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Floating Twin Beds in a Children’s Room for Twice the Fun

There’s a reason why bunk beds for children’s bedrooms continue to reign  in the world of home interior design – kids will always pick bunk beds for their fun factor. But let’s face it – often it’s only the fun and games that trump more important factors like practicality, safety and timelessness. Look beyond the bunk bed stereotype and you’ll see there are several clever ways to make twin beds just as much fun. Rather than placing twin beds just side-by-side in children’s room, why not place them in a strategic L-shape for some smart space saving.

Life-Size Dollhouse Play Beds for Children’s Bedrooms

Possibly the most enviable pieces of furniture in a children’s bedroom are the new, extravagant playbeds by specialty kids furniture brands like Flexa. Designed as life-size doll houses or tree house-style, these beds are crafted expertly with playful detail after detail for creative roleplay. After all, what can be better than actually sleeping in a real life doll house? These playful beds are perfect for kids bedrooms that don’t have as much free floor space for playtime. House-shaped beds for children’s bedrooms can be crafted with a few steps for a multi-storey house or no steps at all for a safer, more compact doll house-like bed.

A Built-in Recessed Children’s Bed Designed for Smart Space Saving

A smart way to safeguard precious floor space for playtime is to place a children’s bed in a recessed alcove of the kid’s bedroom – think of fitting a bed into that odd open space between inconvenient pillars or columns that you would otherwise have to hide with a flase wall or POP. You can also create a built-in recessed bed storage solutions like a children’s cupboard wall. A recessed children’s bed will double up as a hiding den and a cosy nook at bedtime.

Extendable Children’s Bed that Literally Grows with the Child

The extendable toddler bed is an ingenius solution that has been made popular by modular furniture giants like Ikea. An extendable bed is exactly what you think it is – a slatted bed base can be pulled out as your child grows taller or can be pulled back in when the next child in the family is independent enough to require their own toddler bed. The extendable children’s bed is the next best upgrade to a baby’s cot. By adding a safety rail to the bed, the bed can be used for young children learning to sleep alone. Modular furniture companies like Ikea also make single beds for children that have an extra pull-out bed tucked underneath – perfect for sleepover parties and more.

Bright Idea: The extendable single bed is not just perfect for young children but also for growing tweens. Once kids old enough, the extendable single bed can be used as a standalone mini-sofa or an additional daybed. 

A Modern Spin on Kids Bunk Beds

Bunk beds for children’s bedrooms have evolved with time but the basic premise is the same – two or more single beds stacked with a ladder to get to the top bed. Thankfully modern versions of bunk beds have resulted in some cooler and safer features. The first is the trundle bed – low bed that’s usually on castors so it can be rolled or slid under a higher bed when it’s not in use. What makes a trundle bed in a bunk bed setting smart is the fact that once the older child is ready to move out of the shared children’s bedroom, the bed at the bottom can be removed to create a study den or storage space out of the lower bunk. The trundle bed’s wheels can be swapped with sleek legs and placed elsewhere in the room or house when it’s no longer in use as a bunk bed.

Lofty Goals for Bunk Beds in Children’s Bedrooms

Yes, bunk beds are real space-savers but that doesn’t make them the most practical or easy solution in a kids’ bedroom. Even if you do get past the safety issues, there’s no guarantee the kids sharing the room will always love the bunk bed. There will always be the case of who gets the top or bottom bunk leading to so much time wasted at bedtime. The solution? Lofting individual sleeping stations so both kids get the same top bunk while you reclaim some much-needed floor space. At the same time, the space that would otherwise be reserved for the bottom bunk can be used to place individual study desks, cupboards and more.

Chic Four-poster Beds for Children’s Bedrooms

There’s nothing quite as magical and fairytale-like than a classic four-poster bed in a children’s bedroom. It’s also the perfect bed type that can mature as children grow older. It can be as playful as you need it to be for younger kids and as stylish and chic as they transform into teenagers.

Bright Idea: Give a playful spin to a classic four-poster bed by created a cottage-style roof and you’ll never have to make pretend fortresses and tents out of pillows and bedsheets. Cottage style single beds can be decorated with banners and garlands for a minimalist style or go all out with playful bed curtains that can turn a kids bed into a functional tent to sleep in for extra fun.