** WIN ** Creating a learning space for the children with Great Little Trading Co
I don’t know about you but when the schools broke up last week and we were told we would have to home school our children for the foreseeable future, I went into a blind panic! As much as my children love school, when it comes to learning at home they all lack concentration, have the attention span of a goldfish, and the thought of having to sit down and teach them, whilst juggling a full time job and all of my other commitments, felt over whelming to say the least!! Our only saving grace was that the previous week we had been sent a gorgeous new desk and accessories from Great Little Trading Co (GLTC) and it couldn’t have come at a better time!
Great Little Trading Co is an award-winning British business which designs and produces the most incredible furniture, toys and storage ideas for families. They are specialists in what they do meaning they know that family life isn’t always easy, and children aren’t always perfect, so they use innovative designs to make sure their products appeal to both adults and children whilst being safe, long lasting and genuinely useful.
GLTC have the most amazing range of desks to suit all spaces and requirements. We chose the Whittington desk and, with fast assembly and a quick re-jig in the playroom, were able to create a calm and peaceful learning space for the children in no time at all!
Our main requirement for a desk was to provide a usable space for the children to work whilst having storage areas to keep everything in order. I love that the desk area itself is lovely and big, enough to work side by side should the children wish, whilst also having two smaller shelves for stationery supplies and a larger top shelf to store their current selection of reading books too.
The children particularly love the built in notice board which I think is a great addition to the desk and a lovely way for them to display their drawings or leave little notes for me to discover. These little touches make a real difference to the children and as they grow the notice board will be a great way for us to display important notices from school or memos to remind each other of clubs and groups! There is always so much to remember!
Underneath is a large drawer which actually goes right the way back the depth of the desk itself making it a really usable and handy space. I love that GLTC really make sure that their furniture is practical as well as looking great, I think sometimes it can be difficult to find both! At the end of the day we are able to pack away the children’s note books and colouring pads into the drawer and know it is safely away until the following day which.
Alongside the desk we were sent some amazing accessories which are just the loveliest way to really personalise your desk area and keep everything in one place. The Confetti Spot Desk Tidy has five handy compartments to store stationery or larger papers at the back and the children love the colourful confetti spot design. I don’t know about your children but mine are notorious for losing everything they pick up and set down and so to have this compartmentalised organiser makes life a lot easier!
Every desk should have a calendar and this gorgeous wooden Perpetual Calendar is the perfect addition to our learning space. Not only does it look great, made from beautifully smooth wood and painted in rainbow colours, but it’s a great way to teach children days of the week, months, numbers and colours, as well as learning more about the weather! Each morning the children rush downstairs to take it in turns to find the right date and day and decide on the weather. Let’s hope the sunshine keeps making an appearance!
Our final accessory is the Confetti Spot Carry Caddy made from thick, painted MDF with three storage sections and a lovely chalkboard label. It’s a fantastic way to store craft supplies, papers and paints to use either at the desk area or to carry onto the table for shared activities or into the garden for outdoor crafting. GLTC have some gorgeous designs but the confetti spots were definitely the children’s favourites when it came to choosing!
I love that the combination of the desk and accessories has instantly provided us with an organised, fun, practical and gorgeous learning space for the children. It’s been a real godsend this week and a calming area for them when everything else around them seems to be changing. I love how eager they are to sit down and get some work done or, later, play teachers together and recreate their daily school routine through imaginative play.
We absolutely love the GLTC range and when it comes to innovative designs and quality products, we would definitely recommend them. I know that the children’s new desk area will grow with them over the years and from colouring books to course work, it’s going to be a wonderful addition to our home.
WIN!!!!
GLTC have generously offered to give away the Perpetual Calendar, Confetti Spot Organiser and Confetti Spot Caddy worth £69 to one lucky winner. To enter simply follow the link below and one winner will be chosen at random and notified via email at close of giveaway on 5th April. Good luck!
