Drool-worthy Design: Bleu nature

My friend Victoria who lives in Paris sent me a link today to an amazing furniture and homewares brand that I have to share with you. Bleu nature is based in Lille, France, and principally uses driftwood and other natural material as the basis for amazing interiors products.

Every year, a team from Bleu Nature comb the beaches for pieces of driftwood, ensuring that every item is unique. Everything on the site is amazing and my friend Victoria tells me that all the coolest home decor stores in the 14th arrondissement stock Bleu nature products.

There is a list of Bleu nature stockists on their Website including Orson & Blake (Surry Hills, NSW), In Residence Interior Design (Northbridge, NSW) and Trilology (Claremont, WA) in Australia (thanks Viera!) as well as all the latest designs. You can find an "English" button in the top left-hand corner for translation. Thank you Victoria for the inspiration!

Image: Bleu nature

Hip Products: Coco Boheme

Would you rather draw on a standard easel chalkboard (that you can hardly reach), or would you rather scribble your art on a cool toddler-height monkey?

The clever folks at Coco Boheme (site in French) have designed a whole range of animal-inspired chalkboard wall decals that stick right on the wall (and come right off again when no longer needed). And for the oldies, there are also cool label-sized chalkboard stickers that would be great on kitchen cannisters, jars, bottles, place settings, and anything else that requires instant personalisation.

All products are made in France. You can find Coco Boheme products at French Bazaar online as well as a host of other Australian stockists.

Shop online for kids products from great stores in the Australian Online Kids and Baby Store Directory.

Image: Coco Boheme

French Design for Aussies

I was thrilled to discover today (via a link on Ohdeedoh.com) an online store based in Victoria selling fabulous French design ware. French Bazaar specialises in home decor, games and gadgets, cooking and eating products, things for your pet, environmental products and chalkboard stickers. I just love the Buddy throw for your couch and the Buddy beach towel (the "anti-loneliness" beach towel! pictured).

Image: www.frenchbazaar.com