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Tidy up the junk in your trunk - with a handy Trunkster!

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Are you tired of groceries rolling around in the back of your trunk? Is the floor of your car filled up with junk?

Then it's time to organize your life on the road – our Two Lumps of Sugar Trunksters are made to handle hefty loads!

These large trunk totes (with 3 roomy compartments) keep everything together and neat in the car. Made from heavy duty recycled non-woven materials, and featuring 2 side net pouches and nylon straps, they're super handy for visiting the grocery store, lugging around the kids activities and much more!

I think the feminine Buds on Blue is my favourite trunkster design, but it's a tough choice over the vibrant Polka Dot and smart Pinstripe!

Pick up your favourite Trunkster today and take charge of the junk in your trunk!

Add a playful touch to your little one's decor with a super cool duvet set!

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Forget expensive paint and wallpaper, the easiest way to update your children's bedroom is with fun and playful decor that can be easily updated as they grow.

We have some neat new children's duvet sets that have just landed in stock and are perfect for livening up your little one's space.

With more designs coming soon, our current selection of children's bedding features much loved characters such as Marvel Avengers, The Trash Pack, Spongebob Squarepants and more!

Swing by our bedding jungle today to check out our growing range of soft furnishings, and pick up something fun to freshen up your home.

Light up your life with Leitmotiv!

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These stunning boho chandeliers are my favourite piece of home & living swag for the day!

The pretty & whimsical lighting pieces from Dutch designer brand Leitmotiv feature beautifully hand-crafted ornate frames and delicate acrylic beading.

Ultra romantic and stylish, they offer everybody the opportunity to add a vibrant design focal point to their space!

Deciding which colour to take home with me is going to be tough (although it'll probably be a pink one!) – which is your favourite and where would you put it in your home?

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Wendyl's Green Goddess NATURAL CLEANING products have just landed! It's OK to be a Nana!

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In Nana’s day she didn’t use words like sustainability, recycling or environmentally friendly, yet that is exactly how she lived. Nana would never have thought to go down to the supermarket to buy a bottle full of bright pink, green or purple chemicals to clean her home.

Several years ago, Wendyl Nissen (a journalist and broadcaster who writes popular columns in the Herald on Sunday, the New Zealand Woman's Weekly and New Zealand Gardener) left a corporate career editing magazines and moved home to work, where she discovered that a more simple life like Nana led is not only nurturing for yourself and your family but much healthier, cheaper and most importantly green.

Wendyl wrote her book Domestic Goddess on a Budget in 2009 where she shared her natural cleaning recipes and encouraged other women to live like a Nana too. Her busy corporate friends then asked her to make up a range of cleaning products that they could simply buy and use safe in the knowledge they were cleaning with 100% all natural ingredients, just like Nana used to, and so Wendyl’s Green Goddess was born!

Each Wendyl’s Green Goddess product is hand made in Grey Lynn, and carries the recipe on the label because it is more important to Wendyl that people opt out of using toxic commercial cleaners and keep their homes free of nasty chemicals than it is for her to make millions!

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Travel in style with a feminine Trolley Bella travel bag!

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These ultra feminine travel bags by Trolley Bella are my favourite new Home & Living goody!

The original Trolley Bella is available in a variety of gorgeous prints: Damask Flip, Red Croc, Black Croc and Pretty Paisley.

If you’re traveling with a bit less or just popping away for a weekend rendezvous, the Trolley Bella's little sister – The Wheeled Weekender is a smaller option to get you on your way, and comes in pretty prints Asiana and Swarm. I use my Asiana Wheeled Weekender everyday for the gym – I love the vintage style print and the practicality of the sturdy water resistant fabric!

Both the Trolley Bella and the Wheeled Weekender feature:

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NEW high quality cookware in Home & Living!

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NEW to Home & living, the Judge and Stellar cookware brands are produced by Horwood Homewares ltd, the leading UK supplier to the Independent Cookware trade.

Established in Bristol in 1896, it is still a family run business, priding itself on traditional values and excellence in products.

Across both beautiful Horwood ranges, spectacular quality core ranges of cookware are complemented with a myriad of products to fully equip your dream kitchen.

An incredible collection of tools, gadgets, bakeware, and kitchen knives in both classic and modern designs, and a large range of kitchen essentials, offer innovative and time-saving solutions to everyday kitchen tasks. And when you're ready to serve up your culinary delights, elegant crockery, glassware and cutlery options allow you to present your meal with superior style!

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A fun kitchen project for the kids over the school holidays!

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Silicone ice cube trays are a really marvellous invention. Not only is silicone a material that can be moulded into just about any shape you can imagine, it’s also resistant to both heat and cold meaning that it’s perfect for making ice moulds.

Now, I bet that you're thinking, ‘well that's very interesting Stacey – but it's WAY too chilly to be sipping away on an iced drink!’

Well, silicone ice trays also make perfect chocolate, soap, jelly and fondant moulds! With our huge selection of silicone trays available you can let your imagination run wild and mould all sorts of unique and quirky goodies.

I think this would be great wee project to get the kids in the kitchen over the school holidays and I'd love to hear about any moulding attempts that you make!

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Twice as Tasty - Super Cute Lunch Totes

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Taking home made lunch to work just got easier with these funky NEW bowling bag lunch carriers by Twice as Tasty.

They're Insulated to keep food hot or cold, include inner holders to keep everything in place, and the open front pocket is great for storing napkins & more.

Made from animal friendly mock croc and eco-friendly recycled plastics, your Twice as Tasty lunch tote will be the envy of the lunch-room!

These gorgeous bags are also great to use as a make up or toiletry bag for travelling!

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Cute Albetta Baby Clothing now available at Mighty Ape!

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We now have the cute Albetta Baby range available at Mighty Ape!

Albetta products feature a mix of fresh and fun designs and bright colours with traditional handicraft features, including hand-finished designs in appliqué, crochet, embroidery and print.

The Albetta range includes Rompers (long and short leg) which are suitable for newborn infants to 12 months. Dresses for 1–6 years. In addition to these garments theres also a small collection of soft toys, hair slide holders, as well as assorted buntings (flag decorations) to add a festive touch to your child’s room!

Swing by and check out the full Albetta Baby range!

Home & Living Revamped!

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We've been busily bustling around the Home & Living department, cleaning out the cupboards and dusting off the shelves to make room for for oodles of NEW, fun, functional and VIBRANT goodies to brighten and STYLE up your homes!

Iconic American interior designer Dorothy Draper, a lover of colour and all things beautiful, believed that there was an innate yearning in all of us to be lifted momentarily out of our own lives into the realm of charm and make believe. We couldn’t agree more, and love her philosophy that you should just do what you feel is right when decorating your home – if it looks right, it is right!

So we’ve been excitedly hunting for colourful and quirky decor and handy gizmos to pack your home with personality and functionality!

We’d love you to take a peek and get inspired to create the home of your dreams!

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