which is a frequent guest out there ;-) It was a new brand to me till yesterday, when I finally got some time to go through their collection. Do you like this dark blue / indigo bedding set ? I do a lot! Little starts all over ? What is the other perfect pattern for a bedding set for kids than stars? maybe clouds? 

I also really like the idea of this TWO beds : the metal frame bed, with a second low one on wheels, for a guest sleep overs. Laredoute is a big company, with stores all over the world and AM.PM. is a small part of it, with it's own children's department and collection. They have furniture and accessories for children's room deco…look for this Little Prince bedding set!

peach color

The year just started and there is many new things going around the web world. 

Brands are showing their new catalogues for Spring/Summer 2014 and new color trends appear already… a bit overwhelming for me, so I decided to start the year with my small personal selection.

 I hope you will like it ;-)

beautiful women Hanneli wearing Celvin Klein coat

housedoctor cataloge Everyday 2014 is out with a lot of pastels…

not especially peach but more mint and blue. 

 work of frieda mellema is absolutely special

bloomingville new spring/summer 2014, with this cool pillow I would like to get! ;-) 

RELAX - LAUGH - REPEAT 

new start

Happy New Year everybody! 

I wish you all a great 2014 and let's make the best out of it! 

After two nice weeks at home with my boys, I need some time to get into the new rhythm, but I'm….

planing, dreaming and looking for the new to come! 

Rafa-kids is having a small clean up at our store, for the last items in our collection.  Now the junior bedding sets :  PAPER DOLL, CAR CARDS and beautiful black&white VISIONTEST, ( junior and adult) are discounted, and we wan't get more once the last one is sold out. 

This graphic iconic BIG calendar on the picture is designed by Massimo Vignelli in 1966, 

for American company Stending. 

You can get it in the Nederland here : kleuroptafel It's a real candy for the eye ;-)