When I stop and look back on what is coming up to 5 years of blogging, and nearly 4 years of writing this blog, one of the highlights has been working with some great brands, in particular one of my favourites, The Great Little Trading Co.
I initially approached them almost 2 years ago, looking to review their children’s ‘play shop and theatre’, and from there was born the GLTC Testing Team collective alongside some other ace bloggers, and the chance to build a brilliant relationship with a trusted brand, give an opinion on some awesome products and solidify some blogging friendships.
To summarise, I’m pretty glad I decided to bite the bullet and get in touch!
The team at GLTC are a dream to work with, and really value the views and opinions of bloggers and their children in exchange for some honest reviewing of their toys and furniture. The testing team have named play kitchens, decided on colour schemes and given opinions on bedding ranges. It’s so refreshing to work for a company that just ‘gets’ it, when others seem to expect bloggers to work for free, or do a lot of hard graft for minimal compensation.
At 5 and 6, and with a new baby imminent, I feel that our family have been ‘good testees’ (is that a word?!)- I love interiors and love nothing more than planning and doing up gorgeous spaces for our little ones, and they love role play, so have been perfect at trying out various toys in this vein.
To celebrate my nearly 2 years on the Great Little Trading Co Testing Team, I have a brilliant prize to giveaway on the blog today- A GLTC ‘Cherry Tree’ Play Kitchen, worth £205!
This fantastic unisex play kitchen is packed with things to do and there is just SO much detail. I love the little details the design team have added: the taps are named ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ to help children recognise the words, the washing machine also has symbols and words around the dial (as well as a soap drawer), and the hob has a glowing flame effect for extra play value. Made from sturdy wood, and of a decent size, I can vouch that the kitchen can withstand some heavy play (we have the Cherry Tree’s stablemate, the ‘Sea Salt’ and have reviewed it previously).
At 6 and a half (and a tall one at that!), Freddie is still getting almost daily use out of his and Sasha’s kitchen, and we’re confident it will last for their little brother when he gets a bit older.
So…to be in with a chance of winning a Cherry Tree Play Kitchen, just fill out the Rafflecopter below using as many of the options as you’d like.
Good Luck!
Terms and Conditions: Competition closes at 11.59pm GMT on Sunday 16th July 2017. Entries received after this time and date will not be valid. Giveaway open to UK residents only. Entrants must be 18 and over. Winner will be selected at random via Rafflecopter after the closing date and will be notified within 5 days of competition end. Only entrants received via the Rafflecopter widget will be considered valid. The prize is Great Little Trading Co Cherry Tree Play Kitchen, no cash alternatives to the stated prize will be offered. Prize to be couriered to winner’s house.
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I love the retro style, patterns and colours! I would love my own kitchen to look like the Cherry Tree Play Kitchen!
It looks very realistic and is quite colourful.
I love the red and what a great name
Very retro and sturdy 🙂
the colours – my granddaughter would love it.
love the retro look
I absolutely love how modern and pretty the kitchen is! The little microwave is my favourite feature very adorable
Fresh bright appealing colours. Good fun for kids with a wwllmade toy
I love that it looks so Retro!!
I love the storage drawer underneath and the blackboard to write recipes on etc.
looks fun!
I like the colour and style
Love the colour and style and looks so real
I love that it is not girly and pink.
It looks very sturdy and there’s enough room to play with friends.
love the big drawer knobs, along with the colours makes it very disabled friendly
The little details, making it look so realistic.
There is so much to it, and i love the colours
I love how it has a washing machine and microwave
My two would love the glowing flame on the hob! They already spend hours pretending to run a cafe (with very poor service, I might add!) so this might help them out!
The coiours are great
This looks so much fun, so bright and colourful that would make my daughter want to play with it all the time!
it looks like a traditional kitchen, something from the 50’s!
like the cooker and mircowave my two would love.
