Kids' rooms

Three easy ways to refresh your kid's room in one weekend!

Have fun with colour: Interior stylist and artist Amber Armitage shares three quick and easy ways to refresh your child’s …

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Interiors: styling that celebrates the wonder of childhood

Step inside Ruby’s room, a space that inspires discovery and celebrates the beauty and wonder of childhood. Tash Stokes is a Hamilton-based wife, mother and photographer. She has an eye for sweet details and an appreciation of subtle beauty. Tash …

Kids bedroom: a charming space for rest and play

Providing a space for rest and for play, this bedroom is a playful twist on heritage charm. PATTERN ON PATTERN When mixing patterns, remember to mix up the scale of the patterns. We used two petite prints for the wallpaper mixed with larger …

A beautiful bedroom to nurture sibling friendship

Interior designer and personal stylist Stacey Gillies lives on Auckland’s North Shore with her husband and two children; Frankie, who’s four, and Sam, who’s 18 months. Her husband AJ is an architect and they’re combining their creative forces to …

This is how an artist designs her own child's bedroom

A space that sparked joy was the goal for artist and mum Maiko Nagao Irvine when she created a bedroom for her son. Auckland-based artist Maiko Nagao Irvine took great delight in curating a bedroom for her three-year-old son Kaito that provided …

It's a sunny day everyday in this kids room!

BRING A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE INTO YOUR CHILDREN'S BEDROOM. MIX AND MATCH Don’t be afraid to mix and match the colours and patterns of the bedding. Everything will work together if you keep the colour palette similar to the mural and play …

Beautiful bohemian bedroom for two

Lavara O’Hanlon is a wedding photographer and mama to three young girls living on Waiheke Island. Her photography is a great creative outlet, but when she’s not out and about capturing couples’ magic moments, she can’t help herself styling and re …

Turn a nursery into a big kid's room

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Kids' rooms designed to last

Eco-lover Holly Jean Brooker explains where to invest the cash when decorating your child’s room, For the sake of their health and that of the environment. Over the summer we enjoyed endless hours outdoors with family and friends, enjoying some …

Sister space: a sweet room designed for two

Sharing is easy when your mum has a knack for creating beautiful spaces packed with personality. Artist Bek Halliday shows us inside her daughters' room. PHOTOGRAPHY: bek halliday, bekhallidayart.com …

Spring fling

The light, pretty colours of a spring morning are reflected in the decor of this simple yet elegant little girl's room. THE RESENE COLOUR PALETTE We chose a palette that complemented the colours in the bedding. The morning sunrise sky was taken …

A little whimsical room

Thanks to her clever mum, little Dulcie Mae has a place for everything, and everything in its place. Tania Hussey is one half of Tate Design, an interior design team based in Wellington which specialises in bringing to life nurseries, children’s …

5 tips for choosing nursery decor

Nursery experts from Childsmart’s Kidsline share their top 5 tips for choosing bedding and accessories to create the perfect nursery. 1. Colour coordinate: many parents decide they want their nursery to fit with the theme of the other rooms in …

World colours

Patriot games Inspire an interest in travel, or honour your family's international roots with a bedroom designed with world colours and accessories in mind. Here are ideas for taking your cue from gems made locally and from other cultures. There …

Create a dinosaur-themed bedroom

Does your toddler have a passion for all things prehistoric? These dinosaur-themed room ideas will inspire junior paleontologists. Harlequin's whimsical, modern Jolly Jurassic wallpaper and fabric range from Allium (main image, …

Gender neutral

Brother and sister sharing a room? Resene and Gorgi create a complementary look that crosses the colour divide. Creating a shared bedroom in colour can be an interesting exercise. Short of choosing a neutral palette, how does one choose colour …

20 Cool kids spaces

Your home changes when little ones arrive in so many ways! Not just becoming a family home, the decoration becomes very family oriented, baby-proofing comes first, then 'kid zones' places where your little ones can play, put their toys and books and …