It’s always a good sign when you see something designed for kids and think “I wish that came in adult size!”
I think that can certainly be said for some of Goo Collection’s new children’s bed linen.
Goo started as Olive’s Tree in 2009 when Lisa Nicol failed to find a dribble bib which was absorbent enough or she was happy to have her daughter, Olive, wear. Leveraging her mother’s knowledge of sewing and fabric, she created something that was both fashionable and functional and together they hand made bibs and sold them online and at markets. They then branched out into patchwork quilts, putting a modern spin on them.
In 2011, her sister Sally Davies, with a background in sales and technology, also joined the company, making it a true family affair. It was rebranded as Goo Collection and they expanded again into baby wraps, onesies and quilts, outsourced production and took on retailers around the country.
Now in their second season as Goo Collection, they have further expanded into this gorgeous children’s bed linen, creating a range for the design conscious mum. “We want our products to look like they fit into everyday life around the home and not be overtly whimsical and baby‐like,” explains Sally. “The designs steer away from the stereotypical nursery fare of stripes and fairytale characters. Instead, they are simple and stylish in a contemporary yet soft colour palette. They are products a child can grow with and a mum will be comfortable seeing around her home.”
For girls there’s Oh Deer, featuring a palette of peach, aqua and mint on a neutral creamy base and the motif of a young deer throughout. The boys’ collection is called Whale of a Time, and its palette is crisp white with royal navy, battle ship grey and sky blue, and the motif of a playful, spouting whale.
Lisa, who has an interior design background, says: “Being from a large, tight knit family, we enjoy working together, we know each other’s strengths and weaknesses and can leverage them to get the best out of each other. Having mum around as a strong backbone is always reassuring and provides us with the confidence and strength to achieve what we have so far.”
WIN
For a chance of winning a set of children’s linen of your choice, please comment below by midnight on Friday 13 December and tell us why you should win.
Styling by Alana Langan, photography by Rob Earpe.
49 replies on “Goo Collection children’s linen is a family affair”
I would love a set of this gorgeous bed linen for our new bundle of love that is arrive in the world in April 2014. It would make their room so special and bright.
My best friend has just announced her pregnancy with her first child and she has been through some tough times of late with medical issues. I just know this would make the next few months so much easier on her and really help her enjoy the nesting process.
If I am lucky enough to win this amazing set, I would gift it to my best friend who is due in January. Bestie and her hubby are such an amazing couple who generously give up their time for friends, family and their community. I can just imagine how happy the bestie would be with the Goo Collection style – her to a tee.
Perfect!! Our toddler is about to make the move to a ‘big girls room’ to make way for our new addition and this bedding is the perfect combination of colours! I love the fact that it is also not too over-the-top kiddie and could easily move from toddler to tween to teen!
GOOing to transition my son into his big boy bed would be GOOd fun with this GOOergeous childrens collection.
I would really love to win this. I love the design, colours everything! I’m expecting my 3rd baby in March and will be shuffling the kids rooms all around and will need new linen for all 3! So to win one of them would be fantastic!
Have just moved house and totally re done my daughters room. Have got a beautiful Urban road painting on its way and this would just send the whole space into another relm of yum!! If I won I could take some delicious pics for all to see 🙂 Tnks Mel
I would love to win a boys set as we have just moved house and my youngest son is due out of a cot and into a bed imminently. He’s such a trooper and everything he has is my eldest son’s hand-me-downs. I’d love to give him something new! He adores soft toys and “bwankies” (blankets) and come winter I can see him stroking his little face on the snuggly looking blanket pictured above. Goo collection looks fantastic and it’s so nice to see childrens bedding done in soft colours for a calming influence.
I would love to win the boys set as we are moving house and the colours would match perfectly in my sons room as his transitioning into a big bed . This style will never date and as he gets older I wouldn’t have to change it because it suit any age boy.
So gorgeous!!!!!! its really hard to find beautiful linen especially children’s
I would love to win a set for my future Canadian/Aussie little ones.
I love this bedding and would love my soon-to-be-born bub to have such a stylish start to life! I know that lots of people would be (jealously) asking me where it came from, as it is so beautiful.
