51 Boys' Room Decor Ideas That Parents Will Love, Too

Spring for a Statement Bed

This boys' bedroom from Lisa Gilmore Design is a junior car lover's dream come true, with its showstopping vintage red pick-up truck bed. The rest of the room is finished in a palette of cool blues and fresh whites to keep the focus on the statement sleeping quarters.

Encourage a Love of Reading

This boys' room from Curated Nest Interiors is a shrine to the pleasure of reading, with its cute illustrated bookshelf wallpaper lining the wall above the house-shaped bed frame. A classic palette of blues and white allows the wallpaper to shine.

Add a Dreamy Window Seat

This blue-and-white boys' room from Sissy + Marley Interior Design is a New York City kids dream, with its giant picture window equipped with a built-in window seat for reading, gazing, and planning future world domination.

Blue-and-white striped wallpaper laid in a horizontal pattern helps to balance the extra tall ceilings, and a bright blue acrylic pendant light helps ground the space.

Set Up a Glampsite

Mel Bean Interiors created a home-based glampsite that any kid would love. The fun boys' room perfect for siblings or sleepovers is decorated in shades of taupe and blue, with a tall, house-shaped bunk bed equipped with a roll-up tent, a pair of bean bag chairs, a wood stump table.

Paint a Wall Mural

In this playful boys' room from Etch Design Group, a mountain vista mural in shades of white, black, gray, and accents of yellow is paired with a ski lift-shaped bed frame that is guaranteed to bring a smile.

Bring the Outdoors In

This boys' room from Chango & Co. is an ode to the wonder of a starry sky rendered in a vibrant royal blue. Pale wood accents on furniture and flooring lighten up the design while maintaining a calming, sleepytime feel.

Build a Giant Bed Fort

In this boys' room from Louis Duncan-Designs, leaf-print wallpaper evokes nature, while a tall bed fort covered in a khaki tent gives kids a place to hide out, play, sleep, and daydream.

Embrace Moody Blues

This boys' room from Erin Williamson Design is painted in a deep, moody, saturated blue that brings down the temperature and makes it a perfect place to cuddle, relax, and sleep. Vintage furniture and accessories give it a timeless feel.

Give Him Room to Grow

This spacious boys' room from Chango & Co. is designed to grow with the child, thanks to tall floor-to-ceiling built-in shelving equipped with a sliding ladder, black-and-white vertical stripe wallpaper, and a large bed that will last throughout childhood.

Keep It Crisp and Modern

A palette of strong blues and crisp whites creates a fresh, contemporary feel in this boys' room from Curated Nest Interiors. Geometric accents add interest, and a sputnik-style pendant light adds a vintage-style note.

Set Up a Reading Corner

This boys' bedroom reading corner from Sissy + Marley Interior Design has illustrated truck wallpaper, a swan-shaped reading chair, oversized Legos, and wall-mounted shelving displaying favorite books.

Add Playful Accessories

In this 1960's A-frame home, AHG Interiors designed a minimalist kids room that complements the home's clean lines and views of nature.

Playful accessories like a glowing bunny rabbit bedside light, colorful throw pillows, a rainbow rug, and a gender-neutral acrylic dollhouse add whimsy and fun.

Style Built-In Shelving

In this boys' room from Think Chic Interiors, a wall of built-in shelving and a desk under the window create a place for everything. A built-in bed niche features a dropped ceiling painted with nighttime stars.

The deep navy and crisp white palette of the room is lifted with gleaming copper accents on everything from accessories to the copper bubble light pendant light hanging from the ceiling.

Play With Fun Patterns

In this boys' room from Chango & Co., shades of blue, gray, and yellow and a mix of patterns create a calming but dynamic atmosphere.

Illustrated fish wallpaper creates a sense of movement, a comfy overstuffed armchair upholstered in navy-and-white check creates a cozy corner for reading and relaxing, an oversized gray felt pendant light creates quiet drama, and soft textiles like layered rugs and an upholstered bed frame add comfort and softness.

Create a Calm, Earthy Space

This calming, minimalist shared boys' room from Cathie Hong Interiors features a clean-lined modern bunk bed in pale wood and white, a play of subtle textures on wallpaper, bedding, and floor rugs, and accents of navy and forest green.