It looks realistic and good solid quality
I love the colour scheme and the retro look.
i love the retro yet homely style the colour combinations are fab
I love the retro look and the bright colours
I so love this little kitchen – fab
It looks solid and durable and the colour is good for everyone.
the retro look and the durability of the materials used.
The design of it,is just great x
i love everything about the kitchen,but i really love that it has a microwave and a washing machine.makes it more real life.i also love the colours
I love the attention to detail. Just because it’s a toy doesn’t mean it can’t look realistic.
retro style and amazing quality i love there products fab giveaway thankyou x
I love the red white and grey design .
Love the little shelf above the sink and the taps are marked hot and cold ,
Love the little memo board and the colours!
I love the cool retro look! adorable little sink!
i love everything x the colours the memo boards the tiny sink its all ace x
The little washing machine! My 2 year old loves helping me put clothes in the washer so she’d love this, as would her big brother – we’d put this in their wooden playhouse!
It’s just so sweet my daughter would have hours of fun with this
The authentic look, and the non gender feel, really lovely x
It looks like a classic toy that will last for generations
I like how realistic it looks and like it’s lots of fun
Love The colours and microwave
How realistic & colourful the kitchen is.
The little cooker. I remember at 5 years old playing in the small kitchen in my class at my first week at school. I can still vaguely remember the feeling
I think the colours are really appealing and bright for children. I like all the different areas of interaction in the kitchen for stimulating imagination and role play.
I love the design, so simple yet stylish and totally retro!
It looks nice than my kitchen!
The role play value and its not really gender focused my little boy loves stuff like this so many are pink.
Knowing that my girls would enjoy playing with it xx
It looks like it has a lot of things to keep little ones entertained. My little girl would love playing with this.
i love how good quality it look something that will last!the colours are fab too
I love the bold colours
The ease of navigating the website
The way it looks lovely
I love the design and colours – looks very beautiful and it has a little chalkboard how cute 😀 p.s hope your baby is here soon 😀
It’s a lovely colour for both boys and girls
it looks so realistic!
I like the colours and it looks very well made
I love the style and the fact it is very sturdy. I have looked at other kitchens like this and how flimsy they were put me off.
I like the colours grey and red go together so well and I like that it looks like its made to last. Very solid looking.
Beautiful colours and looks great quality.
I love the fact that they’ve managed to pack in so many kitchen appliances and objects in a relatively small space. It could feature on George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces 😉
i love the washing machine as my daughter would love just putting things in and taking them back out 🙂 x
Like all the little details x
it looks fun for the kids as they could easily relate to it
I just love the design and how pretty it looks and also how easy and fun it looks to play with! The colours would look great in the room and the fact it is wood rather than plastic!
RETRO LOOKING AND VERY COLOURFUL
I like the microwave on the shelf above and the colours.
The stylish design features and colours which I’m certain will stimulate their imagination every time they play with it
It mimics a real kitchen, even down to the washing machine and microwave! Love the retro look.
I love how the kitchens look so real and the bold lovely colours make them really eye catching
I love the retro vibe the most !
I think the colours are absolutely fantastic! Also they have a large range of goodies to suit all ages so that’s fantastic! Absolutely love wooden toys! My two would absolutely love a play kitchen so they can copy Mummy 🙂
I like the colours, but my little boy will like the dials and knobs!
Love the hot & cold taps which help teach children the correct ones to use.
Love how stylish it looks and how realistic it is. Also the way the colour “pops” fab little thing
I like the attention to detail. Which makes it more realistic.
The blackboard is such a lovely added touch!
Love the colours it reminds me of my Grandmas kitchen when I was little.
Bright and colourful and looks robust
I love the style especially the washing machine!
all the cute appliances that my girls will recognise from our own kitchen, they would love this!
I love the colour – very striking.
It looks modern and well made and lots of nice details on it
looks fun, and i love the unisex design (also the colour scheme in my kitchen is Red, so this will fit in for my daughter perfectly x
It looks amazing and I love the colour.
