> NEW Art Prints

and new size! All of our Art Prints now measure 30cm x 40cm and fit into standard off the shelf 'high street' frames.

These designs co-ordinate beautifully with our new Wood Print Wall Sticker range. The deer are printed with a gorgeous soft brown, black, grey and lilac tartan, complete with soft woollen fabric texture. The trees are printed with a blonde wood texture and there are hot spots of fluoro colours for added punch.

Lovely gifts for Christmas.

These new designs will be available to purchase from our webshop tomorrow.

> 15% off SALE THIS WEEK

We are offering 15% off our full range of Wall Stickers, Clocks, Art Prints and Cushions all this week.

Grab a Christmas bargain at this great discounted rate while you can! Offer ends at midnight on Friday 30th November. 

The SALE Discount code to key in at the end of checkout is: SD3850KS4W.

(Please note: Wallpapers and WallScene's are exempt from the offer).

Happy Shopping!

> NEW! Wood Print Woodland Friends

These are really sweet - Woodland Friends Wall Stickers, printed with a soft wooden texture. They look great on a white or soft grey wall and even lovelier on an inky blue or lilac grey wall. Perfect for your little ones!

Available from our webshop.

> NEW! Wood Print Cowparsley Wall Stickers

And here are our Cowparsley Wall Stickers with the fabulous blonde wood print. They really do look utterly lovely.

Available to order from our webshop.

> NEW! Wood Print Height Chart Wall Stickers

This is absolutely gorgeous! Our Woodland Friends Height Chart wall stickers... in soft blonde wood print. The texture is lovely and adds warmth with a contemporary edge.

Chart your child's growth development with our charming height chart. The wall sticker is supplied as a single tree trunk with individual leaves, woodland animals, a bird house and butterflies and dragonflies. We even include a chinagraph pencil so you can add your children's names, heights and dates. 

Look out for our new range of art prints and cushions, coming very soon.

> NEW! Wood Print Wall Stickers range

We're so excited to launch our new "Wood Print" Wall Sticker range today. A soft blonde wooden texture is printed onto our best selling wall sticker designs creating a very glam Scandi feel.

This is a brand new design - "Woodland Flowers" with a retro white flower design printed onto the wood pattern.

They look serenely gorgeous on white walls with contemporary white furniture or retro finds, but be daring, and paint a focal wall a deep inky grey and then add the stickers - they effect is quite dramatic and absolutely stunning.

New art prints and cushions to follow too!

Hope you like!

> Little and Big Ben's

Our Big Ben and Little Ben's are flying out of the door at the moment - fab iconic clocks that create a real design statement for both children's and their parents walls.

Available to buy from our webshop.

> "Woodland Friends" - new product launch

Introducing our new Woodland Friends Wall Stickers... printed in a soft blond plywood texture, they will add a fresh modern graphic look to any child's room. We love!

Coming soon to our webshop.

> how to create a beautiful nursery

How to create a restful nursery with some hits of punchy colour:

Here, we have started with our "Dandelion Fields" WallScene Wallpaper in the softest shade of beautiful warm grey for the walls. A frilly white Norm 03 pendant lamp compliments the dandelions within the design (and it will add the most delightful array of patterning on the ceiling when switched on). An Oeuf Sparrow cot in gentle grey picks up on the grey theme while the bright orange Panton chair adds a shot of colour. Add a white dresser for storage and accessorise with our Birdie Tree art print in duck egg, the Hang It All coat hook and our Dandelion Fields cushions.

The beauty of this scheme is that the Dandelion Fields wallpaper will last for years and grow with your child - it works brilliantly with soft muted shades and natural wooden tones and is a trumph with hits of dazzling pop colours, so you can tone it down or funky it up as you choose. The cot converts into a bed so is a real investment, the dresser is neutral but has a strong contemporary feel and the Panton Chair and Hang It All hooks are design icons that will not date and are the antiques of the future.

> what a way to start the week...

We don't normally post comments we receive about our products on our blog, but perhaps we should. We just had to share this one...

"Hi, I have purchased many items on line and never written a review on a product but I am so delighted with the wall sticker I bought for my kids play room that I thought I would contact!! I bought the Fun of the Fair wall sticker and it looks absolutely fantastic, the colours are amazing and the detail is just brilliant. When my kids saw it completed they screamed!!! What an amazing web site, your products are of the highest standard and truely unique!!"

