Yes. Time spent alone in their little kingdom implies that it should have a study area as well as a play area. Children rooms are coming in for a sea change. Elaborately designed, they have space for computers, musical instruments, electronic gizmos and of course toys.

Take a look at five year old aman’s room. A double bed set in an L shaped room with a storage and display unit for his toy cars and planes. On each side of the bed there is a cup board with mickey mouse painted on it by an artist.

Vibrant colours

Designers are going in for vibrant colours that hold immense fascination for children. Delhi based interior designer, vandana gogia, says, “whenever I am called in to design such a bedroom, I generally prefer to sit with the kids and discuss what they want. They can be quite clear headed about their preferences.”

Malik has designed her own two daughters bed room,” as they wanted it to be”. the main attraction being bunk beds and elephants shaped chairs. “I love animals. When I sit on chair its like I am taking ride of the elephant”, says eight year old shreya.

But setting up an elaborate kiddie room can cost a bomb. Interior designers charge anything Rs 50,000 to 3 lakh depending on how far the parents are willing to go.

As vandana says, “most moneyed parents really don’t mind fulfilling the desires for their children.” Pencil shaped cupboards, beds designed like school bags, Jacuzzis instead of tubs, florescent walls, giant TV sets enclosed with a rubberized cartoon casing. Imaginations can run wild. And so can the bills.

New fads

Doing up the junior’s room in a new indulgence for parents. It is a new a status symbol as owning an omega watch or a vacation on a European cruise. That’s where the designers step in.

Call it a fad of the rich but the fact is that kids are being pampered with a room of their dreams. After all your child’s well designed room would surely make you look more caring, successful and considerate.

With the rise in nuclear families and parents spending more time out of their house, a bedroom is a very private heaven for children. Bunk beds and geometry box shaped table tops define their territory.

But not just the rich, the trend is catching on even in upper middle class homes as well. Even though it may not necessarily be a room straight out of a picture book, it certainly fulfils a child’s need for privacy. Abha arora, a delhi based housewife, agrees that it is important to have a separate children’s room furnished by a designer.

Most designers say that children’s rooms should be colourful and reflect joie de vivre. Natural light should be in abundance. Open spaces lend a sense of unrestraint appeal.

Kiddie prints

Rudyard kilpling would have never dreamt that mowgli or sher khan would ever be printed on bed sheets. Kiddy prints ranging from Winnie the pooh to superman, cindrella and tin tin have found a new and a ready clientele. These can be purchased from any store dedicated exclusively to children.

Furniture too has to be sturdy, safe, colourful and imaginatively designed. Mickey mouse chairs or those designed like yachts and boats are put in the centre of the room as sitting arrangements to let the kids imagination sail and rainbows on the walls to fill a little colour in their lives.