Use Tonal Blues

Mix shades of blue for a tonal look with plenty of interest and dimension. This cozy boys' room from Chango & Co. mixed shades of blue with deep red accents for a warm and relaxing feel.

Hang a Basketball Hoop

This tidy minimalist boys' room from Urbanology Designs is equipped with cool wood-and-metal bunk beds, basketball hoops mounted on the wall, and plenty of open floor space to play.

Choose a Trundle Bed

In this charming boys' room in an 1880's farmhouse, AHG Interiors mixed old and new decor and furniture that celebrates the character of the house, such as added oversized vintage metal light fixtures, textiles in neutral tones, and a house-shaped wooden bed frame equipped with a pull-out trundle bed for sleepovers.

Add a Statement Headboard

Murphy Maude Interiors installed a graphic floor-to-ceiling statement headboard that runs all the way up the wall and spills onto the ceiling to create a dramatic focal point.

Beige walls create a warm feel and allow blue furniture and bedding to stand out. A black-and-white map of the world on the adjacent wall is the kind of timeless decor that he will never outgrow.

Try a Woodland Theme

A stuffed animal trophy head, wallpaper illustrated with woodland creatures, and a weathered wood bed frame add whimsy to this boys' room from Curated Nest Interiors.

Accent With Kelly Green

Etch Design Group accented a base of whites and grays with bold color on bedding, throw pillows, and a colorful rug in shades of bright green, vibrant orange, and navy blue.

Hang Some Dinosaur Art

Pair a calm neutral design scheme with whimsical art to add interest to a boys' room. Mindy Gayer Design Co. mixed a subdued palette of pale grays and whites with dinosaur art above the bed in this tranquil space.

Carve Out Sleepover Space

This bright and cheerful Florida boys' bedroom from interior designer Maite Granda includes bunk beds that sleep four. Graphic wallpaper, bright orange and deep navy blue accents, and a gallery wall above the twin dresser adds color and interest to the neutral space.

Embrace a Nautical Theme

Embrace a nautical theme to add a touch of whimsy. Urbanology Designs decorated this shared space with vintage art and accessories to create a witty old sailor man theme, complete with an antique bed, rope light reading lights, and space for a guitar to help pass the time during those long nights at sea.

Add a Wall-to-Wall Canopy

In this boy's bedroom from Emily Henderson Design, twin beds pushed together create a space for sharing and sleepovers. An animal-print headboard and toy trophy head add playfulness, and a simple draped white canopy ceiling held up with wooden dowels creates a tent-like atmosphere that makes it cozy and fun.

Invest in a Hero Piece

A modern wood bunk bed fortress with a built-in staircase leading to the top bunk is the centerpiece of this blue-and-white boys' room from Design Lines Signature.

Honor a Favorite Superhero

Use a favorite superhero as a point of departure for a boys' room. Interior designer Maite Granda outfitted this bright room with a basketball hoop fastened to the back of the door, a bright orange ceiling border stripe, and superhero art and accessories to personalize the space.

Build a DIY Bed Frame

Blogger Rachel Denbow from A Beautiful Mess built a DIY toddler bed with midcentury modern-inspired style for her growing son's room, painting it blue to match the decor. A royal blue half-wall helps to ground the space and make the bed corner feel extra cozy.

Pair Orange and Gray

This vibrant orange room from K+Co. Living is a lively mix of color and patterns, accessorized with teddy bears, playful art, and vintage signage. Tones of gray temper the bright color accents to prevent the decor from overstimulating.

Use Animal-Themed Accents

Use animal-themed accents to add whimsy to a boys' room. K Shan Interiors accented this space with animal print bedding, a dinosaur nightlight on the wooden stool bedside table, and an illustrated framed print above the bed.

Choose Soothing Hues

In this light and airy boys' room from Calimia Home, a palette of pale grays and blues includes a vertical striped wallpaper half wall that adds subtle texture and helps ground the calming space.

Try a Bold Accent Wall

Use bold primary colors for a modern feel. Interior designer Maite Granda decorated a painted blue accent wall with an oversized nameplate to create a focal point on the wall behind the desk and bunk beds.

Use a Trunk for Toy Storage

Use a vintage trunk for toy storage to give your boys' bedroom a treasure chest feel. JNR Designs painted this room in a dark saturated blue and paired it with orange accents for a high-contrast feel.

