Home Inspiration: Kids’ rooms

Architect McShane Murnane watches as son Lake scales the climbing wall in his room. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

July 31, 2014 5 AM PT

From sleeper-car-style bunk beds to rock climbing walls, children have inspired architects, designers -- and parents -- to get creative when it comes to decorating. Take a tour of favorites from our archives.

Lake peers down into his bedroom from an opening in the living room floor that is concealed when not in use. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Emerson gazes out the window from a built-in bench in her room. Her closet has a secret tunnel leading into the hall. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Bunk beds in the Beverly Hills home of Lara Spencer. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Architect Kevin Tsai installed windows at the children’s level so that they’re able to look outside while retaining some privacy. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Like sleeper compartments on trains, each bunk comes with a reading light and electrical outlet. Both sets of bunk beds have trundles underneath, so the room actually can sleep six. (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

A play room in Los Feliz extends outdoors to a lawn used for soccer. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A children’s bedroom in Jana Winograde and Todd Sandler’s remodeled home. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Sunny Wakeman peeks down from her loft bed in her family’s Oxnard beach house. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Muralist and wallpaper designer Alix Soubiran has designs in her home that help set a French-California mood. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)