Picture this! concept by Paulina Arcklin

It is silence on my blog since a week because there is so many things going on behind the screen. 
I wish I could show and tell you more about it.

Yesterday I went to Amsterdam, to meet very special lady - stylist and photographer Paulina Arcklin.
I steped by her amazing house & studio and was charmed by every single corner of it. 

We are happy that Paulina accepted to do a workshops in our new studio at the beginning of May and help us with the photos session of Rafa-kids beds. How great is that! Yesterday we got our planning session and discussed many interesting ideas. I had problems sleeping after that  ;-) I never worked with a stylist before and this definitely changes my way of thinking. I really needed that.

The pictures above  are made and style by Paulina Arcklin in her house for El Ramla Hanra. 

Recently Paulina started new blog where she shares simple ideas to change your house. Enjoy!

White toddler bed

Since we decided to make a white and dark R toddler bed, 

I started to look around for inspiration and some other white beds for children. 

There is not so many simple ones. I like most the Leander bed , a bit classic but with a timeless beauty.  

White rooms like the one I'm showing you on the last photo, have such a great basis. Elegant and playful in the same time. Our R toddler bed will be not totally white, the wood will be present, so we can still enjoy the beauty of the material . If you have some nice examples of white beds for children…just let me know! 

I wish you a nice and relax - week end. 

 inspiration for the mood board is from this amazing site : bubbelsoda 

white duvet set : caramel-shop

Interior photos 1 / 2 / 3 

Children's Room styling on Pinterest

I joined the Pinterest few months ago ( for the ones which are not familiar with it, I can simply say it is a big internet mood board , where you can collect interesting pictures and select them by subjects) What I like is that Pinterest add automatically link to a original source of the picture, so I can always find things back! If I will pin properly of course. Almost 3.000 people are following me out there! This really surprise me because I'm on Pinterest every now and then.  My board : " Children's Room styling " is the most popular one.  

Today few of my  recently " PIN " rooms ;-) 

photo's via : 1 / 2 / 3 

studio update

Slowly we are working on our future studio..... 

I find it a bit difficult to run a family life & work and now add extra time to be there. Last weekend part of the ceiling has been removed. The space got immediately so much light! We like it so much! 

I wish Spring will come soon and give us more  warm days and extra energy. 

ADO speelgoed & Ko Verzuu

my busy boys….

For a long time I haven't seen such a magnificent exhibition! 

The wooden toys are wonderful, the space welcome so well children, they can do toys by themselves and can play with them too. The ADO speelgood ( toys) first catalog is from 1932 ! Can you imagine ? They are so modern! All ADO toys were made in Tuberculosis Sanatorium, in Berg en Bosch, close by Apeldoorn. The patients, instead of going on walks, spend four hours per day working - if possible at they own job. Ko Verzuu, was appointed head of men's work therapy. Father of 11 children! Like you can imagine, they tested and played with all prototypes. Ko Verzuu brought to a Dutch market something very unique. ADO original toys are not in production any more and become collectors items ….4 of us like them so much! 

You can see the exibision here : Tentoonstellingen - Coda Museum - AdoSpeelgoed 

I highly recommend it ;-) 

AREAWARE

Do you know already the cool products from New York City producer AREAWARE ? 

Today I want to show you some items for children. I will simply say : it is a great design with a good sense of humor .  " We wish to create a forum for young and local talent and together, we hope to become a strong voice for American design."  I really like the wooden animals designed by Karl Zahn and the pillows from Ross Menuez make me smile. 

I wish you a great week end. 

Cubebot  :  David Weeks  

Wooden animals : Karl Zahn -  available in NL at orphansocks

Animals pillows : Ross Menuez

Inspiration - wood and white

I came across this beautiful styling photo's last night and they give me such a nice feeling of rest. 

Wood and white, no contrast, no screaming…..

Photo's are made by Dennis Brandsma - styling Femke Pastijn 

for  101 Woonideeën via: femkepastijn

Rafa-kids furniture for kids in colors - coming soon

We are so exited to tell you, that soon our Rafa-kids set of F&R beds 

are going to be available in two new colors : white wash and dark chocolate. 

We like a lot the pure birch color but we think its great to give some more option for people which are not such a big lovers of natural wood color. I do like the dark bed a lot, I could even do the black one, the graphic lines of the beds are becoming so visual and strong. The white version is more delicate and elegant. We will use stain so the wood texture remains visible.  I will be happy to hear your opinion!  I think both beds are getting something extra with the colors, and I hope people will like it, as much as we do.  

Please contact us, if you would like to now more about the availability at info@rafa-kids.com 

natural birch wood 

white wash 

dark chocolate

natural birch wood 

white wash 

dark chocolate

The photo session for the beds is planed in our new studio in Spring , yeeee!