Gorgeous bedlinen. What an amazing prize. Our eldest will be turning 6 in May and for her birthday we are creating her a new bedroom. A place of glamour, peace, relaxation, fun, and a place that will be cool enough for her to chill with her girlfriends without her ‘annoying’ little sister (her words not mine). So I would love to win the linen for her soon to be created new room. We have already started to collect items so we can pull it altogether for her to create that big girl room she deserves
I have been hunting for the perfect linen set for my daughter’s vintage woodland themed nursery since she was born. At four months, she’s ready to transition from her bassinet in our room to the cot in her nursery, which currently has no linen! The Oh Deer cot set is simply perfect, and would add a feminine burst of colour to a largely neutral palette.
Love all sets and I have a toddler who is about to be transitioned to a bed shortly and a 8 week old so either set would be great 🙂
I would love to win as we are currently renovating and living in a pile of dust! So much gorgeous linen out there by so many talented people- yours included! Brings a little smile to my face your little deer cushions.
This would be a great addition to my daughter’s room of aqua and pastel pink!
Thank you for the chance!
With 3 little poppets in the house, there is always the need for linen!!! …and quality, funky threads at that! My twin boys are moving into big beds in the new year and i’d like nothing more than to indulge in some beautiful bedcovers… i’m goo-gahing at the mere thought of owning some GOO threads!!!
My 3 year old is infactuated with Bambi, any deer we see is ‘Bambi’ and is ohh’d and ahh’d. To have this woodland bed set would make her day
There is so much to GOO about with this dreamy kid’s linen collection! It is deliciously refreshing with all it’s cool and calm colours. What a whale of a time I would have snuggling and cuddling my sweet little Goo Bear!
My sweet 3.5yr old girl is just starting to display her own individual style and love of pretty and “beauiiiful” things! She would adore this gorgeous linen in her bedroom, as would her baby sister who gets her turn too, if we were so lucky to have it.
It is refreshing to find sophisticated & modern children’s linen with beautiful tones that exude class. I have a myriad number of ideas to style gorgeous bedrooms. Thanks Goo Collection & Interiors Addict & Merry Christmas!
I have just taken on the role of a step mum to a six and half year old girl and as a present from Santa this year “he” is transforming her room into a space that’s fit for a princess! ‘We’d love to make her room a special place when she is over. Santa’ has already started renovating early
The Goo Collection of children’s bed linen is lovely for girls and boys alike – sophisticated, stylish and modern with great combinations of subtle, yet fresh colours – its really hard to find such lovely linen for children and little ones. If I was the super lucky winner of this lovely prize I would give it to my sister law who would appreciate the colour, practicality and freshness of the designs. Given my sister in law is also expecting her first girl early next year, the gorgeous peach, mint and aqua colours in the Oh Deer collection would be divine for her little girl as she grows. Her two older children ,boys aged 6 and 8 have a bit of a thing for whales so the Whale of a time bed linen would also be appreciated by them as well and I think accepted as pretty cool amongst friends of the their age. Thanks for introducing this great product and line to us Jen.
I think this bed linen is gorgeous and it would make me so happy if l was to walk into my children’s bedrooms and in between all the chaos l could see such beautiful bed linen. It may also make me linger and actually clean up their bedroom, a little
I would love to win as we are currently renting which can make a styling a kids room a bit limited with what you can put on the walls but the bed is something you can totally work with!!!
My little super hero Harvey, aka The Harvenator, will be moving into a big boys bed in the new year and I know he’d feel like he had real super powers will awesome Goo linen to climb into!
My baby girl Lila arrived a month early. She is now three months and I STILL haven’t finished setting up her room. Shame on me! But Goo’s gorgeous sheets would add the perfect amount of pink to help me finish things off.
I think my kidlets should win this linen because, as a 7 year old boy and a 3 year old girl, they share a room relatively happily and that’s a pretty awesome achievement! This linen would be a wonderful reward for such great sharing.
Going Goo Goo, Gaa Gaa for this gorgeous, tasteful and quality children’s linen! I have my first little one due in February so they will be very much appreciated and put to good use.. Also, Olive has been a favourite girls name of mine for a long time, perhaps a sign?! Thanks for sharing the range.
