Papier Mache

The trendy magazines for children are dreamy ... also in Australia where Papier Mache has released its special issue on decoration ! Lucky you: you do not need to fly thousands of miles to get it, since it is downloadable here.
You can begin your little world deco tour by the Bedroom of Scout in Australia. I like the special places dedicated to her drawings, especially on her door covered with chalkboard paint ...



After that let's go to belgium to the home of Morgane, the founder of Little circus. 
Her interior for her children Eliott and Reinette is like her blog: friendly, vintage and very warm.


And to finish wit,h the two princessess bedrooms of the girls of the French designer Appoline à Paris which I had already told you about. Its small wonders fly here and there in their bedroom, under a canopy, under the lights and mobiles of their talented mother and signing her poetic universe.


Buy the magazine online: you will not be disappointed!

Photo: Paper Mache, Australia.

The avent...

Each season has its small pleasures ... in November these are the early preparations for Christmas ... and among them  the advent calendar ...

The home made are the most personnal ones with small containers to hide each morning of December little surprises ... Above the pretty calendars from the blogger fee maison. or from the French magazine Marie Claire idees which proposes to download the templates and tags. It's easy and pretty.

Below are two ideas proposed by the French Magazine maison et travaux to hang up the little presents: a pasta drier and small magnet figures on a chalkboard.


And finally for those who have already started their Christmas shopping list, pretty gift tags to download and print on the French website of Marie-Claire idées !

A room to share

How to create space when the new little brother or sister arrives and we do not have an extra room ? Here are three solutions adopted by ingenious parents  and proposed on the website of the French magazine Marie-Claire maison.

Angela and Oscar share a room (above) but still enjoy a personal corner. Angela's bed has been raised and bordered by a security in iron. The green canopy, decorated with small flags, separates the two toddlers.

For their children, Pan and Miriam, the creators of Petit Pan, wanted a room fun and colorful like their collection. Pan has built a cabin painted in white with rounded corners and pierced with small windows where each of his 3 children, found his place. Above the mezzanine, a large bed, decorated with bed linen and cotton pillows of their collection may also serve as a vast sofa to greet friends.

Practical and fun, this cabin room also serves as a storage cupboard with two doors and a playroom area furnished with a sofa  and a mushroom lamp.

Another idea: create small rooms separated by a piece of furniture and painting them in different colors. For Sasha and Nico, it has created two single rooms with a bookshelves as a wall .

Each boy has his own corner and can store toys and books. The furniture has been repainted in a very bright yellow. Small squares of fabric with floral Japanese draws were fixed to decorate and separate.

Moreover, to create harmony in the corner of Sasha,  his wall and his bed were painted in the same nice green and the other bed was painted in black, giving it a more modern look.

A few extra touches of color are made by a carpet, cushions and bedspreads, a box and a mushroom lamp!!

Credit pictures : Marie-Claire Maison

sweet French little shops, sweet atmospheres

It is not only in interior design magazines that you can find beautiful interiors and sources of inspiration but also in the staging of shops ... and children ones in particular. A new one opens everyday in France and it's hard to choose!

But here are two to which I return often.: Charivari Workshop in Rouen and Loulou addict in Paris.

At Loulou addict, the little children's corner is full of wonders: cushions and linens fron April showers, les petites emplettes... and many small objects from European brands such as the Danish Rice or the French designer Mariette Jonbaz ...


  In l'atelier Charivari in Normandy, vintage furniture and furnishing are beautifully restored with charming small fairies from Des pieds des Ailes, to the knitted animals from Anne-Claire Petit (available in the USA at Anthropologie) and the linens from April showers... a small and beautiful world !



pictures: loulou addict, atelier Charivari
atelier Charivari 27 rue des bonnetiers, 76 000 Rouen
loulou addict, 25 rue Keller, 75011 Paris

Family home atmosphere

A young couple has chosen to expand his Paris apartment by adding the one upstairs. Their new interior, which can be visited on French magazine Marie-claire Maison, website, has become like a family home. The industrial tones of the decoration mix with the soft tones of the paintings. 
For the girl of the house, the pink wall is highlighted by a silver branch sticker. The bed from Ikea has been repainted in chocolate to match with the color palette. The soft shades of pink of the night table and the purple of the silk cover by Serendipity, offer a poetic and elegant atmosphere.

In the boy's room, the desk designed by an architect runs along the wall. It has been painted in the same chocolate color like the wall for a brown harmony. The wall has been prepared with a magnetic paint so that the magnetic letters can be fixed on it. Toy fish by Alexander Calder .

In the parents' room, the concrete floor lightly shaded in gray, brings a modern touch to the walls and the old chimney. The quilt on the bed is from Caravane chambre 19 ..

Upstairs the universe is totally dedicated to children with a family room in which a XL sofa takes place in the heart of the room. In front of the sofa, a glass table by Conran shop around which children play and draw. The  family atmosphere upstairs fits perfectly with the loft-like industrial atmosphere of the ground-floor . 

Pictures : Marie-Claire maison

the 2 Z bedroom

Zephir and Zadig, both Z, are two happy boys in this fun  bedroom and vitamin designed by their mother.
I have been able to discover on her blog Cardamone this vintage and colorful atmosphere.

A wardrobe, a magazine rack and shelves found on flea markets set the tone.

The beds were found at our favorite Swedish shop as the duvet cover. They were painted with a grey painting from Farrow & Ball. The antique bed offers a peaceful seating for a reading corner.

On the shelf a globe to travel and a book that belonged to their grandmother when she was little and that inspired her daughter to the choice of her children names,

The kite from  Petit Pan flies above the fish garland in wool made by their aunt and installed in their bowl designed by their mother on the wall.

When the kids shut the door of their room, it becomes a hanging place to expose their drawings, maps, memories with clothespins!

When fun and practical mix up so nicely I just love it!

Photo Credit: Cardamon blog

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