** We were gifted these items for the purpose of our review. All words and opinions are my own. **.
This would be great to get some accessories for my daughter
Our youngest’s bedroom is just being decorated and furnished. So far, there are no desk accessories.
perfect for my niece
I would love to win this for my niece, as she is really into stationery, desk things etc at the moment
This would be a great to organise my goddaughters bits and pieces
My niece adores stationery and these would be perfect for organising her room
I would love to win for my daughter as she would love these.
My granddaughter would make good use of this especially as she is at home much more now.
Perfect for my daughter! Lovely looking desk!
these would be great for my daughters new youngster
My kids would love this.
These are so pretty would love them for my granddaughter.
This would make a great gift for my daughter who is a busy primary school teacher.
My great neice WOULD be absolutely thrilled Thankyou
because the accessories are so pretty – such a good way for a child to store desk paraphernalia tidily
It would really help make home schooling more fun and easier!
I’d love to win them for my granddaughter she loves painting and drawing
I love reading and would like to pass that on to my Grandchildren.
brilliant for my granddaughter
Because it would help organise my daughters room and add a bit of order to it
I’d like to win as it would be great to encourage my kids to enjoy their “work space” just like mummy and daddy’s. Hopefully!
Theis lovely prize is ideal for my granddaughter now doing home schooling its ideal to keep things tidy
My daughter is 3 & we’ve just decorated her bedroom, she’s got a small bedroom so this extra storage would be fabulous! She loves to sit and colour or look through her books, she’d love it 🙂
What a great prize for my granddaughters
Would love to win for my grand children – many thanks for the chance 🙂
This is a lovely giveaway to brighten someone’s day!
I would love to win so my granddaughter has a dedicated place to study instead of the kitchen table
I’d gift it to my niece for her new bedroom x
Great for my grandson he has a raised bed and this would be great under it.
I am having a nightmare trying to get the kids to work at the same table in the dining room. This would be perfect do give them a bit of space
Would be a perfect gift for my niece x
These would amazing for isolation with my daughter xx
THIS WOULD BE FANTASTIC FOR MY GRANDSON
This looks like great stuff!
I love all things stationery and this would look great on my desk.
I’d like to win because I think having a desk would actually mean my son sits down to do work!
Love this – perfect for the current homeschooling situation – would help us get organised
This would be amazing for my granddaughter
This be ideal for my little 1s
For my daughter 😍
I would love to win this for my niece Adelaide, these are so sweet. She would love them 🙂
I would love to win for my daughter who would really enjoy those.
These would look perfect in my daughters bedroom, they look awesome!
For my grandson, he is fairly organised but so this would help him even more
This would be the perfect treat for my little girl, she’d love it!
Now that the majority of the country is home schooling, I’d love to win this so we can keep the kids items organised and tidy! This is all new to us and we keep losing the pencils and scissors 😂
i love feeling organised and this would be perfect x
My niece would love this, great little place to do homework and drawing!
I would love to win this for my oldest niece who now she’s older could do with having a space in her bedroom to do her homework.
Would love to win for my daughter to hopefully motivate her into doing a little bit more
Its something my Granddaughter would use a lot of and enjoy her space
Would love to win as a surprise for my daughter
Would help keep my son’s desk organised.
It would help organise my daughters room as she has just had it redecorated. I have my own work space working in a primary school so it would be nice for her to have her own work space. Especially for all her stationary!
So cute not to mention inspiring. Id like to win for my niece daisy
My daughter has just got her first desk for to do her homework on and these would look lovely on it
great to show the kids how to work better by being organised
As we’ll be home schooling for a good while to come, I’d love to create a really uplifting workspace for my 5 and 10 year olds.
My eldest daughter had a new desk for christmas, she would love these for it
This would be great for a homework area, and even more useful now we are home schooling
Great for my granddaughters desk
I would love to win for my daughter!
I would love to win for my 5 year old daughter’s bedroom. She doesn’t have anything like this and would love!
I would love to create a nice inviting space for my daughters to complete their homework and crafts in.
id love a desk fgor my daughhters room!
It would be great to get my granddaughter into writing instead of using social media.
I would love to win for my daughters room
I would love to win this for my nephew
My daughter would love this!
these look such great quality! I’d love to win them for my niece
Just perfect for spending our time being creative, thank you for the competition…..
