to all things modern, flooded with light and full of picture windows. “People usually arrive and say ‘Wow!’” she says. “It’s the type of house I longed to live in as a child, because it feels just like a doll’s house.”

Artist and designer Adrian Draigo is one of those people who must be annoyingly clever at jigsaw puzzles. Picture it – you’re all sitting around the kitchen table and, just when you think you see the bit of sky that meets with the bit of wall in the shape of… Oh, he’s found it, m...

Children love to demonstrate their artistic talents and now they can add a personal masterpiece to their room with this Tick-Tock wallpaper from the Absolute Zero Degrees Mini Moderns range. They can paint or colour the wallpaper any way they want

100% Design at Earl’s Court is an absolute must for all lovers of innovative modern design and is bursting with inspirational new products for the home including the playful Tessel by Korean designers Iwashin. There are also plenty for children

Living Space creates beautiful modern furniture with hip, colourful and futuristic designs for every room in the house – from a home office to your outdoor rooms. There is storage in fun colours and shapes, as well as great beds for children’s rooms

dreamed up by Disney, but the interiors are more polished Philippe Starck than spider-webbed Sleeping Beauty. A sexy boutique getaway that caters well for older children, this grand getaway takes the 16th-century drama of a château and injects a modern

There couldn’t be a better environment for a little Leo than a space filled with trees, birds, lizards, a baby orang-utan, fish and chameleons. So no wonder two-year-old Leo Tollgård adores his nursery. But when his parents, Staffan and Monique Tollgård, first moved into this wes...

Credit where credit’s due: there is a lot of high-end design in children’s products. There are many eye-catching creations that send parents reaching for their wallets, but there are also designs that transcend the ordinary and make the day-to-day work of raising small children l...

-edge modern furnishings for our children. The fact is, modern design started almost a century ago, and the good news is that now, more than ever, you and your children can benefit from the great design evolution that has been occurring over the past hundred

Designed by Anna Castelli Ferrieri in 1969, the Componibili storage units by Kartell have received awards for their innovative design and are on permanent display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. They are available in white, silver and black