How to get the Scandi look in a kids' bedroom – I've tracked down the timeless high street buys for a bedroom that grows with your child

And you can nail the look from just £3.99

A childrens bedroom with wooden bunk beds and ladder
(Image credit: David Brittain)

When it comes to decorating your little one's bedroom, there are plenty of great children's bedroom ideas out there. However, in my opinion, there's one kids' bedroom trend that never seems to date, and that's the Scandinavian look.

Think warm wood, muted colours, clean lines, and simple yet well-considered design details.

Because of its simplicity, this design style is also perfect for a room where we want to encourage calm and rest and reduce overstimulation.

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And luckily, right now the high street is full of some great Scandi-cool kids' bedroom furniture and decor. I've rounded up some of my top picks below.

To my mind, Scandinavian style is also a kids' decor scheme that will grow with your child. Whilst investing in a dinosaur or princess-themed bedroom is great fun whilst they're little, a few years down the line, you're likely to be redecorating. And that isn't cheap.

Instead, the Scandi look can be tweaked and restyled to suit your child's growing needs and maturing tastes as they get older. That means this kid's bedroom decor idea has longevity.

Not only is this look contemporary and fun, but it also has timeless appeal. And I think that's exactly what you want for a children's bedroom.

Amy Lockwood
Sleep Editor

Amy is Ideal Home’s Sleep Editor and the Ideal Home Certified Expert on Sleep. She's spent the last five years researching and writing about what makes for the best night’s sleep during the day and testing out sleep products to find the best-in-class by night. So far she’s clocked up over 10,000 hours of pillow, duvet, and mattress testing experience.

Our go-to for all things sleep-related, she’s slept on and under bestselling products from Simba, Emma, Hypnos, Tempur, Silentnight, Panda, and many many more.

As a hot sleeper, Amy is always on the lookout for the most breathable bedding, but she also leads a wider team of testers to ensure our product testing encompasses both hot sleepers, cold sleepers, front sleepers, back sleepers, side sleepers, and everything in-between.