INTERIOR DESIGN FOR KIDS Thinking of adding kids’ decor to your store’s offer? Check out our pick of the latest collections. —
CAMOMILE LONDON
Camomile London believes in simple, functional and beautiful spaces. Through its products it aims to create a calm, inviting environment for rest, play and modern living. The brand’s passion for handcraft is clear to see across the collection, which includes bedding, quilts, blankets, cushions, toys, mobiles and ornaments for both babies’ nurseries and children’s rooms. Camomile London also works with artisans on limited-edition pieces and exclusive fabrics.
www.camomile.london
MAISON DEUX
Established in 2016, Dutch interior and lifestyle brand Maison Deux consists of a continuously growing collection of furniture, toys and home accessories. Products are designed for kids and their parents; fun and minimalist in style to blend perfectly with the rest of the home. Highlights include the iconic rockers, available in a choice of designs including a watermelon (pictured), cloud, moon and bowler hat. This new generation of rocking horse is crafted from solid French oak and upholstered in high-quality fabric made from 100 per cent wool.
www.maisondeux.com
MY MINI LABEL
Established in 2015, My Mini Label is a young Danish brand based in Copenhagen. It offers home textiles and decoration for kids’ rooms, with a focus on sustainability, quality, playfulness and aesthetics. Highlights include bedding, cushions, blankets, mobiles and garlands in organic cotton for babies’ and toddlers’ rooms, alongside A3 and A4 print illustrations.
www.myminilabel.com
RACHEL RILEY HOME
Childrenswear designer Rachel Riley recently teamed up with Textrade to launch her first ever Home Collection for babies and children, which launched to trade at Bubble London in January. Designed entirely by Riley, it comprises bedding, curtains, nursery and bedroom accessories and towels, and includes many of the brand’s iconic prints including the soldier, lamb, My Little Prince and My Little Princess. The Home Collection is produced by Textrade in its state-of-the-art facility in India, which already produces some of the world’s leading home textile products.
www.rachelrileyhome.com
MINI RODINI
Stockholm based childrenswear brand Mini Rodini has a new sustainable home range for kids and adults, featuring sleeping nests, pillow cases, bed sets and bed spreads. Highlights include leopard prints, rabbit prints and some of the most iconic prints from Mini Rodini – the croco map and horse print – all with illustrations by Cassandra Rhodin, the brand’s creative director and founder. The entire home range is made from 100 per cent organic, GOTS and fair trade certified cotton
www.minirodini.com/en
IN2WOOD
Belgium brand In2wood refreshes and redesigns elementary ‘old school’ children’s furniture with a sense of nostalgia. Its desk set, available in small for ages 2-6 years and large for 6-10 years, omits traditional table legs in favour of an aluminium base. These fine legs – available in mint, white, blue, pink, yellow or green – make it light and easy to move around. It also features a notch and pencil holder in the table top to match the colour of the base and storage beneath the table top.
www.in2wood.be
FORIVOR
British brand Forivor creates organic, illustrated children’s bedding inspired by nature. Its latest offering, Legends of the Sea, sees duvets and quilted blankets inspired by British marine wildlife in a bid to encourage children to help protect our oceans. The reversible bedding features a calming, daytime seascape with marine wildlife on one side and, for night, an underwater world of fantastical creatures. The bedding includes a set of character cards with facts about the wildlife and is presented in an organic cotton suitcase.
www.forivor.com
FIONA WALKER ENGLAND
Available to trade via S-c Brands, Fiona Walker England offers fair trade, handmade items to brighten children’s rooms. The collection focuses on felt wall decorations – namely, fun animal heads – but also includes matching animal bookends that double up as door stops, animal wall hooks and hanging mobiles.
www.s-cbrands.com
MERI MERI
Party and lifestyle brand Meri Meri has recently expanded with a home collection for kids, complete with a nursery line. Highlights include the Cosmos bedding set, inspired by outer space, and Confetti, a delicately coloured terrazzo print bedding set that coordinates with knitted wall decor, soft toys, cushions and paper party accessories. For babies, an organic cotton range includes blankets, rattles, musical mobiles, sleep bags and play mats. Storage suitcases and knitted characters also feature.
www.merimeri.com
HOME BY DOOR
Home by Door started life in 2015 as Kidscase Home, a sister brand created by Door Fransen for the children’s fashion label Kidcase. In January, the two brands amicably separated, with Fransen continuing as Home by Door. Aside from its new name, the collection won’t see many changes. It’s still available via UK agent Little Icons, and continues to offer a wide range of timeless yet contemporary textile accessories, home decor, bedding and soft toys. These all feature Fransen’s characteristic graphic edge, patterns and fashionable monochromes.
www.littleicons.co.uk
GRACE BABY & CHILD
Portuguese childrenswear brand Grace Baby & Child was founded in 2013 by Ana Peixoto Almeida, mother of two girls, entrepreneur and communication specialist. She decided to embrace change and continue to write the history of her own family in the Portuguese textile industry. Alongside children’s clothing, the collection features a vintage-inspired home range, which includes moses baskets and cots, bedding, cushions and bath towels.
www.gracebabyandchild.com
LULU & NAT
Lulu & Nat provides an extensive range of playful, bold designs in children’s bedding and sleepwear. For a/w 18, it has launched a new organic collection. Marking the British homeware brand’s first 100 per cent organic, GOTS-certified offering, the print-driven collection features sleeping safari animals and cheeky winking eyes across children’s bedlinen sets and matching pyjamas – pyjamas are also available in adult sizes. Each set is presented in a matching fabric bag.
www.luluandnat.com
MOTOMO
Designed and made in Bologna, Italian brand Motomo combines innovative design and high-quality organic materials to produce bedding and textiles for babies and children. Motomo stands for ‘Monday to Monday’, with the products meant for everyday use. Two new collections, Petali and Pastelli, both feature unique digital prints on GOTS-certified cotton, including bedding, a play mat and mobile for babies, with a duvet cover set for older children.
www.motomo.it
POCO NIDO
Home is a new product area for children’s clothing and footwear brand Poco Nido, and one it has plans to grow. Launching mid-May, the initial offer includes triple-pack storage bins, which are collapsible for stowing away when not in use and available in black/grey/white or rainbow owls print. Picnic blankets are also being introduced – packed in a handy matching bag, they can be coloured in with washable pens, machine-washed, and then coloured in again.
wholesale.poconido.com
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