The last thing that I think parents need right now is more pressure. Pressure to provide the perfect instagram-ready home learning space for their child, with the colour-coordinated stationery set and soothing wall colour. Many families are facing really hard times and my aim here is to offer some advice to suit all families with…
Biophilic design is the concept used to increase your connectivity to the natural environment. It affirms that bringing the outside in is soothing and beneficial. One of the 2020 Design Trends for Children’s Rooms is biophilic design and it feeds into the use of colour palettes and materials based on nature. This month, I am…
My series of spring blogs will be delving into the interior design trends for children’s rooms for 2020. As nature comes out from under it’s shelter and the days start to get longer I start planning brighter and more colourful rooms! I think it is clear that the natural world provides most of our inspiration…
A Little Intro to Tania…. I love the Mess Goddess’ ethos ” I consider what I do as a form of art and empowerment combined with efficiency and practicality.” Her skills in decluttering and simplifying your life are really worthwhile and she has many tips to share which are really applicable to your child’s room,…
It is important to have a good clear out a couple of times a year when you child is quite young, maybe less when they get a bit older and stop growing out of things as quickly. I find using landmarks like Christmas and birthdays is really helpful to keep me on track. As I…
In this post I will be tackling the thorny issue of displaying Lego – whether these are shop bought LEGO sets or purely imaginative one-off masterpieces they’ll always come a tidy -up time when your child will say they haven’t finished playing with this LEGO build and want to keep it to continue playing next time…what to do…?
To continue my series on LEGO, which began last month with How to get your child to tidy their LEGO , I felt I should share the categories and storage units I used to sort and storage my son’s LEGO most of which was handed down to him from my brother in one huge overflowing archiving…
If you are tired of standing on your child’s LEGO this post is for you.
Toddler Proofing Guide or… Things To Do Before Your Baby Crawls! (babies crawl at eight months on average, which means for many it happens earlier!) My quick disclaimer is that these are the things I found useful and needed to do, I am not a health and safety expert, these are just my advice based…
How can the design of your child’s room help them get a good night’s sleep? I find a combination of room colour, darkness at night, layout and storage can help enormously.