I always just fall in love with your photos! We love GLTC and think these products are perfect for littles being home-schooled for the next few months, they are bright and bring fun! We are just decorating Norah’s room to become a big girl room so these would be lovely. Stay safe and well xx
For my nephews new bedroom.
For my nephew in Sheffield
I’d love to win for my daughter, a real social butterfly, who is struggling enormously with not going to school and being with people. Some lovely new desk accessories like these might cheer her up and give her some sense of niceness in these sad times – make her feel like home school is okay….
It would be a fantastic help to keep the home schooling supplies under control!
My husband and I set up a little desk in our understairs office for our son to “work” with us. This prize would definitely cheer it up a lot came keep things organised.
The point is why wouldn’t I
Be great help with the homeschooling while all the schools have closed
My neice would love this
my son would like these for his room
I would like to win this because so I could give this to my Cousin.
I would love to win because its just the thing for my granddaughter
Would love to win for my youngest Chloe. Her Dad’s just repainted her room so this prize would be a lovely addition x
I would love to win them for my daughters. They’ve been so good sine being off school, they have not complained once.
would love to win for my daughter primrose
I would love to win this for my nephew
The spare room is set up as my little home office and craft space and I’d love to win these pieces as they are cute and also great for a bit of organisation which my life could use
Awesome giveaway 😍
My daughter would love this to stay tidy!
would like to for my niece
be perfect for my son x
My son has a desk but it would be lovely for my daughter to have something similar, for all this homeschooling!
I would like to win this for my godchildren. All 5 of them are currently at home and working very hard, so this would go some to way to helping some of them (taking it in turns), to be a little more organised and focused on their work.
One of the things I realised while trying to home educate my kids was how unorganised their playroom really was. I would love to win those 3 products because they would be absolutely perfect and just what we need right now.
I would love to win this so that I could give it to my granddaughter who is working hard at home on her lessons during the Coronavirus crisis.
My daughter would really love all of this
My Nephew would love this.
we’re just in the process of moving my youngest daughters into her own big bedroom and this would make her so happy … no desk yet to put it on but in a few months!
I would love to win for my niece who is 5, she loves being creative and this would help keep things in order.
would be perfect with home schooling the children in this sad time
Love to win to encourage home learning in style. Thank you xxx
Hello, I would like to win so I couuld give the prize to a local charity that helps families in need. Thank you for the chance to win.
This would be fab for when my Niece comes round to do her homework.
I would love to win this for my niece, it would be perfect for her
Id love to win as it would be great to treat my daughter
I’d love to win for my son!
I’d love to win for my niece, they would be perfect for her.
This would be great for my grandchildren.
I know my daughter would love this
My daughter would love this to tidy up her desk area
Would love this for my daughter
I would love to win this wonderful prize for my granddaughter, she loves anything to do with stationery
To give to my granddaughter
if i won —this would make a lovely present for my nephew max
It hard buy present guv e 15 children on benefit. This help.
I’d love this for my granddaughter x
This would really brighten up my daughter’s desk 🙂 We are also homeschooling 🙂
I would like to win this as a treat for my niece.
I would love to win for my five year old daughter.
I’d love to win for my niece, and they look fab quality
This would be perfect for getting organised with home schooling
These photos nearly made me cry… Oh how much I wish a desk like that for my little girl. She read all the secret unicorn books!
would love to win for my daughter x
i would love to win
Perfect for my granddaughter to encourage her with her school work!
We’re taking “advantage” of lockdown to redecorate our son’s room and it would be the ideal opportunity to incorporate a learning space
It’s beautiful! Would help to keep my daughter’s craft and stationery all in one place.
These would be perfect for my granddaughter’s desk.
They would make the perfect finishing touches to my Daughters recently decorated bedroom x
I would like to win this for my daughter to keep her school stationary in and help her stay organised x
I’d love to win this for my daughter. She loves drawing and creating things.
I’d love to win this for my niece, thanks for the chance x
Perfect for putting in my little ones room. We love spotty accessories