Aura’s new kids range of cushions and throws are so bright and fun that you might just have to steal them for your room.
Featuring a range of patterns and fabrics from diamonds to crosses and linens to cotton acrylic knits, you can easily mix and match with this playful set.
The triangular cushion is a particular favourite, being hand screen printed on pure linen by skilled artisans in India. Each piece is individual and reversible to the opposite colour and design.
I love the personalised name pillowcases from Little Louli. Hand screenprinted and $35 each.
Fromage La Rue’s new, smaller letter lights, Petite Vegas, are not quite available yet but you can get your name on the waiting list for your little person’s letter (or indeed your own initial!). They’re about 30cm high and with safe, low voltage LED lights, perfect for a night light. They’ll be $150 with free shipping.
The new Cotton On Kids bed linen is fun, very affordable and available to buy online.
Shop at Sydney’s My Bespoke Chair for a custom chair (and even coordinating cushion) for your little prince or princess. You can even design it yourself online with their clever tool. From $850 with free delivery.
If I had a child, they’d have one of these Incy Interiors beds. I just love the rose gold version as it’ll go with most colour schemes and I mean really, what kid wouldn’t want a gold bed?! From $649 for a single, it’s a great update of a classic shape.
I’ve been a big fan of Aura linen for a long time, so I was happy to see they now do all their quilt covers in kid-friendly single size too. The brand does mix and match so well, you’re bound to find a cool combo for your kid! PERFECT for tweens and teens too.
These gold foiled prints from Papier d’Amour would look great in a child’s bedroom. $30 unframed or $80 framed. Buy online.
Armadillo & Co are pretty much Aussie rug royalty and if you’ve got money to spend, you should definitely consider something from their Junior Collection. They’re not too childish so they could easily take a child from toddler to teen years. From $255.
These colourful wire baskets from Lilly & Lolly are brilliant for chucking toys or laundry into and come in a variety of colours and sizes. From $22.
The Booksee is a great way to display kids books, making reading appealing and adding colour and interest to their walls. $199 for a set of two from Ubabub.
What are your favourite places to shop for kids rooms? I’d love to hear about them.
By Simone Lenneberg
Two things I remember being the most excited about upon hearing the news I was expecting: the first (obviously) the baby, and the second, the new design world opening up for me when decorating said new arrival’s room.
As keen lovers of design, particularly vintage and modern retro pieces, my husband and I couldn’t believe the number of cool pieces (furniture, lighting, artwork, you name it) that could meet our brief and that we also liked!
We steered away from the typically childlike options out there and set out to find a number of key pieces that would sit comfortably in a kid’s space, but reflected our own taste and eye for design. What’s more, we wanted to be able to reuse these pieces in other parts of our house when junior grew out of his younger space and progressed to the next stage.
The trick is to select a number of statement pieces that work well with children’s items such as objects, toys, bright patterned bedding and cushions, but keep the right balance of their personality and yours.
Here are a few ideas…
1. Vintage storage
The classic lines of this minimalist yet modern Henrik sideboard by Matt Blatt would be at home in any boy’s or girl’s room storing toys, books, even clothing, but could also feature in a dining space, hallway or study. Its clean lines, vintage shape and neutral colours make this piece a winner. A vintage sideboard or tallboy from your local antique shop would work equally well.
There’s a reason that trends stick around and that’s because they just work. Chevron is one of these. People keep asking me isn’t chevron “over” yet and no, it isn’t, because everyone loves it! AURA obviously agree, because there’s plenty of that old zigzag favourite in their latest colourful collection for summer, released this week.
If you love colour, this one’s for you. I particularly like the mix of neutral natural fibres like linen and cotton with the bright patterns and accents. Choose a lot of colour or the odd pop, depending on your taste. Choose from crochet, oversized chevron, spots, dipped and plain styles.
I was flattered to be asked by Temple & Webster to curate their first guest edit this week. I picked some great linen by AURA, my long time favourite Murchison Hume products, some vintage style glassware, kids’ bed linen, a great rug and more. You may notice most of it is navy or fuchsia. What a surprise!
Why not have a little online window shop and see if anything takes your fancy? Enabler? Moi?!
The sale is on for the next 3 days.
They also interviewed me about my home, how my fiancé and I agree (or not) on interiors, who inspires me and more. Read that here.
I happen to think you can’t go wrong with simple and classic things when it comes to Manchester: plain French linen, crisp cotton sheets and white waffle quilts for example. These new ticking stripe sheet sets from AURA have such a lovely old school look about them, don’t you think?
Available in a variety of colours you could easily mix and match them with whites or contrasting plain or patterned coordinates.
Another month, another linen range I absolutely LOVE from AURA by Tracie Ellis. Same same! This one’s called Oliver and he’s very brooding and handsome!
Available at Myer nationally or the AURA website.
The new Victoria Amber range by Aura by Tracie Ellis is out now. Check out this gorgeous image, styled by Glen Proebstel and photographed by Sharyn Cairns (the dream team)!
I continue to LOVE everything Melbourne-based Tracie does!
Available in Myer and online at www.aurahome.com.au
I’m ridiculously distracted by the Aura by Tracie Ellis catalogue for summer which came with my recent order. It’s sitting on my desk, tempting me. DIVINE styling by Glen Proebstel and simply gorgeous linen for beds and tables, not to mention the cushions… It is all just so beautiful! Definitely my all time favourite Australian brand for bed linen.