Children’s rooms needn’t be cluttered chaotic spaces hidden from visitors. As our round up  of kid’s decor and furniture, below, from Vogue Living Before+After 2012, on news stands now, demonstrates there are plenty of playful pieces around that have great design and a sense of imagination.

For some extra inspiration, we’ve gathered together some great rooms designed for children and teenagers within the slideshow, above.

1 ‘Bauchair’ chair in MDF, $500, from Seletti. 2 ‘Sundvik’ children’s bed, $269, from Ikea. 3 ‘Unfold’ pendant lightshade, $260, by Lightly. 4 Magis ‘Bunky’ beds 
in moulded polyethylene by Marc Newson, POA, from Cult. 5 LipStick mirror, $170, from Lightly. 6 Mini ‘Henk’ bench on castors, $595, from House of Orange. 
7 ‘Stack’ base with metal storage options, from $500 per module, from Seletti. 8 Kalon ‘Caravan’ cot, $1299, from Kido. 9 Eames elephant by Vitra, $385, from 
Space furniture. 10 Sebel ‘Postura’ chairs, $49.95 each, from Hub furniture. 11 ‘Trip Cartoon’ screen-printed armadio in wood and MDF, $3650, from Seletti. 
12 ‘Toadstool’ lamp, $180, from Down to the Woods. 13 ‘Marshmallow’ two-drawer side table by Mim Design, $1485, from Temperature Design.

Photographs: Chris Court, Richard Powers, Prue Ruscoe, Anson Smart and Petrina Tinslay.

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Vogue Living Before+After is on newsstands today. Featuring 164 pages of renovation inspiration, the all-Australian issue celebrates the breadth of resourcefulness and creativity we have come to expect of our architects and designers.

Here’s a sneak peek of one of the stories in the issue: an airy penthouse apartment by interior designer Sarah Davison. Since Before+After is all about transformation, we thought we would show you what happened behind the scenes as photographer Prue Ruscoe and the Vogue Living team worked with Davison to capture the show-stopping home on camera.

For more inspiring stories of transformation and creativity and to see the home in full, get your copy of Vogue Living Before+After 2012, on newsstands now.