Pintoy Wooden Natural Toy Chest

This review is a bit of a departure from my usual shower gel, lip saver and travel reviews. Since my niece gave birth to her son and made a great aunt of me I have been looking at gifts and toys - I didn't realise there was so much choice! One thing that I did find was a lovely toy chest called the Four Friends Toy Chest which is made by John Crane Pintoy and sold by John Lewis amongst others and it is ideal for all the toys that young children seem to accumulate from birth (and before!) This chest is made from solid rubberwood and measures 64 x 40 x 37.5 cm. There are brightly painted pictures on each of three sides of the chest; on one end there ...  Read the complete review

In my experience there is a stage at some point after children come into your life, for the sake of argument let's call it the denial stage, where you are convinced you will restrict all toys to one small and tastefully hidden basket in the corner of the living room. Reality, birthdays and over generous grannies seem to lead to the inevitable search for more suitable and cavernous storage, which in our case lead to the purchase of this John Crane Pintoy item from John Lewis. This is a solid wood item, of 64 x 40 x 37.5 cm. The main panels are made of rubberwood, as you can see from the picture it is brightly painted on 4 sides with a red mouse, green frog, ...  Read the complete review