I went to Bubble London on Monday, which is a bi-annual trade show for kids clothing, shoes and accessories mostly, with a sprinkling of children’s decor. It’s interesting to see how fashion and interiors influence each other, and I had a great time looking at the ‘moods’ created by different clothing brands. Some of these could easily be translated to children’s rooms – I will show you how in a later post.
Whereas the Kleine Fabriek trade show in the Netherlands a couple of weeks ago screamed colour at me, the mood at Bubble London seemed a little bit more subdued overall. Here are some of my personal highlights on the interiors side of things: 
Olive Loves Alfie launched their new VOC free, anti-bacterial paint range in collaboration with The Nursery Paint Company. Their display was awesome and the colours no less (no subdued-ness here!). More on this in a later post. Over at Cristina Rohde I found patterned storage boxes from Daisy Copenhagen in a range of blues, lilacs and pinks. I admired bedlinen at Lulu & Nat’s display, still loving one of their older designs shown here, the floral design. And tucked away at Minihaha, I fell in love with lace printed vintage furniture by Jo Gibbs.
(images: room to bloom)
Last Sunday I visited Kleine Fabriek, Holland’s biggest childrenswear tradeshow which also showcases a selection of home & gift collections. Below I’ve put together a few highlights. Strong colour still seems to rule (Dutch) kids rooms, though here and there I noticed a return of neutrals and naturals. For those of you who’d like to find out more about the autumn/winter 2012 fashion at Kleine Fabriek, head over to Junior Magazine afterwards for a brilliant report.
First up was Anne-Claire Petit with a stand bursting at the seams with crocheted goodies. Aside from many of my favourite products, such as the trophy heads, poufs, mushroom stools, giant fruits and vegetables, this crocheted bear rug made me smile.
At Rice there was the usual happiness with lots of bright colours. I love the new cup holder and floral melamine tableware. One day I would love to design a day nursery from head to toe and use Rice tableware as part of the total concept.
At Bakker Made With Love these Poetic floral fabric lanterns are now available in new shapes. Sooo pretty!
Wu & Wu stood out with a beautiful colourful stand – not difficult with their colourful Asian vintage inspired design. I loved their new fox and deer cushions.
Chispum wallstickers made me smile:
And finally this light blue Kili cot and junior bed from Sebra was filled with the new ‘Sebra goes graphic’ range of bedding in lots of ton sur ton patterns to mix and match, a metal lamp and the ubiquitous owls. Love.
Do you have any favourites? Let me know what you think will be big this year in children’s design.
(images: room to bloom, bakker made with love, chispum, sebra)
I am so excited that Room to Bloom now has its own website and that it’s finally up and running! It’s been a long time in the making and I’ve driven everyone around me quite crazy. Thank you Alastair, my love, for sticking with me, thank you Loes for your gorgeous design, thank you Mickey for making it all work perfectly… We can all exhale now.
To accompany the new website I have also started this blog. Here is where I hope to be sharing some of inspiration behind my work, and the wonderful things I come across whilst sourcing for kid’s rooms. If you have some time once in a while, do pop back to see what’s new. It would be lovely to see you again!
Ursula x
