As the name might suggest, Heirloom creates furniture to last, that you can pass down through the family – but they make it for children.
And luckily for us, they make it with rather smart mid-century looks. The pick (for me anyway) is this Ellinor rocking chair by Catharina Engelholm, which is available as a one or two-seater. A nice mix of wood and leather, it has a great curved wood feet (available in walnut or birch) and a spill-resistant leather cover for the actual seat in eggshell white. There’s also some hard-wearing cushioning made from jute, horsehair, wadding and cotton fabric.
No prices as yet, but you can drop the Swedish company a line about retailers and cost.
It should be obvious by now that we love a retro robot motif, so we were pleased to find another source of great Robot print children’s clothes, designed by Swedish designer, Mini Rodini.
"A chair is a chair, is a chair, is a chair … but a seat does not necessarily have to be a chair. It can be anything as long it is ergonomically correct. A seat could even be a small and soft Pony on which you can ‘ride’ or sit sideways."
