The Top 10 Kids’ Spaces of 2023
Get ideas for beautiful built-in beds and storage pieces, as well as charming decor, from these most-saved photos
This Trending Now story features the most-saved kids’ room photos uploaded to Houzz since Jan. 1, 2023.
A room designed specifically for kids often does triple or even quadruple duty, serving as a place to sleep, study, play and store clothes, toys and other bits and bobs. If the room is compact (as kids’ rooms often are), it needs to be well-designed to squeeze in all or most of those functions — especially if it’s shared by siblings. This countdown of the most-saved photos of kid spaces uploaded to Houzz this year offers loads of ideas for kid-friendly decor and layouts that maximize every square foot.
A room designed specifically for kids often does triple or even quadruple duty, serving as a place to sleep, study, play and store clothes, toys and other bits and bobs. If the room is compact (as kids’ rooms often are), it needs to be well-designed to squeeze in all or most of those functions — especially if it’s shared by siblings. This countdown of the most-saved photos of kid spaces uploaded to Houzz this year offers loads of ideas for kid-friendly decor and layouts that maximize every square foot.
9. Net Positive
Kirkland, Washington, interior designer Harmony Weihs designed this bedroom with gold bedding, a spicy orange rug and vibrant blue cabinetry — bold colors that are tied together by a funky wall that looks like it’s paneled in colorful reclaimed boards. The custom oak loft has an upholstered headboard and a fun hammock-like safety net between the upper bunk areas.
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Kirkland, Washington, interior designer Harmony Weihs designed this bedroom with gold bedding, a spicy orange rug and vibrant blue cabinetry — bold colors that are tied together by a funky wall that looks like it’s paneled in colorful reclaimed boards. The custom oak loft has an upholstered headboard and a fun hammock-like safety net between the upper bunk areas.
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8. Mad for Plaid
Miranda Cullen of Inside Stories
gave this bunkroom in a custom Aspen, Colorado, home an elevated rustic look with a plaid rug, plaid bedding, Navajo-style blankets and wallpaper with a subtle bark pattern. The pulls on the storage drawers resemble little metal twigs. The bunks, which appear to be twins over doubles, are thoughtfully designed with individual reading lights and niches.
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Miranda Cullen of Inside Stories
gave this bunkroom in a custom Aspen, Colorado, home an elevated rustic look with a plaid rug, plaid bedding, Navajo-style blankets and wallpaper with a subtle bark pattern. The pulls on the storage drawers resemble little metal twigs. The bunks, which appear to be twins over doubles, are thoughtfully designed with individual reading lights and niches.
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7. Set for Slumber Parties
Beth Howley Creative designed this girls’ bunkroom with built-in beds that sleep eight. The striped blue bedding, wood accents and shiplap walls have a crisp coastal style and color palette that fit the home’s location near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.
Beth Howley Creative designed this girls’ bunkroom with built-in beds that sleep eight. The striped blue bedding, wood accents and shiplap walls have a crisp coastal style and color palette that fit the home’s location near the eastern shore of Lake Michigan.
6. Antique Elegance
Designer Sara Swabb of Storie Collective created this Washington, D.C., bedroom for her eldest daughter, Tippi. It has an antique bed, nightstands and rug and a handmade pendant light from Georges in France that’s made of fabric stretched over bent rattan. The decor is rivaled in charm only by the room’s Juliette balcony that overlooks the back garden of the 1900 semidetached row house.
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Designer Sara Swabb of Storie Collective created this Washington, D.C., bedroom for her eldest daughter, Tippi. It has an antique bed, nightstands and rug and a handmade pendant light from Georges in France that’s made of fabric stretched over bent rattan. The decor is rivaled in charm only by the room’s Juliette balcony that overlooks the back garden of the 1900 semidetached row house.
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5. Sage Space Planning
In this house an hour outside London, Susie McKechnie Interiors made the most of a tiny bedroom by wrapping it in a custom built-in storage bed, wardrobe, drawers, a desk and open shelves. Saturating the woodwork and walls in a sage color kept the room from looking busy, while pink and brass accents add a vaguely vintage vibe.
