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Showing posts with label dutch design for children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dutch design for children. Show all posts
Monday, November 25, 2013

let's play under Rafa-kids bunk bed !

Bunk bed dark chocolate from Rafa-kids

Forget the time, when a bed needed to be standing in the corner of the child's room! 
We are putting Rafa-kids F bunk bed in the middle of the space and create a playful, cosy and fun room to use. Don't you think that the space under bunk bed is perfect to play and create your child's magic world ? It's not only pleasant to look at, it's actually so great to put it in action! 

And yes, we are a parents of two boys, and  they love cars, and they love to play on the floor a lot and use pillows to make fights!  The dark bed can be actually a very cosy and nice background for all the toys we have in a child's room! 

 Rafa-kids Bunk bed dark chocolate - Let's play under the bed!
Boy room with bunk bed dark chocolate from Rafa-kids
boy room with red&gray and dark chocolate bed from Rafa-kids
When you look at my mood board: 
To create this space I wanted to paint one wall in gray color, to calm a bit the dark tone of the bed. Then I used red accents to make it playful. A lot of different pillows, black&white ones to make it a bit graphic. Favorite poster, some boxes for storage and a lot of space to play!  Our boys didn't want to leave the studio when they saw what we made for them, with their toys and books! 


Products on the pictures :
2. Red box/ case - Loods 5 / Sliedrecht
3. Black lamp - Loods 5 / Sliedrecht
4. Carpets - IKEA
5 . Pillows: black with white circle - Volt , red/black/stripes - hand made ;-) 
6 . All accessories & poster from our boys' room 

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Inke Heiland - wallpaper animals

Inke Heiland wall animal
Inke Heiland olifant
Inke Heiland deer

I can not believe that Inke Heiland is working already six years!  
I miss some how her simple and beautiful products, how come? 
Maybe because I do not really like wallpaper or wall stickers ?  
but I do like her modern animals ;)  
The idea is so simple : you choose wallpaper that fits your interior, 
and then select a shape of an animal which you would like to have - and that's all. 
Inke Heiland is running very nice blog , where she is showing pictures from around the globe with her products : in shops and privet houses, hospitals and daycares. Very impresive. You can also see her own lamps desing, small bedding & curtain collection and even a book : www.inke.nl

Inke Heiland wall paper

Inke Heiland giraffe
Inke Heiland animals
Inke Heiland lion

pictures from Inke blog : inkeheiland
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Rafa-kids is GROWING

bunk bed whitewash

Rafa-kids is GROWING FAST. 
At the moment almost all of our beds are sold out. 
Especially the WHITE Rafa-kids collection is very popular. 
The factory is almost ready with new delivery, which we are going to welcome in the studio in about a week. Some of the beds are not getting back to stock. Our F bunk bed whitewash is already sold out for pre-orders. I'm very sorry for all customers who are waiting for it and would like to make an order in September. The toddlers are also running out very fast, and I have only few left for you. 

You wonder what's going on? 
We placed an order at our factory clearing the material they had in the warehouses reserved for our beds. 
We have to order new stock of our beautiful Finnish plywood again and double our production. Unfortunately this will take a bit more time than usual. The new beds will be ready around the beginning of December. 
It is definitely a BIG GROWING UP moment for our brand, and I'm very happy it is happening.....


Sunday, September 1, 2013

101woonideeen voor kinderen



The latest issue of the Dutch magazine 101woonideeen
 is bringing a big amount of color inspiration for children's rooms. 

My 7 years old son told me very recently that white, gray and black are the saddest colors on the planet! He doesn't really understand why our house is so monochromatic and why I paint all walls so dark gray. It was very confronting I have to confess. I do love colors, but not much in the interiors. I was trying to explain to my boy, that the white and gray are a good base to play with colors in his room…and when he got few new colorful pillows he was getting smile on his face. He announced : "colors make me happy" ! 

When I saw these colorful photos in 101woonideeen , I thought, yes some people do it so bravely and they go for such a strong yellow and neons , are you? I spot stars all over : on the wallpaper, bedding and floor…. 

desk for child vtvonen collection
DIY table for children
photo's :  Sjoerd Eickmans / styling Kim van Rossenberg

Our boys' room was published in this issue, 
under instagram action run by the magazine few weeks ago! 
The one in the corner with the wooden bunk bed and some blue is ours ;)
Monday, August 26, 2013

Zilalila

Happily we can still enjoy the last days of summer and a nice weather here. 
I have already started to look for some warm plaids and pillows for our house and Zilalila is one of my favorite brands since a long time. I was so happy to see their new photo session with kids involved. This great brand connects fair trade production with an artistic touch and beauty.  Sam IJsbrany and Anita Bokos are the creative duo standing behind it. Based in The Netherlands and all the products are made by women in Nepal. 



" ...One of the Zilalila production units has over 240 producers,
 benefitting over 2500 family and local community members.
The producers receive a steady income, health care & insurance, and low interest loans. Their children get free primary education and higher secondary school is sponsored for those unable to afford further education...."

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Rafa-kids A teen bed whitewash

bed for a teen  tenager seng

I hope you like our photographs series of Rafa-kids white wash beds. 
Today our bed for an teenager - A teen bed, which you can also use as a day bed. We really like the simple line of the design and we didn't want to disturb it to much with strong elements. I wanted to have a calm and a bit soft atmosphere, so that's why I got this nice white teen shoes! The pattern of the cover bed is a bit boyish so we can have sort of uniform bed - for boy or a girl. Our studio is such a perfect place. Almost around the corner so we can just step out there any time we like. I find it a real luxury. 

I hope you got a great sunny weekend! We are enjoying the hot days out here. 

modern design teenager bed  tenager seng



Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Rafa-kids F bunk bed whitewash


køjeseng modern bunk bed whitewash

We keep making pictures of our Rafa-kids new whitewash beds! 
We would like to refresh all our website and inspire you with new look. We are starting with a calm and simple images, but it will be more colors coming soon! This time we focused on F bunk bed in whitewash version. 

Our 6 years old son was having some fun too, and we didn't have to persuade him at all to be part of the photos. The whitewash F bunk bed is such a playful element in a child's room, and you have plenty of possibilities to arrange the space!  

modern design bunk bed


Thursday, June 13, 2013

101wonideeen / instagram / kinderkamer


Welcome to the world of real Dutch children's rooms! Since a long time I haven't seen anything so inspiring!  Dutch magazine 101woonideeen, organized an event on instagram called #101kinderkamer, asking people to put a pictures of their children's rooms. The magazine chose the most inspiring ones, and will publish them in September's issue of the magazine. I'm a happy winner too ! When I started to watch the other rooms, I just love them so much and have to show it to you. So many different ideas, from very colorful rooms, with amazing wallpapers, textiles, to a very dry grey rooms and also white one with a bit of green, which is my favourite. I think they have so much love and care inside. I'm not surprise that researchers say the Dutch children are the happiest ;-)  
Which room is your favourite ? 
All the pictures are credited to their owners, under each photo. Thank you for all the inspiration! 

mydeernl - Maaike Koster