Everything You Need to Know About Our Newest Fabric Collection!


Meet Elements, our newest performance fabric collection - created to bring together the essential qualities that make NooK special in a thoughtfully simplified, more accessible package!

Elements combines beautiful design, calm colours and easy-care performance with the same Australian-made quality and three-year warranty families expect from NooK.

Soft, practical and designed to handle real family life, Elements is our relaxed
everyday alternative to Ultra Weave.

Why did we create Elements?

We believe that thoughtfully designed play furniture should feel at home in more family spaces.

Elements was created by looking closely at the qualities families value most in NooK - beautiful design, comfortable support, easy-care materials and colours that work within the home - and simplifying selected details to achieve a more accessible price point.

It is still unmistakably NooK. It is still made locally in our Sydney factory. And it is still designed for years of play, rest and connection.

Elements is simply NooK, thoughtfully pared back for everyday family life.

What does the Elements fabric feel like?

Elements is a soft, flat-weave performance fabric with a relaxed linen-look finish.

Compared with the richer texture of our premium Ultra Weave fabric, Elements has a smoother texture. Its understated finish makes it easy to style in playrooms, bedrooms and shared family living spaces.

The fabric also provides excellent grip when building, helping cushions stay in place during cubbies, forts, ramps and imaginative play.

Is Elements easy to clean?

Very! Elements was designed with busy family life in mind. Its water-resistant surface helps liquid bead on top of the fabric rather than immediately soaking through, giving you time to wipe up everyday spills.

The fabric is easy to spot clean, and the removable covers can be machine washed on a cold cycle when they need a more thorough refresh.

It is also pet friendly - tending not to attract cat claws with its flat weave, making it a practical option for homes shared with furry friends!

As always, we recommend treating spills promptly and following the care instructions provided with your product - or pop us an email if you need help!

Is Elements still durable?

Like all NooK fabrics, Elements is a commercially rated performance fabric tested to 50,000 rubs, making it suitable for busy homes as well as schools, childcare, therapy and hospitals!

Our Ultra Weave remains our most durable and elevated weave, with a richer texture and a rating of 100,000 rubs. Elements offers a more relaxed balance of softness, everyday performance and value.

All our fabric collections are designed to be lived on. The right choice simply depends on the finish, features and price point that work best for your family.

How is an Elements NooK different?

The main difference is the construction of the base cushions.

In an Elements NooK, the two base cushions in each pair are permanently stitched together, just like the bases in our NooK Junior. They cannot be separated
into individual base pieces.

Our other NooK fabrics include connecting zips that allow the bases to be separated, offering greater flexibility for advanced builds and washing individual base covers.

Elements also uses more simplified top-stitching. These thoughtful construction changes help us achieve a more accessible price while retaining the essential comfort, quality and open-ended play experience of NooK.

Elements or Ultra Weave: Which weave should I choose?

Choose Elements if you are looking for:

  • A more accessible NooK price point
  • A softer, flatter linen-look weave
  • Easy-clean everyday performance
  • Permanently joined base pairs
  • A relaxed and practical finish

Choose Ultra Weave if you are looking for:

  • Our most elevated and textural fabric
  • Maximum commercial durability
  • Base cushions that can be separated
  • Greater flexibility for modular building and washing
  • A more premium finish and construction

Neither collection is designed to replace the other. They offer two different ways to experience NooK - one thoughtfully simplified and relaxed, the other elevated and highly modular.

The Essential Elements of NooK

Elements represents thoughtful simplicity.

It brings together beautiful design, practical performance, calming colours, Australian manufacturing and the same three-year warranty in a collection designed to make NooK accessible to more families. Because family furniture does not need to be precious to be beautiful - and practical does not need to look ordinary.

Elements is made for play, rest, spills, stories and everything family life brings.

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