Stylish Bedrooms Designed for Kids

Every child deserves to have a space of their own in a house. Even when siblings have to share a room, it is important that the kids have at least some control over the look and feel of the space. The rooms featured in this post take from the idea of child-like whimsy and playfulness, then add a hefty dose of sophisticated style. The end results are rooms that, of course, beautiful, but also fun, colorful, and even practical. These rooms are more than a place for a child to lay her head, they are a slice of style that can grow with their occupants.

1 | Visualizer: Alesya Kasianenko

Children’s rooms often have more functions than adult bedrooms — they need a place to sleep but also a place to study and places to just lounge around.

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This room has the advantage of being fairly large, but the designer still manages to make more space with elements like a recessed sleeping nook.

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A mosquito net-style canopy makes for a perfect play area while bringing in its own dose of whimsy.

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But from certain angles you cannot even tell this room is for a child. A comfortable and spacious study area is ideal for homework at any age.

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Fun cloud lighting is both relaxing and creative.

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Knitted poufs are a comfortable size for visiting friends or parents who just want to play.

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It’s impossible to take one look at this gorgeous nook and not imagine the bedtime stories that will be told here.

8 | Visualizer: Julia Borisenko

In this next pair of rooms, we see how less square footage can still be turned into a gorgeous space.

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The striped painting brings color into the design, but the muted tones keep the look sophisticated rather than garish.

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A few carefully chosen pieces of art can reflect a child’s personality without giving over to the cartoonish nature of so many child room designs.

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Again, we have a comfortable sleep space and a study desk with plenty of natural light.

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This room puts seating front and center with a bed, desk, and cozy hanging egg chair.

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Natural light adds extra oomph to the colorful accessories.

14 | Visualizer: Imade Pastel

When parents first have a child, the instinct is often to take the new addition’s room directly to one pastel or another.

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This space for a young child eschews swaths of pinks and baby blues for cool gray blue and just a few pops of bright pink.

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This classic color scheme and dramatic elements like a canopy bed make this room inviting and fun.

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Storage and a few playful touches mean this lovely space is both stylish and practical.

18 | Visualizer: Ira Harbaruk

This next room offers another lovely take on classic pink and blue themes, with a custom study hutch as a focal point.

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The adorable hutch calls to mind a whimsical barn and leaves space for a little girl and a study partner.

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Natural light plays perfectly with the sky blue wallpaper that brings the outdoors inside with its cute, fluffy clouds.

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Sleepy eyes painted on the door nestle up next to a pretty pink lofted bed with a cozy couch underneath.

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And what little girl doesn’t want her own vanity for dress up?

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Measuring 19.6 square meters (210 square feet), this yellow accented room skews a bit older than some of the other included in this post.

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A comfortable bed, shelving, and unique accent wall make it a perfect space for an artistic teen.

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A green take on a similar style measures 19.7 square meters (212 square feet) and also incorporates a lot of natural wood.

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The accent wall gives a bit of an industrial touch to this simple, stylish room.

27 | Visualizer: Viktoria Tsikhotska

Turquoise can be a beautiful, youthful color to use in a kids room, as evidenced by this design.

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A window seat is always a welcome element, perfect for storytime while kid-sized chairs make it easy for even the littlest ones to feel all grown up.

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Built-in shelving is a practical and stylish element for a kids room, as kids seem to collect more books than would seem humanly possible.

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The lighting around the headboard of the bed makes the occupant of this room feel like the star of his or her own show.

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Polka dot wallpaper and lots of storage round out this functional and adorable room.

32 | Architect: menna youssf Designer: menna youssf

The design of a nursery is mainly for the parents, since an infant won’t remember what you put on the walls.

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This decorative room features lots of cartoon elements, perhaps some of which the parents wouldn’t want in the main parts of the house but that they enjoy nonetheless.

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A chalkboard wall and graphic prints are colorful and creative reminders.

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There is nothing stuffy about a nursery that features Felix the Cat.

36 | Visualizer: Fedor Nikitenko

In this speculative design for a boy’s room in a country house, comic book elements play a featured role.

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Yellow, white, and blue are strong, masculine colors in this usage.

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A fun collage on one wall means the rest of the room can stay a bit more simple.

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A lovely desk and comfy bean bag chairs make this a great teen retreat.

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Unique industrial lighting and an Eames-style chair are definitely grown-up elements for this growing boy.