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8 Chic Kids Room Ideas From AD PRO Directory Designers

Spaces for children don’t have to be kitsch or garish—check out these kids room ideas that are fun, playful, and sophisticated all at once.

If there’s ever an opportunity to embrace exuberant creativity, it’s when designing a kid’s bedroom. At the same time, these spaces can easily tip into kitsch or rely on trends and motifs that are quickly outgrown. It’s a delicate balance to satisfy the fickle taste of a child or adolescent while also creating a space that will stand the test of time (or at least until high school graduation). Confidently combining bold colors, dynamic textures, and statement-making patterns, these eight kids room ideas from AD PRO Directory members present lively spaces where playfulness and imagination are celebrated and embraced.  

Often, guest rooms need to function equally for both kids and adults. For this bedroom in a 1905 Boston home, the client asked for a room that would please the main guests—their nieces and nephews—but also work for adult visitors. “The most important element when designing a space for children is versatility,” insists designer Dane Austin, who combined antique furnishings like a late 19th-century oyster chest with modern touches such as a stone and brass disc lamp from Baker. William Morris wallpaper and custom twin beds upholstered in Schumacher fabrics and designed by Austin deftly combine elegance with playfulness, making for a space that works for all ages. “Children’s rooms can be both sophisticated and whimsical to stand the test of time and grow with them.”