Here’s a coffee table that will keep your kids, their friends and your own friends amused for hours. The PLAY! Coffee Table from BCXSY is like a giant version of those plastic slide puzzles you find in party bags. But this table doesn’t just look good, it’s useful as well. The pieces slide to reveal 16 secret compartments perfect for hiding cds, toys, crayons and all the other clutter that comes with kids.
The table is handmade from walnut veneered plywood with a lacquer print and is on swivel castors to make moving it around the living room so much easier. It is available from Canadian company, Generate for US$7599 but you will need to organise your own international courier.
Kids love playing with cardboard boxes because their
imaginations can run riot. And it’s the same with the Och-o. This fabulously minimalistic
piece of furniture from New Zealand’s Grasshopper Design can be whatever you and
your children want it to be. Is it a toy? Is it a footrest? Is it a table? Is
it a chair? Yes, yes, yes and yes.
I like the way the Och-o’s interesting shape encourages kids
to interact in whichever way takes their fancy. They can curl up inside or stretch
out on top. They can stack a few together to make a fort or link them to make a
tunnel. Each piece has been upholstered with cushioning foam and soft-touch fabric
to keep little ones comfortable while lazing about. Even mums and dads can have
a go because the Och-o holds up to 100kgs.
But best of all, unlike all those cardboard boxes, the multifunctional
Och-o won’t leave your living room looking like a recycling bin ran amok. The
Och-o is available in four colours from Bebe Online for $499.95. Delivery is
free to most areas.
"Memories should not be confined to the photo album" is the inspiration behind
Heirloom Furniture's
classic range of
children's furniture, designed and made in Sweden. Working against
modern notions of disposability, these beautiful pieces with proper
dovetail joints, rounded
edges and no protruding handles, aim to be handed down from generation
to generation as a backdrop to fond childhood
memories.
A smell, a toy, a knick-knack, and furniture can all bring faded
memories flooding back with astonishing power. The once-small owners of Heirloom furniture will recall the many
books read upon the delightful
Ellinor rocker, or on her elegantly-named
twin brother,
Theodor when they revive them for their own children to use.
Both are available in one or two-seater
versions with a choice of birch, oak or walnut arms, and two standard
leather colours. If you're particularly choosy, the leather can be
customised.
The
Heirloom collection would be ideal for basing an entire room around. It includes the
Nora coffee table, stunning
Bror sideboard, and the
Georg floor lamp. Each of these is also available in
the three types of wood as the chair arms, for a cohesive and polished look. Production methods are charmingly antiquated with
the chair cushioning being made from jute, horsehair, wadding and cotton fabric, and every piece is handmade in its entirety.
Heirloom Furniture is designed for children from ages two to six, with
pid.se
being most happy to ship worldwide. The single
chairs are from €998-1051, double sofas from €1367-1420, Nora
table at €523, Bror sideboard at €1008. At the time
of writing, the Georg lamp was not listed on the site.
In August last year, we featured the delectable Nurseryworks
Compact Table & Stools.
Their nursing rocking chairs are among the most coveted in the world - if I had my time again, I'd move heaven and earth
to get one here. Now we've come across even more furniture from this great company!
The Nurseryworks range includes the very fabulous
2-wide Changing Table. There's a
choice of door design options including plain, circles, squares and diamonds. You can have all drawers, or a drawer and cabinet
combination. Then choose between dark and
light pine for the platform and complete the look by co-ordinating the fascia colour with your nursery. Citrus, cotton candy,
lime, navy and snow are the colours available. I can't help but have a thing for the pink with dark base - it looks edible, like
a liquorice allsort!
If you're short on storage in baby's room, there also the
Dresser
-
pop the change table attachment on top
when space is at a premium. I love that you can make a real feature of
the top of the dresser - line up beautiful books with covers facing
out,
place a lamp or two on it for soft mood lighting, sit plush toys side
by side or have treasured family photos displayed there.
The very same
options are available as for the change table - have one, or have them
both. Mix and match colours, designs and
configurations as you please!
Once baby is toilet trained, both pieces are transformed into chic
storage units by removing the
changers. We like the furniture we review at Babyology to have
longevity, as well as that crucial timelessness. Buying just once is
not only good
money sense, but is also environmentally responsible.
The change unit is US$1200 and the dresser is $1350 plus $165 if you want the optional changer attachment.
Nurseryworks can arrange international shipping. I dare you to check
out the photo gallery for a peek at some incredible nursery set ups.
We at Babyology are big fans of Svan
products. So far we have reviewed the
highchair,
scooter and the
baby bouncer, all coming up trumps
in the style and useability stakes.
There's a new kid on the block now, with the release of the
Svan Mini Furniture Set,
a table and chairs set that allows an adult to sit comfortably beside
the child. Kids love it when adults join in the play, so with this
in mind, the set comes with a stool plus three child-sized chairs, as
well as the table.
Classic Scandinavian birchwood construction ensures the kind of
quality that will see this table and chairs lasting generations.
Years of eating, building, pasting, drawing and just hanging out will
be made all the more memorable when done comfortably and with
the capacity to seat an adult. The table's diameter is 60cm so will
accomodate all of these activites nicely, whilst remaining compact.
$549.95 from
bébé
who ship all orders over $100 for free.
