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Living rooms, kitchens, and dining areas are often the most frequently used spaces in family homes. These areas are usually designed with adult preferences in mind. In contrast, children's rooms can sometimes fall by the design wayside. However, decorating a child's bedroom presents an exciting opportunity to be imaginative and have some decorating fun. The bedroom can be more than just a place for your child to sleep; it can also serve as a playroom, study area, and private retreat as they grow. As children’s interests and habits evolve, the design of their rooms needs to adapt accordingly. Thus, it is essential to create a space that accommodates these changes with thoughtful choices in color, furniture, accessories, and storage options.
Nervous? Don’t be! We’ve gathered a fantastic collection of decorating ideas to inspire and help you create the perfect room for your young housemate.

Ottoline’s ‘Improvisation 1’ wallpaper in red sets the tone for this playful scheme in this child's bedroom in Lisa Mehydene's Cotswold home.

A dream attic bedroom for a little girl in a London house designed by John McCall. John made a pair of curved four-posters and, after searching for a simple cotton pom-pom trim to edge the voile hangings, he found an Indian artisan who makes fringe by hand at her kitchen table. The headboards and curtains are in ‘Banyan’ green/pink linen from Bennison Fabrics.

Nicola Harding created a sophisticated children's bedroom in a 19th century London home. The curtain fabric is by Tobias & the Angel, which also made the shade seen on the Pooky table lamp. Felix Lighting Specialists made the wall lights. ‘Sakura’ wallpaper in sky by Galbraith & Paul and a Vanderhurd rug provide a foil for a dark pink ‘St Bernard’ armchair from Howe and custom-made headboards covered in a matching fabric from Claremont.

Meanwhile, in her son's room at her Wiltshire cottage, Katharine Paravicini used Howe wallpaper featuring 'Mr Men' for her son's room, complemented by curtains in Soane's 'Scrolling Fern'. The rug is from Mini Knots, and the bedcover was purchased during a holiday in India.

Colour and pattern both enliven and define this family home. The graphic red and white Vivienne Westwood wallpaper in the nursery is far more engaging than any mobile. "Small children seem absolutely riveted by it," says the home's owner, interior designer Bunny Turner of Turner Pocock.

Interior designer Irene Gunter’s own flat, in an Arts and Crafts house in south London, exemplifies how clever design can maximize an awkward space. In the nursery, a dropped ceiling was removed to reveal the beams, and an LED track was inserted between the top of the walls and the pitched ceiling to shine upwards. The gold spots on the walls are stickers bought from Amazon. ‘I cut them where they meet the windows and skirting boards to make them look more like wallpaper.’

This striking mural, inspired by one in Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle hotel in New York, provides a playful backdrop in designer Beata Heuman's daughter's room. Clever use of space is evident with twin beds featuring half-tester canopies that fit neatly into two alcoves, while a central, built-in chest of drawers extends into the wall behind the chimney breast.

In this bedroom in her Wiltshire cottage, interior designer Katharine Paravicini has warmed up a Feather & Black bed frame with a custom headboard in Ottoline's 'Tulips of Belgravia' fabric. She sourced the hand-painted tole lamp from a supplier in India some years ago.

The twin bedroom in this Georgian home designed by Salvensen Graham is a playful space with headboards by Alfred Newall grounding it. The cushions and blinds are Flora Soames' ‘Cornucopia’, with valances by Fermoie.

The Queen's Park house where Lonika Chande lives with her husband and son is filled with rich color and pattern. Papier-mâché letters from Edit58 spell out Sasha’s name on ‘Alice in Wonderland’ wallpaper – a Thirties design by CFA Voysey from Trustworth Studios. A Berber rug and woodwork in Farrow & Ball’s ‘Picture Gallery Red’ full gloss add warm tones and texture.