Famille Summerbelle

Racing cars carpet

No need to look further to please your child car addiction. Balouga has designed these fantastic hand tufted woven carpets. You can choose between 2 models and just give a Pantone reference for the colour of your choice. (Dim:150cm x100cm).

Child Child Chair

The Child Child Chair is a combination of two child chairs (one for a baby, the other for the older child) and a small table. It's a great solution to sit two siblings together. They can eat, play and discuss at the same level. The table comes in 5 colours and is available in shops in the Netherlands and in the USA.

Birdies Mobile and other interesting things

More amazing things I found via Design*Sponge. It's an amazing birdie mobile made by Spool Sewings. The pattern is now available as a downloadable pdf in their sidebar. They also have really nice children's tops and dresses patterns and they sell lovely bright coloured fabrics to go with it.
No excuse for not using your sewing machine this Summer.

Simply Breakfast

Simply Breakfast is THE blog you want to read while on holiday, when you have the time to lay the table, press some fresh oranges, buy some pastries and have the leisure to read the paper with a big cup of coffee...

Lamps

I discovered WEST ELM online interior shop via Design*Sponge. This is a selection of lamps I would buy. One day. Soon i hope.

Julia Rothman

If you are lucky to be in San Francisco until the 1st August go to Rare Device to see the exhibition of Julia Rothman and Caitlin Keegan. You can even buy her beautiful drawings here and check her fantastic blog Book by its Cover for unique designs.

LMNOP

LMNOP is an international online free quarterly PDF magazine for parents and their children.
Jenny Lacey the editor contacted me few weeks ago regarding Famille Summerbelle products.
I discovered at the same time her very well designed magazine full of imaginative brands and beautiful photos to illustrate the unique products. Check out the latest issue dedicated to all things animal!

Present and Correct

I discovered the brilliant London based shop Present and Correct via Bloesem blog. They sell a selection of vintage books, posters and handmade goods. I love the Misfits card set. Check out their lovely website here.

 

 

Marie Christophe

I have been a huge fan of Marie Christophe wire installations and objects for a while and I really wanted to show you her amazing work.
She uses wire as if she was drawing in 3 dimension. I love her use of coloured ceramics in her lamps collection.

Buisjes en Beugels+++ on BloesemKids

I fell in love with the bedroom of Buisjes en Beugels+++ from Dutch fashion designer Kellie Smits.
The colours are simple yet funky. i love the bed in Dutch tiles and the swing in the middle of the room.
You can check the interview of the talented Kellie on Bloesem blog.
Here 3 boys are also very cute!

Cookie Mag Interiors

I love checking Cookie Magazine website to get some fresh ideas.
I discovered these digital images of virtual children's bedroom a while ago on their home design blog 'Nesting'.
"The virtual rooms are the work of New York City interior decorator Jan Eleni and Boston architectural designer Matthew Fickett.
The bedrooms were all created to fit the individual child's specific interests, like the room for the "Train Fanatic" below:
For more info ideas on how to decorate the nursery check here!

Also I found this very clever bunk bed/desk/closet with a chalkboard on the door. Sadly it's not for sale.
It was designed in 1975 by Luigi Colani for a German company called Ebro.

14 Juillet: Ophelia's day!

Ophelia a 2 ans aujourd'hui! Joyeux Anniversaire ma cherie!

We are in the Alps celebrating her birthday with her French family. She is a lucky girl to have her birthday on Bastille Day. It's Bank holiday in France and tonight there will be lots of fireworks!

Emma Cassi

More lovely pictures by Emma Cassi. Photography by Katy McDonnell

livres d'enfants

I was very excited to discover 3 little children's books at my mums house. They belong to my uncle Filipandre who probably started his life long passion for illustration drawing in these books. I love the colours and the quirky characters.

finger painting

My friend Ruth sent me these amazing photos. It would be such a fun project to do with older kids. Not yet with my little toddler.