The best kids room ideas give your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 everything they can imagine and then some! After your little one grows out of their adorable nursery, it’s time to peel off their 𝑏𝑎𝑏𝑦 bird wall decals and spread their wings. A kids’ room can be transformed into an epic playroom that looks like a Lego wonderland or the pages of their favorite fairytale. It can even become the ultimate escape for hosting sleepovers. Kids know exactly what they want! Since they find inspiration in trends, popular movies, sing-a-long shows, and even their teen sibling’s room, your plans for their space should include their input.

While it’s a huge task to give them the kids’ room of their dreams, not all incredible kids rooms ideas are merely aspirational. It might be too much to build them an actual castle with a billowing canopy, but you can keep their room in a theme or aesthetic that makes counting sheep just as sweet. Designing a room for kids is all about balance and tailoring the idea with practicality and joy.

To help you create the room of your kid’s dreams, we rounded up 70 jaw-dropping spaces that look like the inside of a 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s imagination come to life. A slide for getting out of bed? Sign us up! A stage for the budding performer? They’ll thank you for being their biggest fan. The kids room ideas below are sure to inspire you to think big for your little one.

RIKKI SNYDER1Bring Fun to Soft Floors

Your kids won’t be able to resist naptime in this warm and cozy playroom. Becca Casey of Becca Interiors designed custom elements for this Connecticut home built in 1937. Instead of going for an alphabet carpet, she added texture to the room with a cushioned rug, bean bags, and fluffy throw pillows. You can lean back and relax on the cushioned window seat while your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥’s imagination runs wild and free.

CHAUNTÉ VAUGHN2Use Floor-to-Ceiling Wallpaper

Meta Coleman designed a magical bedroom centered on nature (and race cars). Using the St. Jude’s Squirrel and Sunflower wallpaper, Coleman met the challenge of a New England structure by committing to a botanical print. “Sometimes you have to lean into a home’s quirk,” says Coleman. “Wallpapering the whole room makes the angles feel less pronounced.”

KATE THOMPSON3Support Creative Expression

According to Kiki Slaughter, kids are the best artists. The artist designed a collection of textiles and wallcoverings featuring doodles her little ones made in their Richmond, Virginia home. “I covered my 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren’s rooms in the patterns they created. Seeing their eyes light up being surrounded by something they made makes my heart happy,” she says. “I hope that being surrounded by something that they helped make, inspires them with whatever they decide to do in the future. Proceeds from their designs will go toward their creative education fund.”

Advertisement – Continue Reading BelowREAD MCKENDREE4Mix and Match Textiles

While a bed that’s low to the ground might not grow with your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, it can certainly make for an easy big-kid-bed transition. The bed in designer Chauncy Boothby’s son’s room seen here has been passed down through her husband’s family for four generations. She paired the classic brown furniture with fun nautical wallpaper that’s perfect for a kid’s room.

ERIC PIASECKI5Get Ready for Sleepovers

Your kids will sing your praises with a setup that invites their friends to sleep over. To ensure a family’s two sons had a big open area to play and room for their friends to spend the night, designer Andrew Howard arranged a pair of bunk beds in the corner of the room. Built-in storage is a space saving kid’s room idea in this Texas home that makes cleanup a breeze.

COURTESY OF HARP DESIGN6Build a Space-Friendly Bed Stack

Limited space? No problem. Harp Design Co. created a custom triple-decker bunk bed for a family’s small bonus room to make it a multifunctional spot for sleeping, playing games, and watching television. It can actually sleep up to four: There’s a trundle bed below the first bunk for when their little cousin sleeps over.

Advertisement – Continue Reading BelowAPRIL TOMLIN7Hang Dress-Up Costumes

Tea time just got chicer with a pretty clothing rack in the playroom to keep dress-up costumes and props organized and on display. We’re loving how April Tomlin added little house structures to make games even more immersive—this kid’s room idea is a Barbie dreamhouse waiting to happen!

TRIA GIOVAN8Keep Fun Front and Center

Your 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥 will cherish the memories and TikToks made in their epic playroom. This curtained stage designed by Phillip Sides adds drama to everything from guitar practice to spontaneous productions. If your kids love music, consider setting up a similar space that can double as a rehearsal and performance arena (those curtains and wall-to-wall carpeting help absorb noise for a makeshift “soundproof” room. You can cheer them on from the front row.

HEIDI’S BRIDGE9Make a Nook Out of Books

With a Kalon Studios daybed framed by a custom built-in bookshelf, a versatile study by Indigo Ochre Design is the ideal place to curl up with a good read.

Advertisement – Continue Reading BelowHULYA KOLABAS10Modernize a Bunk Room

Lucy Harris Studio chose bubble wallcovering by Chasing Paper and a ceiling of Benjamin More Blue Jean to make the bunks in this epic home feel as if they’re floating.

NELSON HANCOCK11Kid-ify a Study

Once brimming with the client’s books, this wood-paneled library was converted into a playroom by designer Bruce Shostak, who added hot pink, turquoise, and raspberry accents to appease its new inhabitants.

READ MCKENDREE12Stick With Ageless Accents

Kid-friendly and cheerful yet sophisticated and versatile, the floral watercolor wallcovering by Flat Vernacular and vintage butterfly mirror will grow with this room’s inhabitant. “She can change the bed and keep everything else,” says Colleen Bashaw of Brown Hall Design.

Advertisement – Continue Reading BelowDONNA DOTAN13Create a Washable Playroom

If you can squeeze a playroom into their sleeping space or you have a spare room, take note of this stylish kid’s room idea. Designer Ariel Okin embellished this room for her daughter with Farrow & Ball paints Green Ground and Citron in a wipeable modern emulsion finish to relieve the stress of discovering art on the walls.

KARYN MILLET14Set Up a Homework Station

Whether it’s a bedroom corner turned workspace or an entire room, a dedicated area to focus on schoolwork, especially in the age of virtual learning is a must this study zone by designer Eric Olsen features custom pendants for ample lighting over a desk that seats multiple 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.

MO ARPI15Match Everything

To frame the antique Dutch windows, E&A Interiors created matching green lacquered canopy beds. “It’s grown-up enough for two friends and equally magical for 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren,” says designer Chlöe Elkerton. Whether you have twins or not, a matchy-matchy look always wins in the world of interiors.