REAL LIFE BARCELONA: Lola’s Room

Lola\'s donkeysLOLA’S ROOM in Barcelona is a reflection of her mother’s love of print, textiles and travel.

Airí Ferrer was working in women’s clothing and accessories until she had Lola, now 20 months, and started making clothes for her. After a little while she was inspired enough to launch the super-cute line Lola For Kids - full of pretty textiles but also beautiful decorative onesies.

Now Lola’s room is scattered with pillows and patchwork quilts made from Airí’s collection of Lola For Kids textiles, as well as clothes from the latest collections, the newest of which (Autumn/Winter 2010) is inspired by traditional English country looks. Add to these the result of Airí’s inspirations including the fabulous textile-covered donkeys found in Morocco, and the room is an eclectic, intimate room of meaningful details. Does Lola appreciate the Liberty-style prints and animal theme? “Well,” says Airí, of the “very very affectionate” Lola, “she loves to make animal sounds every night before sleeping!”

**Lola and Airí’s favourite Barcelona hangouts:

1. www.tarta-ta-tin.com - a Café for babies.
2. L’Empordà, this is the north area of Catalunya, and because my family have a house there, we go there sometimes - it’s a beautiful area, especially now in the late spring/early summer!
3. In Barcelona the Montjuic - a small mountain in the centre of the city - has a lot of green areas and childplay spaces, and it’s close to my atelier.
4. We like to go to concerts for babies and children organised by Minimusica. (http://minimusica80.blogspot.com).
5. And we go to the Circ Raluy (www.raluy.com) - the old Catalan circus without animals!!, and the Aquarium (www.aquariumbcn.com)

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