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The picture-perfect kids' playroom is the one in which your children will play independently for hours on end. Giving them all the exercise, stimulation, and fun possible is the number one goal. Yet, what is the perfect kids' playroom in reality? What features, toys and designs will achieve the goal? We’ve put together five fun kids' playroom ideas to help get you inspired to create your own.

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These big-budget playrooms will make you wish you were a kid again. Homeowners are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on luxury spaces that include rock-climbing walls, ball pits and tree houses.

“What does your dream playroom look like? Does it have a rock wall, monkey bars, or a special crafting zone? I am going to let you in on a little secret, Smart Playrooms can help make that dream a reality. They specialize in creating epic playrooms that are perfect for both play and learning. We had the chance to chat with the founder of Smart Playroom...

“Longtime schoolteacher and mother of three Karri Bowen-Poole has started Smart Playrooms, a firm that helps children develop and learn by applying school-design principles to family playrooms. Here, she explains how layout and organization influence children’s behavior, independence and creativity.”

Playrooms must be well organized with learning centers where everything is in place so that when kids want to create, build or pretend, they have everything they need right at their fingertips. The Smart Playrooms team, Karri Bowen-Poole and Chris Simpson, share these four reasons why a playroom encourages success in school…

“In addition to a 20-foot-wide rock-climbing wall, monkey bars and a mini basketball court, the new playroom has an arts-and-crafts area with a walk-mounted chalkboard, a media lounge with hanging-pod swing chairs and an under-the-stairs reading nook with string lights and a beanbag chair. There is also a hanging trapeze, as well as a built-in ladder, a climbing rope, swings and plenty of brightly...

This bright and bold playroom not only accommodates children of different ages and with different interests, but it is also pleasing to the eye, something every parent can appreciate. Designed by the team at Smart Playrooms and Project Playroom led by founder and CEO Kari Bowen-Poole, this was designed in a home in Scarsdale for boys ages 4 and 7 and a girl aged 12. The task was to create a vibran...

When Karri Bowen-Poole designs custom playrooms, her room concepts begin with her musing about how a room will engage and nurture young minds. Of course, paint swatches and whimsical kid-centric themes are part of her detailed design process, but the founder of Smart Playrooms believes play and learning are interconnected. “It’s the teacher in me...

When Karri Bowen-Poole is at work, all she thinks about is play. It goes with the territory, though: Bowen-Poole designs one-of-a-kind children’s playrooms for a living. The former educator designed this multi-space, multi-functional, multi-fun playroom in collaboration with a Greenwich mother of three. The client wanted it to be bright (a big ask since it’s in the basement), gender-neutral, and t...

For playroom designer Karri Bowen-Poole, founder of New York–based studio Smart Playrooms, the emphasis on incorporating more active forms of play into children’s spaces was a response to something she noticed around her, having worked in education for a decade prior: kids were increasingly over-scheduled in extracurriculars like competitive (and...

Ashley George commissioned Bowen-Poole to design a playroom in their new house with monkey bars, swings, foam pits, a climbing wall, and a slide. Now the children run into the new playroom each day after school. Ashley George’s 5 years old loves challlenging herself on the monkey bars. “She is so proud of herself” said George.