Cool kids’ rooms

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CLEVER DECORATING

GIVE THEM A LIFETIME OF GREAT MEMORIES WITH THESE CREATIVE ROOM IDEAS

Upgrade basic bunks

Turn bunk beds into stylish, enclosed sleeping pods with a bespoke decorative frame. Paint the back wall to match and add a curtain to make them even more snug.

Personalise each bunk bed with different artwork, cushions and bed linen.

LIGHT THE WAY

Fit each bunk with a wall-hung light that pivots to where it’s needed

Make a bookshelf house

Cut-outs of left-over wallpaper create a wall feature and give simple cube storage the potential to be used as a doll’s house as well as hold toys.

Supersize the house by using multiple cube units and drops of wallpaper.

BLURRED BACKDROP

Choose a contrasting paper with a small-scale design

Kallax shelving unit, £35, Ikea. Allsorts wallpaper in Coral; Mono wallpaper in Rain, both £88 a roll, MissPrint. Children’s mini wooden stool, £16.99, UrbnLiving Store at Amazon

Create a view on the ceiling

Give little ones something to look up to by papering the fifth wall in an abstract pattern. With high ceilings, you could continue down to the picture rail as a border.

Paint the coving and dado in a contrasting colour to add even more decorative detail.

CORONET CURTAIN

Create a magical look with a ceiling-hung drape that can stay when the bed changes

Needles Yellow wallpaper mural, from £39sq m, Hovia. Blackout bed canopy for kids, £35.99, Love Style, is similar. Hera cot bed, £499.99, Gaia Baby would work here. Similar mini shelves, Bekväm spice racks, £4.50 each, Ikea

WALLPAPER CHEAT SHEET

WALLPAPER CHEAT SHEET

April Showers in Slate/Pickle/Paper, £39 a roll, Scion
On the Island by Creative Lab Amsterdam, from £219 a roll, Lime Lace
Gillis in Sandstone, £118.80 for 3m sq, Sandberg

Set up a kiddy command centre

Perfect for a hallway, playroom or open-plan living area, this drop-zone idea will keep shoes and essentials in one place. Fix peg rails within easy reach.

Continue the peg rails along the wall or stack them vertically to create an even more practical feature.

SPLASH-ZONE STRIPE

Use a wipe-clean paint on the bottom section of wall

Animal Antics prints in oak frames, from £207 for a set of three (only two shown), Abstract House. For a similar rug, try the Broadwalk Strip

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