In this house an hour outside London, Susie McKechnie Interiors made the most of a tiny bedroom by wrapping it in a custom built-in storage bed, wardrobe, drawers, a desk and open shelves. Saturating the woodwork and walls in a sage color kept the room from looking busy, while pink and brass accents add a vaguely vintage vibe.
4. Soft Pink Study
Willow & Bert Interiors transformed a dark dining room into a pretty playroom for an English family with kids ages 2 months to 11 years. This custom desk, which sports soft pink paint (Edward Bulmer’s Jonquil), has seating for two with built-in task lighting and plenty of open and closed storage.
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Willow & Bert Interiors transformed a dark dining room into a pretty playroom for an English family with kids ages 2 months to 11 years. This custom desk, which sports soft pink paint (Edward Bulmer’s Jonquil), has seating for two with built-in task lighting and plenty of open and closed storage.
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3. Pillow of Clouds
This child’s bedroom, which is in a dream of a midcentury house in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, is dreamy in its own right. Jamie Bush & Co. created a cloudlike loft bed with drawers built into its steps and sconces in both the sleeping and play areas. The loft is integrated into the wall of built-in cabinetry, maximizing storage in the small room, and a statement chandelier hangs from the tray ceiling.
Note how the draperies hang against the ceiling, ensuring there’s no light leakage during nap time.
This child’s bedroom, which is in a dream of a midcentury house in California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea, is dreamy in its own right. Jamie Bush & Co. created a cloudlike loft bed with drawers built into its steps and sconces in both the sleeping and play areas. The loft is integrated into the wall of built-in cabinetry, maximizing storage in the small room, and a statement chandelier hangs from the tray ceiling.
Note how the draperies hang against the ceiling, ensuring there’s no light leakage during nap time.
2. Lofty Ambitions
In a Japanese-architecture-inspired home by SF Design Build and Noz Design, this space-saving custom ash loft built-in recalls a tall, skinny house squeezed onto a narrow Tokyo lot — or perhaps a traditional step tansu, a storage cabinet that doubles as a staircase. This adorable design was built and styled for the clients’ daughter (the steps and opening are wider than they appear here). A similar version was created for the son.
In a Japanese-architecture-inspired home by SF Design Build and Noz Design, this space-saving custom ash loft built-in recalls a tall, skinny house squeezed onto a narrow Tokyo lot — or perhaps a traditional step tansu, a storage cabinet that doubles as a staircase. This adorable design was built and styled for the clients’ daughter (the steps and opening are wider than they appear here). A similar version was created for the son.
1. A-Plus Appeal
This little second-floor bedroom is in an Alexandria, Virginia, ADU (accessory dwelling unit) built by Four Brothers Design + Build. The vaulted A-frame-like ceiling has a barnwood-wrapped beam extending across it, and the white oak floor matches the staircase’s oak handrail. Behind the beds, an accent wall is clad in yakisugi (aka shou-sugi-ban) — cypress burned using a traditional Japanese method — and two woven leather stools sit at their feet. With its side-by-side beds, the room could certainly accommodate young siblings, but its neutral color scheme and interesting mix of materials would appeal to guests of any age.
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This little second-floor bedroom is in an Alexandria, Virginia, ADU (accessory dwelling unit) built by Four Brothers Design + Build. The vaulted A-frame-like ceiling has a barnwood-wrapped beam extending across it, and the white oak floor matches the staircase’s oak handrail. Behind the beds, an accent wall is clad in yakisugi (aka shou-sugi-ban) — cypress burned using a traditional Japanese method — and two woven leather stools sit at their feet. With its side-by-side beds, the room could certainly accommodate young siblings, but its neutral color scheme and interesting mix of materials would appeal to guests of any age.
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This British bedroom by Dauley Design sports a creative and playful (but not juvenile) combination of colors and patterns. Even the ceiling is wallpapered in a blue-and-white vine print. With a little ingenuity, an awkward bump-out in one corner became a handy bookshelf painted a sunny yellow.
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