I love love the bedlinen by Goo…really fond of the pastel pink and blue colour combination. Would it be too feminine for my two year old boy? 🙂
Beautiful designs to nurture our precious little ones. My girls would adore these.
With four kids life is CRAZY. And our middle kids (as always) probably tend to miss out a little. Master 10 or Miss 13 would LOVE a GOOd night sleep with the beautiful GOO Linen. So either he can have a whale of a time jumping into bed, or she can laugh at her parents and say ‘oh dear!’ 😉
Thanks for the chance xxx
I would love to win this bed linen, we have our (long awaited) first baby due in April 2014 and are about to start decorating the nursery and there is just nothing around as stylish as this!!
My precious second-born has inherited all her big sister’s linen, toys, furniture… you name it. When they were purchased for our first-born they were delightful – they are now old, faded and let’s face it, second-hand! How about a win for all the second-born children out there who otherwise rely on hand-me-downs?!?
Would love to win a set for my 6 year old who is growing up & starting primary school next year. This will so much style to his room.
I would really love this gorgeous bedding in my big girls bedroom who is 2 and successfuy transitioned to her own bed!! I was introduced to this gorgeous bedding by Bec Judd and instantly fell in love :).
I would really love this gorgeous bedding in my big girls bedroom who is 2 and successfuy transitioned to her own bed!! I was introduced to this gorgeous bedding by Bec Judd loves blog and instantly fell in love :).
Gorgeous colours, perfect for our little girls first big girl bed. I have been searching for something unique and Goo designs has it all covered. Thanks for the opportunity to win a set.
Long time customer of goo collection since olive tree bibs days and love these products. Have always bought for gifts and finally have my own on the way! Would love to include a goo collection set in the nursery xxx
My beautiful eldest daughter has taken a long time to finally have a healthy pregnancy and nothing would make me happier than to give her this beautiful gift for her much longed for baby girl. : )
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO IS GOO….XXX
WANTED : FUNKY COOL KIDS STUFF, i.e.: country mum, deprived of shopping experiences, seeks funky cool stuff for her 3 small children,
NB.. no owl, bird, fairy, princess, cartoon character, please, and also…
NBB.. Please can my children have something different from all the other naff children’s things that seem to be available here, therefore…
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This would add a nice splash of colour to our dull beige baby room!
A beautiful set would be much appreciated for my little lady, her first Christmas I have to say has very little excitement, this would bring a lovely spark to the dull Christmas we have to look forward to while searching for a place to live. The colours are gorgeous and so much nicer then the overly bright colours you find in the mainstream shops.
GOO Collection is so beautiful and clearly an awesome family business. I would love these for our just turned seven year old boy or my neices as they are child suitable but not garish cartoon themed children’s bed wear. There really is a shortage of stylish children’s linen on the market. What a fabulous idea…so serene and whimsical, using lovely calming colours!! I could style my son’s room around them! Please….
Ma ma is trying to create the perfect room for baby girl
Ma ma is abit OCD so room is still not complete and driving daddy up the wall
Baby is now 4 months and almost ready to move into the big cot in her own room
Ma ma is freaking as she can’t find any stylish and elegant baby bedding (all too babyish if you know what I mean?)
Ma ma just saw your post and have gone ga ga over Goo
Jen please help ma ma complete the perfect room for her perfect baby with the perfect bedding from Goo.
I would LOVE to win a set of this super-gorgeous bed linen for my little one’s nursery! He/she is due to arrive in April and the styling is exactly the look I have in mind. It’s beautiful!
I have two beautiful girls and one little boy who was a beautiful miracle and a lot younger than my girls. I am not sure when he went from baby to 2, in my eyes it was such a blink. He still is my little baby but needs to go from cot to bed. Having decorated beautiful girls rooms with an abundance of beautiful things to choose from i am at a total stand still with “the boy room”. If i don’t become the lucky winner i will definitely be saving hard to purchase my own set for my absolutely gorgeous little man in my life.
My sister and I are little obsessed with your blog! She is 34 weeks pregnant and I would love to get her these sheets as a gift! We’re two years apart, and before she met her now husband we travelled all over the world volunteering together. I’d love to give her these beautiful sheets for her beautiful bub and my parents first grandchild!
My children would adore these.