A quick browse through our children's bedrooms inspiration galleryand you'll see that kids rooms can be as stylish as they are fun.With playful designs by design houses like Osborne & Little and Cole & Son, as well as cool new kids on the block such as Wild Hearts Wonder, there's no shortage of fun kids' wallpapers that max out on style factor.

monkeying around

Villa Nova’s Picturebook Wallcoverings collection brings charming pattern and colour to kids’ bedrooms. From night scenes of New York City (complete with yellow taxis), tropical toucans and lush jungles, to playful pups and pretty woodlands, each option features free-spirited brushstrokes and loosely drawn figures.

sing a rainbow

Bear & Beau is a new brand that creates home decor for children – and their style conscious parents. Expecthand-inked wallpapers wth cute rainbows, robins and rabbits.

COLOUR ME IN

Okay, so you're not technically supposed to colour in this wallpaper, but we imagine the temptation will be hard to resist. The London Houses wallpaper by Rebel Walls shows pretty rows of Notting Hill architecture, drawn in 2D.

UP UP AND AWAY

This is not your average hot air balloon print. In the charming Galerie Jack n Rose Junior Vintage Balloons illustration, moustached men sail the night sky in fantastical contraptions, including a bicycle powered zeppelin, and balloons with sails and flags.

SWIMMING BEARS

The stunning Borastapeter Polarn wallpaper from the Scandinavian Designers Mini range shows bears swimming underwater, surrounded by water bubbles. In a neutral pastel shade, it's calming but still playful and fun – just the thing for a toddler's room.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Colourful and comical birds perch on jungle leaves thefree spirited Cockatoo illustration by Quentin Blake for Osborne & Little.

FLOATING SWANS

Hibou Home's prettySwans Wallpaper would look lovely in a nursery or little girl's room. The pattern is available in eitherPale Rose (seen here) or Mint.

See four new looks for kid's rooms.

animal portraits

Inspired by ancestral family portraits, this gorgeousPortraitswallpaper features portraits of hares, dogs and badgers, framed with olive leaf wreaths.

ROLL UP ROLL UP

Cole & Son's Cabaretwall scene features twirling dancers and carnival fantasy.

STARRY SKY

Soft, subtle and neutral, the Starry Sky Wallpaper creates a restful backdrop of clouds and stars. Thesophisticated design features hand drawn metallic stars and clouds, and comes in eitherPale Rose with gold stars or White with silver stars.

walk the earth

For the dinosaur-obsessed, Paperboy's 'D'ya-think-e-saurus' wallpaper features roaming hand drawn dinosaurs. The pattern comes in a variety of different colours, with matching bedding, cushions and curtains available too.

SECRET TUNNEL

This almost photo-realistic Magical Alley scene shows trees curving over a mysterious path. It adds instant depth to a wall – not to mention mystery and intrigue.

PINE FOREST

Inspiredby the great outdoors and a love of adventure, the Into The Wild Wallpaper features brown bears, wolves and elk hiding amongst block style prints of pine trees. The pattern is available in either Stone and Arctic White or Grey and Storm Green.

APRIL SHOWERS

The April Showers wallpaper features little grey colours with multi-coloured rain drops, making it easy to blend in with most colour schemes. Light hearted and brightly coloured, this simple pattern is perfect for playrooms, nurseries, toddlers' rooms and very young children.

Find more inspiration for kid's rooms here.

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