{"id":1,"date":"2008-08-11T15:25:53","date_gmt":"2008-08-11T13:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/woodenelements\/?p=1"},"modified":"2016-03-07T17:17:38","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T15:17:38","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/2008\/08\/11\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Elements &#8211; The World at my height"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-1\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-1-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-1-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p>Our children\u2019s furniture is designed with the\u00a0<strong>Montessori philosophy <\/strong>in mind.\u00a0By that we mean our creative play elements are all designed at\u00a0<strong>children\u2019s height<\/strong>\u2013 so that it is\u00a0<strong>accessible<\/strong> to toddlers and young children.<\/p>\n<p>As well as providing our children with aesthetically pleasing surroundings that appeal to\u00a0<strong>all their senses<\/strong>; by surrounding our children with a beautiful environment they do <strong>learn to appreciate art and beauty<\/strong>. We wanted to give our children something that would aid them indirectly in their growth. Not only their <strong>gross-motor development<\/strong>, but also on a level that would carry them through life with healthy degrees of independence, confidence, appreciation and gratitude. We wanted to surround our children with wooden play elements as its qualities of <strong>warmth<\/strong>, <strong>texture<\/strong> and even <strong>smell<\/strong> are so much more wholesome than that of plastic. Wooden furniture to young children, whose senses are generally more heightened than the average adult, is extremely aesthetically pleasing.<\/p>\n<p>Our specialty is in the area of<strong> tree houses<\/strong>, wendy houses, <strong>play houses<\/strong>, swing benches and other special <strong>outdoor <\/strong><strong>custom carpentry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While our passion lies in creating children\u2019s and toddlers play elements, we have been known to use our creativity and skills to offer grown ups a broad range of specially designed custom carpentry to enjoy as much as their kids do.Some of our bigger projects completed in and around the Western Cape include <strong>decking<\/strong>, <strong>cladding<\/strong>, <strong>staircases<\/strong> and built in <strong>kitchen designs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to creating a special child size world at home, we would to love to help you <strong>design\u00a0beautiful and stimulating environments<\/strong> for kids in <strong>libraries<\/strong>, after <strong>care centres<\/strong>, <strong>schools<\/strong> and even <strong>child-friendly restaurants<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Our company was established in 2008 and has been responsible for providing outstanding workmanship and service ever since. \u00a0All our individually crafted furniture is made with <strong>top quality timber<\/strong>; treated and painted and our <strong>outdoor furniture will withstand the varying weather<\/strong> perfectly. Our regular customers particularly value our attention to detail and fine finishes.<\/p>\n<p>Our factory is in <strong>Kommetjie<\/strong>, <strong>Cape Town<\/strong>: This, truly, must be the most beautiful and <strong>inspiring city<\/strong> in the world. It is the perfect space for the creation of products from our imaginations. Our thoughtfully crafted creations are not, however, limited to Cape Town. <strong>We deliver nationally<\/strong>, so get in touch no matter where you are!<\/p>\n<p>We would love to hear from you if you have special children in your life that you would like to create furniture or play elements for in your home or business.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Explore some of the Elements <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-1-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-1-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-image panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div class=\"panel-widget-style panel-widget-style-for-1-0-1-0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-image so-widget-sow-image-default-8b5b6f678277-1\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"sow-image-container\">\n\t\t<img \n\tsrc=\"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Claremont-play-house-high-res-8-of-48.jpg\" width=\"692\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Claremont-play-house-high-res-8-of-48.jpg 692w, http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Claremont-play-house-high-res-8-of-48-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Claremont-play-house-high-res-8-of-48-272x182.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 692px) 100vw, 692px\" title=\"Claremont &#8211; play house &#8211; high res (8 of 48)\" alt=\"\" \t\tclass=\"so-widget-image\"\/>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our children\u2019s furniture is designed with the\u00a0Montessori philosophy in mind.\u00a0By that we mean our creative play elements are all designed at\u00a0children\u2019s height\u2013 so that it is\u00a0accessible to toddlers and young children.As well as providing our children with aesthetically pleasing surroundings &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/2008\/08\/11\/hello-world\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":247,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/247"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.woodenelements.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}