How 15 Designers Decorated Their Kids' Rooms
Pattern Overload
"It felt cozy to do pattern on pattern, texture on texture," designer Colleen Bashaw says, of her daughter's bedroom in this Tudor beach house. The side table is draped in a custom pink zebra linen.
Ladylike Look
For her daughter's bedroom, designer Bailey McCarthy conjured a "full-on princess fantasy" with a bed canopy in a Designers Guild floral in her Texas home.
Canopy Creations
Krista Ewart designed her Pacific Palisades house with kids and commotion in mind. Canopies made of natural linen and Raoul Textiles' Coverlet dress up vintage beds in the eldest daughter's room.
Small Details
As for Krista Ewart's 3-year-old's room in her Pacific Palisades home, she opted for small-scale prints to add delicacy and charm. The ballerina sheets are beyond adorable.
Sophisticated and Girly
Designer Amanda Nisbet's daughter's room in her New York apartment is intentionally hip and young. "It's a room she can grow into, although I've left some little-girl elements," says Nisbet, like the extra-tall pink headboard.
Pretty in Pink
Pink and turquoise accent the white bedroom of designer Kristen Ewart's 10-year-old niece. The fun, simple decor fits in perfectly with this colorful California beach house.
Fun Lighting
Designer Philip Gorrivan wanted to empower his children, so he consulted them before making over their rooms. "My 13-year-old, Isabelle, went for a blue, brown and cream palette with splashes of orange," he says.
Kids' Choice
"My boys were very involved with the design of their rooms," says designer Kelly Wearstler. "Oliver even came to an auction with me and picked out a piece of art! He chose his favorite color and helped select his bed."
Family Heirloom
"For my 3-year-old, Tahlia, I started with a vibrant hand-painted John Robshaw fabric — originally a pillow — and had it wrapped around a simple drum light," says designer Krista Nye Schwartz. However her favorite part of the room is the family quilt draped across the bed.
Display Collections
"My eight-year-old son, Beck, is an avid collector — autographed baseballs, vintage fly-fishing gear, arrowheads — and a voracious reader," says designer Tami Ramsay. "The burled maple console next to his reading chair is a handsome way to display his treasures."
Sophisticated Color Scheme
"The bedrooms in our old house are rather small, so it was a challenge to make enough space for my twin baby girls," says designer Christina Sullivan Roughan. "I think the punch-and-aqua color scheme is chic but, above all, happy and fun."
Personal Art
"My son Sam has always been a history and mythology buff, so when I brought home this painting of Gilgamesh, he was overjoyed," says designer Fiona Newell Weeks. "He never really cared about his room — his only request was green walls — but once we hung the painting, he took a real interest."
Eye-Catching Pattern
"My daughter loves her bedroom, even now that she's 18 and has left for college," says designer Anne Shanahan. "We picked out a hot-pink damask pattern and gave it a graphic edge with black-and-white accessories."
Small Space
"This cozy space is perfect for my youngest son, Buck, age six, who likes to build forts and hide out," says designer Annie Mahoney. "For a closet, I painted an old pine wardrobe the color of the walls, which makes it recede — a great small-space trick!"
Secret Passage
"In our loft, I wanted to create engaging spaces where Lola, 11, and Sam, 13, could be on their own yet also interact in a spontaneous way," says architect David Rockwell. "Their rooms actually sit on top of each other, connected by hidden trapdoors."
By Julia Lewis
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