> FLD's new look... exciting and inspiring

It's all or nothing at FLD... not content with simultaneously launching the Colliss & Quinton webshop, working on interior design projects in Oxfordshire and London and getting new products ready to launch, we are in the process of revamping FLD too! 

Our aim? To to make FLD a first class destination webshop for design savvy parents and modern family living. From cradles to beds, furniture to feature walls, cushions and clocks and all decoration requirements in between. Much of the decor is our own label, but we are adding a very carefully curated selection of the very best products on the market. High end brands such as Vitra, New York's Oeuf, Italian company Nidi to name but a few and more coming on board every day. And, we are designing our own range of children's bedroom furniture too! So much change is happening here.

We will add Mood Boards to pull complete room plans together, designed to excite and inspire new parents. We will steer you through the often overwhelming choice of products and paraphernalia on the market, because we have the experience to advise on what you do and don't need. For existing parents, we can help you through the transition from 'baby' room to toddler and teen room too!

And our Interior Design Service is there for you if you feel it is all too much or you have too many ideas and want to get the experts in to advise and guide or do the whole thing for you. As experienced interior designers, having worked on hotel interiors, Grade I and II Listed properties and residential projects with our sister company Colliss & Quinton, we can create the look that you want so you can relax and enjoy family life. 

> Highbury project

We are absolutely delighted that our designs for a 9 year old boy's bedroom in Highbury have been approved and are proceeding to production. 

Currently, there is a raised cabin bed with drawers underneath, a single wardrobe, a small desk and a few shelves. He needs tons more storage to house books, toys, an ever growing sports kits and clothes, a larger desk and chair with lots of shelf space. 

We are giving him an industrial style room that will grow with him. It will look cool and contemporary when he is 16! Soft grey walls contrast with sharp white paint on the bedroom door, window shutters and skirtings. Three wardrobes standing almost floor to ceiling are being made to three different depths, to break away from being a solid block along the wall. These will be painted in the same soft grey as the walls, have invisible handles and three large round knobs so he can hang clothes/bags on the door. A tall 10 door cupboard in dark grey provides additional storage. He has a platform bed on go-cart style castors made from Ash (looks like plywood) with a headboard containing secret storage. In both alcoves he will have 10 ash shelves and a desk which is triangulated to meet the 10 door cupboard. He will have an Eames style DSW chair and black anglepoise desk lamps.

Pretty cool! Completion is for the end of January. 

> Interior design for cottage - bedroom 1

We are working on some bedroom interiors with the most wonderful family for their new cottage in a beautiful Oxfordshire village.  The cottage is being totally refurbished and and converted from a 3 bed to a 4 bed property.

Here are the plans for the bedroom of their 11 year old daughter. The room is about 2m x 2.4m (so it's snug!) but it doesn't have to skimp on style or storage. The initial issue, was storage - how to fit a wardrobe, chest of drawers, bed and a desk into the room. Simple - build upwards! We designed a raised bed, with fixed ladder and storage underneath featuring clothes rails and shelving. Loads of room. A void space above the girls head area will contain a small shelf unit and internal light and a desk with paper lanterns above. The bed will be clad in scrapwood wallpaper and a wallcovering sits on the desk wall. It all looks grown up and sophisticated and, crucially, will grow with her as she gets older.

The bed has been constructed out of MDF and I'll show you some images of it tomorrow - it looks fabulous... all ready for painting!  

> a nod to the NUD light

I love these images - how NUD lights can easily transform a space with their bright and colourful cords in both children's and grown up rooms. The Nud lights, with their mouthwatering array of coloured cords, are designed to hang loosely and add some industrial chic and drama to any interior. We can get so fixated in ensuring all ugly electrical wires are firmly buried into walls, but there is nothing ugly about these lights. Their very simplicity and sublime elegance demand that they be seen... and in as many colours and combinations as you can possibly manage. 

In children's interiors, hang them long and low to give abundant task lighting and in grown up rooms, dangle them over the dining table, drape them across the ceiling, hang them either side of the bed - use your imagination and have fun with them.

They are also coming soon to our webshop so keep an eye out for them.

> interior design service

Interior design is an absolute passion for us. It gives us the opportunity to try out new and exciting designs and totally transform a room. We particularly love creating designs that clients would not ordinarily have considered. For this room, the centre piece was a bespoke 'cube' bed wrapped in our wallpaper and studded with Swarovski crystals. The bed was divided into two singles by a central panel with a large cut out enabling the children to peek at each other but retain privacy when sleeping. The walls were painted a warm grey and accents of pink and orange were used throughout the room.

This shows how we approach our interior projects and how we present our designs.  Key to a successful project is a spacial plan, showing what you can get into a room, storage and how the room will fuction.

To find out more about our design services, visit the interior design page on our website.

> Fisherman's Cottage - finished!

Fisherman's Cottage, our latest Colliss & Quinton interior design refurbishment, is now completed... just about!!!! We need to add the finishing touches - our artworks to the walls in the bedrooms and living room, funky lettering and coat hooks in the hallway and a few soft furnishings.

We did a full interior refurbishment on this traditional fisherman's cottage, situated in a quiet street above the picturesque harbour, giving it a contemporary twist.  Designed for use as holiday cottage for professional letting, we used a colour palette of light reflective whites, shades of brown, midnight, sea blues and teal with modern furnishings by Matthew Hilton, Bo Concept, Habitat and the Original BTC Lighting Company.

We have just returned from a long weekend break there and we love the results and clearly, so do those who are renting it... only just available and already booked until October! 

www.fishermanscottageweymouth.com

> interior design service

We will be writing more about our passion for interior design shortly and creating monthly trend reports on what's hot in the world of interiors for children.

We undertake commissions to transform children's (and grown ups!) rooms into imaginative, contemporary sanctuaries of colour and style. Having designed for children for most of our lives, we really know what works for both them and their parents. We design wallcoverings, wallpapers, furniture and soft furnishings and commission the best craftsmen to create our designs.

Latest commissions are in Bristol, London, Oxford and Surrey.

> as seen on BBC2

Our work has again been featured on television. For BBC 2's interior show, "Home for Life", (fronted by Jamie Anley and Phil Nutley of JAM (also creative directors for this year's 100% Design London) we were commissioned by the Burr family to create a fabulous bedroom for their children and to design the wallcoverings in the "Jazz" themed lounge (with our sister company Colliss and Quinton).

The children's bedroom featured vibrant and colourful wallcoverings for their walls and wardrobes and a bespoke 'cube' bed, gilded in silver leaf wrapped with our wallpaper and studded with Swarovski crystals.

The walls in the "Jazz" themed lounge were wrapped in our bespoke wallcoverings and featured custom furniture by British design duo Jimmie Martin.