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Kids Rule: Pippa’s Perfect Nursery, Designed by Emily Hopkin
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Kids Rule: Pippa’s Perfect Nursery, Designed by Emily Hopkin

Perfect for a polished little princess-in-training, Pippa's nursery, also by interior designer mum, Emily Hopkin, is proof that kids' rooms don't have to be so, well, childish. "I don't think everything has to be babyish in a child's room," said Hopkin. "You can have sophisticated artwork too. It makes it more interesting and the room 'style' last longer." A Gustav Klimt print of a mother and child is featured on the wall, along with a colourful strand of balls -…

September 14, 2014

Kids Rule: Charlie’s Cheerful Room, Designed by Emily Hopkin
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Kids Rule: Charlie’s Cheerful Room, Designed by Emily Hopkin

You know you are destined to have the coolest room on the preschool block when your mum is an interior designer! Four-year-old Charlie is lucky indeed to have Emily Hopkin, an interior designer at Linberg & Simmons, as his mum.…

September 14, 2014

Kids Rule: Carter’s Sea Creatures, Designed by Christina Davis
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Kids Rule: Carter’s Sea Creatures, Designed by Christina Davis

Crafty mum Christina Davis scoured the web for inspiration for son Carter's charming sea-creature-themed nursery. "A family member sent us the link to the [sea-creatures] rug, thinking that it was cute and that we might like it. I loved it…

September 14, 2014

Kids Rule: Callie’s Pink Palace, Designed by Nicola Lucas
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Kids Rule: Callie’s Pink Palace, Designed by Nicola Lucas

PPProProving pink can be both girly and glamorous, five-year-old Callie's new bedroom is the perfect room to grow up in. "Callie wanted a pink room when she moved out of the nursery as a big girl into her own real…

September 14, 2014

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A Flash of Green

Some time ago, I was thinking about how beautiful Bermuda was looking in all its best summer colours when our friends James and Marian invited us to a barbecue in their garden overlooking Ely's Harbour in Somerset. Though we didn't…

September 10, 2014

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On Time God, the Home of Linda Brangman

The practice of house naming began hundreds of years ago with the English nobility whose manor houses, castles and estates bore traditional family or place names. Gradually, the practice spread to the local gentry and then to the middle classes,…

September 8, 2014