Rafa-kids - B120 Bench - Special Offer

Room for siblings with F&A bed set

Flexible room for siblings by Rafa-kids

MOVIE time with Rafa

Since I remember we wanted to create Rafa-kids movies.

It is such a great way to show how beautiful and playful our furniture is in real. Each time we build a set for new pictures in our studio, we just wish to keep it for as long as possible, or invite people over to show it. Many of you live far away, so we needed to do it in a different way. 

Today I’m so exited to invite you to our studio and feel the atmosphere 
of “ Splash of Yellow “ 
Cosy , soft toddler room which we created in collaboration with Danish brand Fabelab. 

I hope you can see how much we care for each details not only of our furniture, 
but all the accessories we use in this set. Let’s bring a sunny and positive vibe. 

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Rafa-kids & Fabelab

There were boxes of beautiful stuff arriving from Copenhagen to our studio last week. We teamed up with Danish brand Fabelab and received their gorgeous textiles, cuddly toys and tipi tent. We love to collaborate with other creative brands, so setting up this toddler room was for us such a treat . Beautiful shades of grey, soft pink and reach textures of felt baskets from our collection are the main theme of this latest Rafa-kids inspirational photoshoot. We would not be ourself without adding a splash of yellow into this Scandinavian calmness! 

We selected All White furniture of Rafa-kids, to give a great base to play around with these Scandinavian accessories. You know how much I like baskets! Remember this blog post ? Well, I think they are such a great way to store kids’s toys. The tipi tent gives such a dreamy atmosphere to this space. I think we will keep this set in our studio for some longer time....

What you can find in this room ? Here is a little help.  

Playful R toddler bed

 B bench  White M shelf with black metal and X stool 

and all the textile from Fabelab: 

Nightsky Bedding set , Dreamy Clouds stickers, Cuty Bunny, Lazy Bear and Storage Bags Bunny. 

From Rafa collection : 

Mustard felt basket, Felt bag with leather hanger, Felt floor cushion 

and NEW  - LuckyBoySunday Nulle Rug and Nulle Chair Pillow. Rafa-kids XO game and Pillows - Lavender and Ashes of Roses, Legend the Unicorn Soft Doll.

With a special thank you for Knuffelsalacarte for lovely company of : 

Blib Blob, Cordy Roy Lion and Kanicdocka doll. 

Rafa-kids - 2016 - Thank you

The year 2016 is going to end soon.  It was a wonderful year for our brand and we are so exited,

to come back and see again some of  Rafa-kids’ favourite moments. 

We started a new year in WHITE, clean and stylish way. 

After a great success of  R toddler bed in limited WHITE edition in 2015, it was time to introduce this finish to the rest of the collection. The new white collection is absolutely stunning. We don’t quite understand why we waited so long to do it! 

In April, Rafa-kids packed not only suitcases but our hearts and flew to Japan. 

We finally had chance to see stores of our Japanese partner Actus and spent a wonderful time in this magic country. It was a dream trip and you can read about it HERE, HERE and HERE. 

Just before Summer break Rafa-kids was glad to present NEW family members

  B bench and BB bench. 

We created this bench as an addition to our Rafa-kids F bunk bed. Fitting exactly between the ladder legs as a new siting/reading possibility for children. But of course this little bench can also be explored and used free standing in so many ways around the house. 

The minimalistic and elegant Benches received such a wonderful welcome and were almost straight away sent for few very exited photo shoots. One of them was Zara Mini Winter-Campainge and a publication in Australia’s Inside Out Magazine. This amazing Ballet girl’s room was created by Jessica Hanson and Sam Mcadam-Coopper. Could we asked for more ? 

We welcomed our second Lookbook - RAFA-kids SHELF collection 2016

designed by Asia Gwis - Kawka. 

Rafa-kids loves to collaborate with other creatives and see our furniture in well curated spaces and campaigns. The K desk was used for a photoshoot campaign of Makii brand offering Playful wall stickers for children. It’s also a brand from Rotterdam, so it is so nice to support our local collagues. 

Styling was created by Cynthia Schrijver. 

And what do you think about our K desk in black with Brabantia minimalistic bin ? 

  We are so proud to be selected for this pictures as we adore the work of  Studioaandacht. 

In September Rafa-kids studio opened doors for public for the first time. It was great to welcome and talk with people who normally pass by every day and never have a chance to meet us.  Normally our studio is only open on appointment, as we use it mostly as a creative space, where we make photo sessions and dream up new designs. It was a nice experience, which we need to do more often in 2017.   

One of the biggest steps Rafa-kids made in 2016 was the decision to enlarge our stock and move it to a professional warehouse helping us since than to ship the orders. After the Summer we could finally say that we have ALL OUR FURNITURE directly available and delivered worldwide within a week time.

Our customers kept asking us about a bigger size of our classic A teen bed. We had doubts if this elegant, simple design will look good in a wider version, but we are so glad we did it at the end. Now we have 3 sizes of A teen bed - narrow A teen bed fitting under F bunk bed, a standard 90cm and wide 120cm bed. Now our customers can always find something suited to their specific needs. 

and we are ending the year in White mood as we started it….

Please welcome White Benches and Shelves. The white furniture is such a good base for modern interiors. We like so much to imagine children’s rooms with different sets to inspire our customers and to show how playful our collection is. 

We would like to Thank you for all your support and being with us. 

Rafa-kids is growing each year and this journey is such an amazing experience. 

In 2017 we will celebrate 5th anniversary and we will do it in a special way - we promise.

We have many exiting plans and we are ready to bring you new adventures and new dreams! 

If you didn’t have chance to see us before - it’s us - Agata and Arek and our boys Frank and Robert. 

We are captured here at our home by photographer Nicoline Rodenburg. She makes reportages for Blijwonen Blog which features creative people living in Rotterdam.  We took part in an little interview by Priscilla de Putter, which you can read HERE.  The girls are working also on a book, which maybe will be realised next year. Fingers crossed. 

If you would like to see other Rafa-kids years here they are :

 2015 - 2014 - 2013 

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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. 

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. 

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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NEW B bench by Rafa-kids

Please welcome our new Rafa-kids members :

 B bench and BB bench. We couldn't wait any longer to show it to you! 

We wanted to create new furniture which would be good to use under our F bunk bed. Fitting exactly between the ladder legs it is creating a new siting/reading possibility for your child. That’s not all of course! Free standing bench can be used by our toddlers in many different ways. Racing, building, lying or rolling…kids love to play on the floor, don't they?  

Imagine it as a table in the middle of a room. Your child can draw on it or use it for other favourite activities. Under the bench there is space to put baskets, boxes or little suitcase.  It is of course easy to sit, and try to put your little shoes on. Or climb it to grab something from above. The bench can be used by older kids too. We see it as a side table next to A90 or A120 teen beds, just perfect to put magazines, books or clothes.

We have two models : with or without the backrest and two lengths of 90cm or 120cm 

and it is possible to use the benches with all of our furniture.

Simple design of this bench, makes this furniture perfect to use from early years into adultness.

We are in the production phase, so the new benches are going to be available in September.