Home design professional Jeff Taaffe believes that children’s spaces are worthy of the same elevated touches that adorn the rest of a home. Investing in key pieces allows a design and a space to grow with the child.

For the two-year-old daughter of a recent client, he brought to life a simple, blush pink suite fit for a princess of any age.

“I simply ignore the fact that I’m designing a space for a child when ordering the bigger pieces of furniture like the bed, chairs and side tables,” he explains.

The client offered blush pink as direction and left the rest up to him. A tulle canopy topped with a gold bow adds a touch of fairytale whimsy. And that same whimsical element serves as an anchor for the overall design.

“This sets the tone for the entire space with the soft feel of the upholstered bed and canopy, and also stretches the vertical of the space, allowing the 10-foot ceilings to be felt,” Taaffe says, “something the hanging pod chair and window treatments helped play to as well.”

Clean lines and simplistic color choices create the palette for a modern yet regal bedroom. And from toddlerhood through her high school years, the design is unlikely to require major changes.

“We have the wall color, baseboard color and crown color all in the same blush tone,” he notes. “This minimizes you noting the trim details some, but again, allows the white linen curtains to pop.” Playing to the tall ceilings, the curtains also stretch the room vertically, emphasizing the space’s grandeur.

“For a child’s space, the most important thing is to over-design and undecorate.”
– Jeff Taaffe

Embracing the art of undecorating helps parents get out of their own way when designing a child’s room, he says. Then, the things that matter most are more easily showcased.

“When you can remove all the things that aren’t helping the feel of a space, you create something that feels intentional. This draws the eye to the things that matter most,” he says. “Anyone can make one room or a corner of a room look good in a picture. But the homes that are well done feel different.”

To see another room design by Jeff Taaffe that brings the wow factor, read this story from our archives.