Get Inspiration From Extravagant Children's Rooms

August 22, 1:12 PMEarly Childhood Parenting ExaminerAngele Sionna

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Rooms designed by Kidtropolis

Looking for some inspiration to make your child's room extra special? A good place to look is at the fantastically extravagant designs of kids' rooms designer to the stars Kidtropolis. They have some unique and creative (albeit pricey) room designs that can spark your imagination for your own rooms.

From a magical crib fit for a princess (see photo, right) to a stagecoach-slash- toddler bed in a mini-OK Corral (see photo, left), the deisgners at Kidtropolis litterally can make the designs of your dream happen.

"Kidtropolis will go anywhere in the world to do an install,"  says David Frank of Kidtropolis, "but we do build pieces/rooms in our Virginia shop that can be installed by local builders with instructions from us. For instance, the tree house (see photo, right) was built in several pieces and then installed."

Of course with craftsmanship like this, you're going to pay a pretty penny to have them make your vision come to life. Prices range from $4500 for a custom piece of furniture to $49,000 for the Old Mother Hubbard Shoe (see photo, left). The cost of an entire room varies, generally from $15,000 to $50,000.

"We design based on budget,  our clients most of the time have a vague idea of a theme or a vision and we ask them their budget for that vision.  We then design to that budget.  One or two clients have said – Here is what I want what will it cost," says Frank.

But just because you don't have that kind of money to throw around, doesn't mean you can't be inspired to do something fantastical for your cowboy or princess.

Just using a little paint, you can create magic on the walls. Even if you can't draw... you can rent (or borrow) a projector, like the kind teachers use in classroom, place an illustration from a book or even coloringbook on the projection table, then simply use a pencil and trace the design on the wall. Once you have it all sketched out, use acrylic paints from the craft store and fill in the design you traced to match the original illustration. Or get creative and change the colors to suit your child. Then buy or make bedding and accessories to compliment your mural. My mom and I used to use this method to decorate the walls of her classroom.

If you don't want to invest that much time, you could buy pre-designed wall paper that already has the mural painted on, like the 3-D Safari Mural for $550 (see photo, right) from Wallnutz.com.