60 Stylish Kids’ Room Ideas That Will Make Grown-Ups Jealous (2024)

When you remove the threat of hungry bears and poison oak, a summer-camp aesthetic is actually very chic. Designer Victoria Sass proves that here with white oak cabinetry, bunks, and a “hidey hole” tucked up into the ceiling.

If “aren’t you precious?” were a room, it would be entirely lavender. If you want to make such a statement, opt for a precious little monochrome look by Alex Papachristidis.

You can never have too much storage when it comes to a kid’s room. And in this one by Pappas Miron, a window seat provides room to stash excess stuff while providing a perfectly sweet perch for the littles. Bonus for the wallpapered ceiling, covered in a Sister Parish print.

In a Hamptons retreat by Haynes-Roberts, the message of peace is clear. This room can teach young kids the value of nonviolence via a powerful semiotic statement above the headboard. It also looks cool.

The room that Michelle Gerson designed for her son in the family’s Manhattan loft bucks all clichés with black walls, a lucite crib, and serious high-design firepower like the David Hicks carpet from Stark and a light fixture by David Weeks.

Kids’ rooms have a way of getting cluttered. Designer Linda Hayslett had that in mind when she created this one in Los Angeles, which is a storage tour de force. Beyond the ample shelving, the custom bed features drawers beneath.

After a day of the kiddos skiing the signature icy slopes of New England, a warm and cozy bunk within unvarnished wood-paneled walls is suggested. Designer Alfredo Paredes did that here in a kids’ bedroom in a ski house in Stratton, Vermont.

In this kids’ room by Georgia Tapert Howe, playing house is taken to new extravagant heights with this insane Pottery Barn bunkhouse. The look is elevated by the Nicky Haslam tented fabric and window shades.

Children love pattern, and this bold Milton & King wallpaper in the kids’ room of the upstate New York home of Perifio’s Matt Bidgoli and his partner, Raphael Portet, provides it in spades.

If stripes and wood paneling can get along, so too can your kids. The brightly colored lines of the Pendleton throw in this upstate New York house by Vicky Charles mirror those of the ceiling boards. A little harmony like this makes for a happy childhood.

All flowers, no allergies, in this room designed by Melissa Lee, which creates a garden atmosphere by enveloping it in Wild Tulip wallpaper from Soane that covers the walls and ceiling.

One bed goes one way, one goes the other in a Northern California house designed by Lauren Geremia. Throw in some tasteful colors and pattern by way of the quilted throws, throw pillows, and bouclé pillows, and you have yourself one elevated kids’ room.

Another entry in the precious category, this time with Pre-Raphaelite undertones. In a kids’ room-slash-nursery in Litchfield, Connecticut, designed by Robin Henry, the wallcovering is by Luddite icon William Morris.

Visually, the kids’ room designed for a family apartment in Poznan, Poland, by Paradowski Studio seems like a complete departure from the rest of the home. Its youthful spirit shines through in pops of color and custom animal carvings on the walls.

For the cozy kids’ room in the same apartment designed by Paradowski Studio, the designers chose a palette of warm, earthy hues for the fabrics that accompany postmodern-influenced custom built-ins.

Kids need something to fixate on, and winged creatures are always a hit. In this Cape Cod house by Raquel Garcia, a bird-themed wallpaper was central.

A zebra-print wallpaper by Brunschwig & Fils brings whimsy and a touch of the jungle to a bedroom by Megan Winters. The oversize plush toys seem right at home.

Is it a set from a black-and-white movie or a kids’ room with a thoughtful design? Regardless, the neutral colors are giving in this room by Sims Hilditch in a restored rectory.

A Kravet grass-cloth wallcovering serves as the perfect backdrop for a boys’ bedroom, featuring a colorful piece of graphic art by David Edwards.