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Olive Kids Direct, LLC

  • Name Kim Poirier
  • Location Marlborough, NH
  • Year Business launched 1998
  • Website www.olivekids.com
Olive Kids Direct, LLC

Contestant's Case to Win

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Ten years ago, while we were trying to decorate our daughter’s room, we discovered there was little, if any, coordinated, affordable kids bedding and room products that were not tied into some TV show or big budget movie. We enjoy these fun movies and characters but didn't want them to infiltrate the core of our child’s room!

So, we created Olive Kids to offer parents like us, and their kids, an affordable alternative to the character based entertainment licenses. Our emphasis is on color and fun, because we believe kids rooms should inspire creativity and play - not be an advertisement for a TV show or movie. Our kids bedding designs and coordinating room decor have a nostalgic quality yet are fresh and relevant. We aim our design at classic kids themes like transportation, pirates, outer space, tea parties, cowboys and more! We also pride ourselves on attention to detail. Our comforters have outline quilting, our shams have embroidery and soft plush, our cotton sheets have attached ribbon details - at a price that is affordable!

We do all of this in our 150-year-old barn that we renovated into our design studio. Being parents to 3 kids we knew it was important for us to be close to our kids while creating our business. We love what we do and where we do it!

In the past year Olive Kids have been reviewed on over 100 mom blogs, our personalized floor pillows have been featured on Jon and Kate plus 8 and numerous celebrities have been gifted with our personalized kids products all with rave reviews!

Thanks for reading about Olive Kids and we hope you’ll love our story and vote for us!

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  • Olive Kids is a great company with really terrific products. I have shopped with them and recommended...Read more
  • I love Olive Kids stuff! I have the mermaids bedding for my daughter and the wild animals for my son...Read more
  • I just can't say enough about this company! The bedding is wonderful! Its colorful and fun and the designs...Read more