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Inside the family home of a glamorous stylist
By Junior on 01/09/2011 11:42:45
Stylist Caroline Stanbury presents a luxury pad with a hint of girliness
Caroline Stanbury is one of those tremendously elegant women who appears to have life sussed. As well as being a wife and mother, she has a high-profile career as a personal stylist – on the day of our interview, she is to be found on a yacht in the south of France, attending the...
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Let children decorate a stool
By Junior on 01/04/2010 00:00:00
Luc Brinkman's stool design encourages children to doodle and draw on it to create a unique piece of furniture
This funky little stool is an absolutely brilliant canvas for children to draw on and decorate. Designed by Luc Brinkman, it’s made of sturdy white cardboard, comes flat-packed and measures W26cmxD26cmxH29cm. Perfect as a stool or a bedside table
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The Big Draw 2011
By Fiona McKim on 14/10/2011 12:55:11
Celebrate the power of the pencil with this nationwide campaign for drawing
for the condemned to the Victorian prison kitchens. Draw A 1940’S Wedding BreakfastOctober 24-30Help decorate an old fashioned wedding breakfast room at the Firing Line Museum in Cardiff by drawing flowers, butterfies and discovering more about wartime celebration
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Calling all young designers!
By Catherine Hudson on 11/02/2011 15:41:44
Has your child entered our Little Home at John Lewis competition yet? Win up to £750 of John Lewis Little Home vouchers
Is your child a budding interior designer?Send in a drawing or a collage made by your child, depicting their perfect room - a funky living room, fun playroom or even a dreamy bedroom!Young children love the chance to put their mark on the family
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Oilily's colouring competition digital museum
By Catherine Hudson on 13/12/2010 11:28:22
The winners displayed in an online fairytale castle
The Oilily digital museumClothing brand Oilily has opened an online digital museum filled with successful entries to their colouring competition. All of the drawings are displayed in the rooms of a digital castle, with the winning pictures
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Royal seal of approval
By Judith Wilkinson on 10/12/2012 17:33:29
Treat your little princess to afternoon tea in central London
. An afternoon tea then awaits in the drawing room.From £390 for two adults and two children until January 13, 2013. Visit www.dukeshotel.com
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Somerville Scott designer's stylish mansion flat
By Junior on 01/09/2011 16:39:23
On the penthouse floor of a mansion block, furniture designer Amy Somerville has created a chic family home with the delights of city life right on the doorstep
, and the rooms are well-proportioned, which was a big draw.
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Swiss room with a view
By Kate Donoughue on 19/04/2011 12:22:40
A summer visit to Gstaad – what happens when the snow's all gone
experience in its ample spa and great children’s activities, including summer tobogganing. But arguably the biggest draw is an overnight stay at the Walig Hut. Perched 1,700m above the village of Gsteig, the chic mountain retreat offers families breathtaking
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Junior meets Gruffalo creator Axel Scheffler
By Helen McKay-Ferguson on 21/06/2012 15:05:20
Out of his pen has flown everyone from the fearsome Gruffalo to unlucky jogger Stick Man and melodious miaow-er Tabby McTat. We meet adroit illustrator Axel Scheffler
fantastical stories like The Smartest Giant In Town, Stick Man or The Highway Rat. I find it easier and more inspiring to draw a fantasy world rather than the real world – I find it hard to draw cars, for example. What books did you enjoy as a child? I didn
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Top ten family rainy day activities
By Junior on 26/02/2013 09:18:00
Fed up of trying to dodge those puddles? Here is our roundup of ten activities to stave off boredom on a rainy day…
1. Body painting Buy a selection of bathtime body paints, then hop in the tub to paint designs on each body part, naming the body parts and the things you are drawing as you go... bees on their knees, a sweet on their feet and so on. 2. Put on a
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