It’s always a joy to behold new Bobo Choses’ delights, but we particularly love the sentiment behind their spring/summer 19 collection, To Make a Garden, which aims to promote planting of gardens to encourage bees. Think fruit and veg prints with a few geese, dogs and geometric shapes thrown in for good measure, on a muted palette of rust, faded… View Post
Can’t go wrong with a good coffee table book and Design for Children by Kimberlie Birks (Phaidon, RRP £39.95) is definitely that. More for mamas and papas than little ones (although those with impeccable taste will love it!), it’s an encyclopaedia of everything we hold dear here at BG: beautiful, practical products for children, encompassing toys and furniture. You’ll spot… View Post
It’s January, so, of course, we’re trying to start the year on the right foot and get organised. As you know, we’re suckers for gorgeous stationery, so it’s a good excuse to treat ourselves to a new planner to write all those to do lists in. Here are a few of our favourites. Have we missed any fabulous planners?… View Post
We don’t often feature chocolate, but we think PLAYinCHOC is a little bit different. Each little box of delights, contains not only two chocolates, but a flatpack cardboard toy, ready to transform into an animal, and a fun fact card. There are three collections: two with 18 designs: Endangered Animals and Woodland Animals and Rabbits with four designs. What makes… View Post
Good quality basics in bright colours are often hard to find – everything seems to require a slogan these days. So, we were delighted to see that BG faves Tootsa have launched a (unisex, naturally) collection of basics, Tootsa Essentials, comprising t-shirts, tops, trousers, pants and socks in primary colours and stripes. All items are made from 100% organic cotton with… View Post