From practical to storybook themes, hundreds of imaginative, beautifully decorated rooms for kids—from infants to teens. Ideas themed for both girls and boys. Inspiration for paint colors, furniture styles, window treatments, bedding, creative storage solutions, and fantastically inventive play spaces. Special appendix gives guidelines for choosing child-safe furniture, fabrics, and accessories.

Packed with unique and imaginative ways to make your child's room a fun place to sleep and play.

Here are rooms that kids love-and the creative know-how for making these designs your own, whether your rooms are large or small, your kids tiny or twelve. Each chapter is packed with full-color photos of fresh ideas for designing children's bedrooms, bathrooms, playrooms, and studies. Information on fabrics, wallpapers, curtains, furniture, and rugs helps you navigate the vast array of choices available. Interviews from design experts, parents, and kids help you create decorative style that's real, that's fun, and that's just for kids.

Take your kids' room from boring to da bomb with this new edition of a Sunset bestseller. Pages and pages of photography showcase real-world solutions to common kid room challenges. Design experts share tips on flexible furniture arrangements and creative options for maximizing storage, creating integrated study areas, and using playful accents. Practical 'how to' advice takes you from concept to completion so you can give your kids a place they'll love to call their own.

Explores the role of textures, multi-purpose furniture, and unexpected objects in rendering spaces both comfortable and eye-catching, outlining a range of short- and long-term steps for overall home design.

Another updated bestseller in the "Smart Approach" series, The Smart Approach to Kids' Rooms starts with the premise: "Think like a professional." Parents will find all the inspiration and information they need to create any kid's dream room. Chapters include a basic primer on the general principles of good design and how to apply them to individual needs and lifestyles. Topics include: working with color, choosing furniture, organizing space, storage, special ideas for walls, windows, and floors, plus safety tips. One chapter addresses designing for children with special needs.