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The 10 Best children's beds

Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. GLTC Fire Engine Toddler Bed

£124, gltc.co.uk

Few toddlers can resist a fire engine, so what better way to persuade them that bedtime is fun?

The 10 Best eco cleaners

Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. Ecover toilet cleaner

£2.05, ethicalsuperstore.com

May tear through limescale and attack bacteria, but it goes quite easy on the environment, using things like citric acid and xanthan gum, not the heavy-duty stuff you usually find in cleaners.

The 50 Best homewares

Fri, 04 May 2012 21:00:28 +0100

Sitting Room

Mr and Mrs Smith

anthonyhartley.co.uk, £3,500

No, not Brangelina. Chairs. I know they're incredibly expensive but these are real one offs, handmade in Yorkshire. Each has its own colour sequence which is registered to the new owner. Try not to think about the price, just admire the beauty.

The 10 Best children's furniture

Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. StartRight

£89.99, lfccatalogue.co.uk

The top of this table has a whiteboard on one side and a blackboard on the other, plus a building-block area to lay over that.

The 10 Best garden tools

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. Eva Solo

£17.49, firebox.com

The stylish, cool and curving handles of this innovative trowel and fork set mean that they slot together neatly for storage.

The 10 Best water-saving kit

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. Water Gel

The 10 Best pillows

Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0100

1. John Lewis Winter Snow Goose Down

£150, johnlewis.com

A supremely comfortable pillow using down from geese native to Russia's glacial mountains.

The 10 Best mixers

Fri, 16 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0000

1. KitchenAid Artisan Stand Mixer

The 50 Best garden centres

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:00:33 +0000

This week's panel:

Dorothy McClaren is the owner of Flower + Garden (flowerandgarden.co.uk);

Anna Rose Hughes is a graduate of The English Garden School and a garden designer;

Anna Pavord is the gardening columnist for the Independent's Saturday Magazine;

Victoria Summerley is an executive editor of The Independent and edits the Saturday edition of i. She opens her garden in London as part of the National Garden Scheme (victoriasbackyard.blogspot.com)

The 10 Best family games

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0000

1. Kinect Star Wars

The 10 best coffee tables

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:00:01 +0000

1. Paulownia

The 10 Best irons

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000

1. Rowenta DG8760 Pro Perfect

£188.02 amazon.co.uk

This iron sails through crumpled laundry, even tough linen, with complete ease, which you'd hope, at this price.

The 10 Best Plates

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:01 +0000

1. Villeroy & Boch

The 50 Best lights

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:43 +0000

1. Rhino wall lamp

A quirky rhino-head lamp makes a change from the ubiquitous stag's head. The downside is that you will need two to make an impact, which means it is quite pricey.

Where: grahamandgreen.co.uk

How much: £95