20 Modern Kids’ Room Ideas

From playrooms to bedrooms with triple bunks, this collection of neat and playful spaces will be sure to tickle your brain with ideas on how to take your kid’s room to the next level.

20 Modern Kids’ Room Ideas

From playrooms to bedrooms with triple bunks, this collection of neat and playful spaces will be sure to tickle your brain with ideas on how to take your kid’s room to the next level.

Custom millwork now stores toys and books, and becomes a media console in front of the couch. The designers also added a daybed below the windows.

Whether it’s creating a comfy space to wind down or a great room for play, kids room are a fun challenge to take on. Learning, story-time, homework, playdates, and sleepovers bring these spaces to life and oftentimes make your home resemble a scene after a tornado’s touch down.

Keeping tidy with kids is ultimately a feat to be applauded, so here is a collection of inspirational kids rooms that provide modern solutions to help minimize the clutter. Toys, stickers, crayons, Legos, and Barbies will find their way into their dream house while you maintain yours.

1. Pair different patterns in the same color family

Soft patterns between the curtain rug and bed spread mature this room, while still maintaining a youthful playfulness. Designer Alexandrine describes the bedroom as "a functional space for a grown-up girl student."

Alexandrine describes the second bedroom as "a functional space for a grown-up girl student."  On the wall, prints by Olga Fradina are mixed with vintage graphics from the 1960s. A lamp from the 1970s sits atop a modern italian writing desk.

Alexandrine describes the second bedroom as "a functional space for a grown-up girl student." On the wall, prints by Olga Fradina are mixed with vintage graphics from the 1960s. A lamp from the 1970s sits atop a modern italian writing desk.

Photo: Filippo Bamberghi

2. Keep some toys out for decoration

Who says that everything has to be put away? Sometimes displaying toys, markers, and other fun kid stuff can add a bit of homeyness to a space. In this room, the homeowners also chose to display the kid’s art as wall decor, too.

Kids' bedroom

Kids' bedroom

Photo: Albert Vecerka

3. Frame the room with bunk beds

The upper-level of this shared family cabin has a playroom with four sets of built-in bunkbeds for the children. "We wanted to have a second living room, but for the kids," says architect Daniel Iragüen. "We imagined the kids playing here and producing memories with friends and cousins."

The upper-level playroom contains four sets of built-in bunkbeds to house children of many generations who often visit the cabin. "We wanted to have a second living room, but for the kids,

The upper-level playroom contains four sets of built-in bunkbeds to house children of many generations who often visit the cabin. "We wanted to have a second living room, but for the kids,

Photo: Marcos Zegers

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