We searched the country for kids' rooms full of creative ideas to steal for your own child's space. You may never be able to send her there as punishment again.
With the addition of a floor-to-ceiling wall mural, a narrow room was transformed into a whimsical metropolis for brothers, ages 7 and 4, in New York City.
This drawing by Incorporated Architecture and Design was digitized and sent to Duggal Visual Solutions, duggal.com, which printed it on self-adhesive vinyl to create a custom wall covering. Get a similar look with WallCandy Arts' French Bull City wall stickers.
Carpet tiles are a kid-friendly alternative to traditional carpeting; you can replace a single square if it gets damaged, instead of ripping up an entire rug.
When it came time to update her daughter's little-girl bedroom, Joslyn Taylor called on a friend, interior designer Janet Gridley, to help with the transformation. Mom and her pal asked the almost tween what she wanted and created a bright, laid-back space based on her desires.
Dad constructed the bed canopy from copper pipe bought at a hardware store. The mosquito-net curtains are similar to these Siam Canopy ones shown above, macys.com.