Nikki R.  

What a fantastic repsonse! Thank you Nikki!

> devine cots

Aren't these the most covetable cots? They're from a new Spanish company "XO-in my room" run by three brothers, based in Barcelona. Taking inspiration from traditional pieces, they have given the cots a fab industrial twist by using reclaimed materials and creative finishes.

The JANA Canopy Crib is particularly devine and works beautifully with the deep grey walls (try Downpipe Grey by Farrow and Ball) and the THEO Cot looks calm and restful in an all white interior. Try adding a cluster of white paper balloon lanterns, a metal Tolix chair or stool and a chunky rug to create a fabulous contemporary nursery.

Can't help thinking our White Dandelions and Cowparsley wall stickers would also look great with these!

> Little Ben in the Press

Thanks to Amy at Everything Begins in Australia for this - a lovely piece on our "Little Ben" Wall Clocks in the Good Weekend Magazine in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Proclaiming them as "objects of desire", we couldn't agree more.

> Welcome to Autumn

The season of mists and mellow fruitfulness is here, my favourite time of the year. Autumn is particulartly spectacular in our village and the surrounding landscape of Blenheim Palace - the yellow stubble of the harvested wheat fields, the deep browny green and rust tones appearing on the leaves, ripening berries and nuts in the hedgerows, the mists that cling between the dells and hillocks and along the river, grouse and pheasants criss-crossing the fields, and that glorious, golden sunlight, particularly spectacular early in the morning! I love it.

Here is a photo we took last year with a panel of our "Lost Garden" WallScene wallpaper in Winter Sky pinned to a bale of straw. Still looks lovely.

  

> white dandelions and cowparsley wall stickers

How lovely are these? Our white dandelion and cowparsley stickers on a sunny acid yellow wall or on a cool, contemporary shade of deep taupe grey. 

The acid yellow paint is Dulux 60YY 59/604 - it gives a really fresh, happy and sunny aspect to a room and works beautifully with white or natural wooden pieces of furniture. Paint the rest of the room in white or soft grey (Sandersons Griege Light is a perfect choice).

If you fancy going for a deeper, more contemporary look, then Trilby by Earthborn is a wonderful shade.

Both shades make my heart sing and will look absolutely stunning. 

And, the best news of all... we now use a soft pearlescent, matte white vinyl for these wall stickers which just looks completely stunning! 

> fab hallway

This is a wonderful example of how to make a room exciting and eclectic, using some bright colour and my beloved dark grey as a backdrop. A simple wooden bench, picking up on the colour and tone of the flooring, is the base for a collection of everyday objects and arty pieces. The deep grey wall is the perfect foil with the skirting board, painted in crisp white, forming a graphic separation. White framed art on the wall continues the link but adding vibrant touches of bright yellow and pink, lightens and excites the finished look.

Photos: Lou Mora and Sarah Yates.

> our Colliss & Quinton website is nearly finished

We are getting very excited - the new website for our sister company, Colliss & Quinton is nearly ready to launch. Here is a sneak peek at our home page, which will have a revolving set of interior images showing some of the projects that we have worked on recently. We've done so much and are so proud of all the work we have designed.

We have designed traditional cottages, London apartments, boutique B&B's, farmhouses and Georgian homes... interior design is the best job in the world and we are so lucky to do it.

> Dandelion Fields and Cowparsley

The first flush of dandelions and cowparsley have finished flowering in the hedgerows and fields around our village and we are looking forward to the next wave of them. 

Our Dandelion Fields WallScene wallpaper with it's soft grey background (a match to Cornforth White by Farrow & Ball) is a delightful contemporary twist on fields strewn with wild flowers. It looks fabulous with contemporary pieces of furniture and iconic lighting, but works equally well with vintage pieces and natural woods.

> Soldier Ants Wallpaper for pre-teen boy's room

How to create a über cool room for a pre-teenage boy:

Simple... take our "Soldier Ants" WallScene wallpaper with it's cool graphic panels showing ants, maps, helicopters and graffiti as the starting point. The primary colours will add a striking note of colour to a focal wall. Build on the design using the Anglepoise Giant 1227 pendant light or the wonderful Norm 69 lampshade and choose a black Anglepoise desk lamp or the huge floor version if you have the space. Add the iconic Verner Panton chairs and Fat Boy Point pouffe stools and soften with co-ordinating cushions. Finish with Anna Castelli Ferrieri's Componobili storage units which can be used as fabulous and functional bedside units.