The symbols & words helping children to learn
the retro look
Love the colours and the stylish modern edge! xx
Love the design and colour. Thankyou for the competition x
I love the fact that it looks like a 1950’s kitchen! Love the bright colours too
all the attention to detail and the fact it looks solid made
I like how my nieces would love the set when they visit at weekends.
The stylish colours, it would be right up my little 1s street!
Having the washing machine in pretty cool as not many kitchens of this sort have that.
It looks very appealing to children with the bright colours and I like that it is a complete kitchen so good for imaginative play!
I love all the detail of it and the fact that it wooden so will be much longer lasting
The Microwave- it brings the toy kitchen much more upto date than most
I love the bright colours and attention to details, my grandson would love to play with this kitchen.
I love the little chalkboard
I love the fact that it’s unisex! I really dislike the kind of ‘learned’ gender roles children’s toys generally fall into, so this is a nice change 🙂
I love the size, would be perfect for both my boys to play with together
There is so much attention to detail especially the little cupboard that looks like a pantry.
Looks a great size and sturdy
I love that the colours and design are not too feminine and they’ve kept it realistic.
The overall design is very cool. I love the chalkboard on the fridge and the washing machine x
I like all the little details on it, looks really well made
I love the blackboard – such a lovely design!
I love the cute little sink,
I love the designs. There is so much detail in each product. So perfectly thought out!
The kitchen is perfect in every way. If only they’re had been things like this when I was a little girl – I would have been in my elements.
I like that even thought its a childs kitchen, it still looks stylish.
I love how it looks better than my actual kitchen haha and the extra buttons no settings look more realistic too
I love the style, quality and colour!
Is there anything not to like! I especially love the little details like the hob glowing and the hot and cold symbols to teach little ones what to look out for.
I love how realistic it looks and the colours
love this kitchen its beautiful
The size you could have a few kids at the same time playing
The colours xx
The colour scheme xx
I love the simple colours used, has a Scandi feel.
I love the washing machine
it is so colourful and retro
It looks lovely and sturdy
I love the realistic flame hob and soap drawer. Also looks bright and sturdy.
There is very little about this set that I don’t like. But I think the fact that it has a little microwave really is my favourite part.
That its nice and colourful
I love the microwave 🙂 though the whole thing is fantastic, just so realistic!
The glowing flame effect hob, that would appeal to grandchildren, Imight get breakfast in bed. I want a play on it
I love the red and the retro look to the kitchen.
Love the colour and style
I love all the little details like the numbers on the microwave
I love the colours and the style
Very realistic style and love the colours
I love that it’s very retro and I love the draws underneath
I love the colour and design, both of my older children love pretend play and I think this would suit them both. I love the shelving and little extras too!
I love that it has everything including washing machine to make it more fun and it looks great
I love the little details – the hooks and the storage where you can put plates and the “food” etc Very cute!
The colours are so cute. My daughter would love this x Thanks for the chance.
I love everything about it, my favourite is the chalk board
I love the attention to detail, the retro feel and the great craftmanship that has gone into this
I love how realistic it all looks, my girls would be impressed!
I love the design and colour, my own kitchen is nearly the same colour
I really like it’s design and colours 🙂
I love the layout and the fact that they have managed to fit all the kitchen equipment into one unit, my daughter would it .x
Love that it is sturdy, and have managed to fit in all the important aspects of a kitchen.
i love the colours
I love the colours and the fact that it is unisex x
I love the scales – so realistic and such fun.
I like the fact there seems to be lots of places to store all the play food and pots and pans for the kitchen
I love the retro look and this is fabulous – I love the style and the lovely colours – Wish I had a kitchen like this one 🙂
It looks sturdy and well made
I love how bright and colourful this kitchen it my girls would have loads of fun playing this x
Slightly retro and slightly modern – and delightfully bright and cheery. Love it!
bright colours and stylish
the colour and style
I love the colour scheme and the good solid design.