Add Playful Touches

This bright white boys' room from interior Maite Granda has a multitude of playful blue and red accents, from the wallpaper to the U.S. map on the wall to the firetruck throw pillow and superhero figurine trapped in the overhead ceiling bubble light.

Mix Color and Pattern

Mary Patton Design designed separate rooms for brothers with an identical layout and features to avoid sibling rivalry, but personalized by using different colors, textiles, and furniture styles. This bedroom sticks to a blue and gray palette with touches of black, zebra print window shades, and weathered wood bunk beds.

Highlight With Green

In this version of the room, Mary Patton Design stuck to the same layout but used a sage green and white palette accented with pale gray and a brown wood bunk bed, and touches of color on the window shades and framed art behind the bed.

The two spaces have distinct personalities while containing the same elements to prevent sibling jealousy or infighting.

Add Bold Stripes

A play of blue and white stripes on the bedding and floor rug, and a smattering of playful red accents give this light-flooded boys' room from interior designer Maite Granda a nautical feel.

Hang Bug Prints

This boys' room from Mel Bean Interiors is a space that will grow with the child, thanks to a full-sized bed, contemporary furniture with clean lines and neutral tones, and the giant framed bug art hung on the walls that can be kept forever, or swapped out once a new obsession takes hold.

Use Horizontal Stripes

In this boys' room from JNR Designs, bold horizontal striped wraparound wallpaper makes the narrow room feel wider. Bedding in bold colors and geometric lines breaks the symmetrical layout and adds childlike energy to the grown-up headboard, side tables, and matching table lamps.

Incorporate Cozy Textures

This boys' room from Brexton Cole Interiors has soft earthy shades of green and mustard and a focus on texture. Every piece, from the neutral patterned wallpaper and rug to the velvet drapes and throw pillows and cable knit throw blanket, makes it feel soothing and cozy.

Create a Surf Shack Feel

This Southern California boys' room from Blanco Bungalow has a coastal feel with its mix of blue and white decor, surf-themed wall decor, and patterned textiles make it feel laid-back.

Add Open Toy Storage

A row of bookshelves will create space to display and store toys while keeping them accessible, like this boys' room from Chango & Co. The walls are finished with colorful automobile-themed wallpaper, statement lighting, and striped bedding for a playful feel.

Set Up a Daybed

A daybed will create a space for sleep as well as reading and play. Eklektik Studio made this serene boys' room extra cozy with a custom bed, soft carpeting, and floor-to-ceiling drapes.

Set Up a Lego Nook

Set up a dedicated building space for a Lego enthusiast. Maison Ellie outfitted this corner nook with a low coffee table, storage organizers, and acrylic book ledges o to display favorite creations on the wall above.

Hang a Gallery Wall

Hang a gallery wall to display photos, vintage sports equipment, and college banner flags. Brexton Cole Interiors paired white beadboard wainscoting with a forest green wall to make the disparate elements pop.

Pair Red and Blue

Energize a blue room with bright red accents. Interior designer Maite Granda paired blue wall paint, graphic blue-and-white patterned wallpaper, natural and wood
accents, and touches of red in this bright bedroom.

Create an Art Corner

Set up a dedicated art corner if your kid loves to paint. This boys' room from Maison Ellie has a table by the window and a wall with cubbies for supplies and display space for paintings and drawings, with a black-and-white palette to keep the focus on the art.

Customize Bunk Beds

Customize a premade bunk bed to reflect your child's interests. Eklektik Studio personalized this London boys' room bed with multicolored paint, then draped a fishing net over the top bunk and added shark-themed bedding to celebrate his love of fishing.

Set Up a Floor Bed

Trade the toddler bed for a floor bed to suit a growing boy. This space from Maison Ellie is decorated with a confetti accent wall.

Install a Wall-Mounted Desk

A space-saving wall-mounted workspace and shelving unit will create a place to color, study, or work on projects. Maison Ellie added a pegboard on the wall to keep the desk clutter-free.

Add Graphic Accents

Accent a boys' room with bold colors and graphic patterns to create a dynamic feel. This space from Chango & Co. includes stripes, checks, and numerical wall art and bright shades of blue, red, and yellow that add visual interest.