Sorted!

> in the press - "Melbourne Weekly" magazine

Thanks to Sam of SE10 Gallery in Australia for this fab piece of press in the Melbourne Weekly magazine.

They included our "Union Jack Big Ben" clock in their Cool Britannia feature, alongside items by Sebastian Wrong, Richard Woods and Kelly Hoppen.  Lovely! 

> Fluoro "Lost Garden" wallpaper

Our fluoro "Lost Garden" wallpaper is selling fast... we must be dreaming of summer days again.

> highly commended in Junior Design Awards

We are thrilled to have been Highly Commended in the Junior Design Awards 2012 and we are featured in the July 2012 Design issue (no 155) out now. Junior magazine, the world's finest parenting magazine, honoured us with this award in their "Best Interiors Collection" section, having long been fans of our imaginative, zany designs and luminescent pop colours.

Thank you Junior.

20% off - Jubilee Sale

Celebrate the Jubilee weekend and grab a gorgeous bargin with our fabulous 20% off sale, starting today and ending at midnight on Sunday 10th June.

Enjoy the weekend and Bank Holidays (whatever the weather) and have fun!

> new cushions coming soon

Here's a sneak peek at some new cushions coming soon to our Colliss & Quinton web shop (our sister interiors and interior design site) but will also be available from Funky Little Darlings. Loving them already and lots of stunning designs coming.

www.collissandquinton.com. 

> new retailer - "Ginger and May"

We are really happy to introduce "Ginger and May" as our latest new retailer, taking a huge range of our products.

Ginger & May believe that "childrens rooms can happily complement the overall character of your home, rather than detract from it", (our ethos too!) finding quality products for children in beautiful designs that adults will love too. 

Looking forward to working with you Sue.

> summer blues... and cowparsley

So happy with this lovely weather - summer is truly here and we are loving it! Celebrate with our summer blue "Lost Garden" WallScene wallpaper. It is captivating, with massive cowparsley, dandelions, meadow flowers and grasses gently billowing in the summer breeze and butterflies, dragonflies and little ladybirds floating in the sky. Perfect!

> blog feature - Ginger and May

Thanks to Ginger and May (new retailer) for a lovely blog feature on us. They have some fabulous products on their website and we look forward to working with them.

Gold Medal at Chelsea for FORAS

We are absolutely thrilled that FORAS, the designer garden accessories company we design for has won a coveted Gold Medal at Chelsea.

We have worked with them for a number of years developing their branding, designing brochures, products and their show stands, including their new Chelsea brochure, below.

Their show garden, "The FORAS Sculpture Garden", in the Great Pavillion Marquee, was designed by Lynn Riches and Mark Lyppiatt of Horticolous and features their stunning Gallery Slate range of sculptures. We are absoluted thrilled for them all.

Looking forward to spending a day at Chelsea this week.

Please contact www.foras.co.uk for a brochure.

> new retailer "Olive Loves Alfie"

We are delighted to add 'Olive Loves Alfie' to our growing list of retailers.

Olive Loves Alfie, a children's store in London, was established in 2006 by Ashlyn Gibson with a hand picked selection of inspiring and imaginative children's clothing, home-wares, toys and games. They are stocking our "Little Ben" Wall Clocks with a view to developing a bespoke collection of colours in the near future.

Blazing the style trail in the world of children's retail, 'Olive Loves Alfie' has found a niche as "the most inspiring children's independent in the country". With an exciting selection of home-wares, women's wear and bespoke artist collaborations, it has become the destination family lifestyle store not only for discerning parents, but also for established and emerging designers seeking the 'Olive Loves Alfie' seal of approval.

Looking forward to working with you Ashlyn.

> Highly Commended in the Junior Design Awards 2012

We have been Highly Commended in the prestigious "Junior Design Awards 2012" and are absolutely delighted.  The Junior Design Awards are the only awards that celebrate excellence in design & style for children's fashion, lifestyle & interiors, travel, food, toys and books. We are very proud to have been recognised by them for our interior decor collection, especially when considering the sheer number of entries they received this year.  

Thank you Junior Magazine.

> cheery images

Thought it might be nice to see a cheerful selection of our children's interior decor images, in bright happy colours.