I love the retro design especially the red black and white colours.
the kitchen looks so good the reality of it fun and learn about the right things to do in the kitchen is wonderful
I like the colours and cute design
thr retro wooden feel and bold colours-simply stunning
Love the gender neutral colours
I love all the pots and the colours and the patterns, my daughter would be over the moon with it. Thanks
I love all the little details the red and blue on the taps, the little tea towel, also love the retro style and colour but with the modern twist of a dishwasher and microwave my
Ava would play for hours with this is so lovely
Love the bright colours
I love how bright it is and how its uses day to day things mum does in the kitchen 🙂
I love the variety of appliances, everythings in there!
I love the stars on the back splash. It’s something I think my daughter would really enjoy.
I love the fact that its made from wood and looks so sturdy
I like that it is all in one unit and that it has modern appliances like the mircrowave!
I love the bold colours and retro style, I also like the use of words on the cherry tree play kitchen so little ones can learn as they play.
Hiya my daughter would love this it looks so realistic and the colours on it are awesome thanks for the chance this is going to make some lucky child very happy 🙂
I honestly think the whole thing looks fantastic!
a very eye catching simplistic design it looks like something they would have in a nursery class in a nice schoolmy little grand daughter would love this and i would put it away for the upcoming often dreaded (but not by me) christmas. it would be a fab present to gift her thank you for the chance.
I love the fact the colour and style is actually so similar to my own kitchen. I could imagine my two youngest daughters playing for hours.
It looks really durable and I love the retro design. I also love the fact that I’m sure it would keep my daughter quiet and happy for a while 🙂
Looks lovely, very retro.
My littlest two would love this. I especially love the added details and think it would help my 3 year old with her reading and learning to be safe in the kitchen!
I do love the colours – very eye catching
The colour, bright and cheerful, and the details, such as the words and symbols.
I love that it is retro and it looks sturdy too.
The clean lines and colours. I love the fact that the play kitchens look stylish and would fit into a house perfectly without making the space look like a huge toy room 😉
It looks so real and would look amazing in a house. 🙂 It’s very stylish and will teach kids the fun of cooking etc. 🙂 My youngest great-niece would love the bright colours as she’s only one, but the other two would have loads of fun with it.
I love the colours and that it looks so real and so much to do and lots of fun and imagination
Has to be the style of it for me .x
I love the colour scheme & also that it includes a microwave.
Such a cute style, what a great name too. My little girl would be in heaven playing with this. GLTC is a fab place to buy kids furniture. I have the tuck away chair and table toy box set bought when my boys were little . Still going strong twelve years later. My little girl uses it every day. Great quality furniture!
Its looks like its built to last
I love the retro feel and the fact it’s not pink
I love that it is gender neutral!
i love the details its just like real size ones
the retro look is great , i think my granddaughter would play happily for hour
The style and colour of the kitchen is fab! I also love he little touches like you mentioned, the flame effect – it makes it so much more real for my boys 🙂
It’s very different to most of the other play kicthens I’ve seen. I love the little details like the matching tea towels – and the fact it has a washing machine too!
I like that it looks robust and that it can withstand anything the kids put it through!
great bright colours – perfect for ava
it looks very retro
I love how real it looks and the fact it looks sturdy and neutral. My boys would love it x
I love the Retro look… also the grey would go perfectly with our living room 🙂 xx
Has a cool retro look 🙂
It looks really robust and fantastic fun! My children would love playing with their pretend food.
I love the retro look of this. I have an d fashioned look in my kitchen so this would look fab for my daughter to cook alongside me xx
I love how bright and inviting it is
I love the design and colour combination!
I love the retro look and the fact it’s colour neutral and would fit in most households decor wise. It also looks quite strong and sturdy which is always a positive
I love the whole design
I love the retro look and the beautiful colour scheme.
I think it has to be the modern design, it makes it stand out to your standard toy kitchen x
The colours are very eye catching aswell as the sturdiness of the kitchen is a good safety feature 🙂 x
I love that it has lots of details and is retro 😀