Carlsberg ADHD-Friendly Kid Bedroom

Turning a small and awkward room into a kid’s dream space to play, rest, and feel safe.

This child bedroom in Carlsberg Byen measures 10 square metres. Before, it held a 120 cm bed, an armchair and a wardrobe, and only 1.5 square metres were left for play. We redesigned it as an ADHD-friendly room where a child can play, rest and feel safe. The idea was simple: build upward and give the floor back to play. We drew the plan, the details needed to build it, and a calm palette of colours and materials.

Location
Carlsberg Byen, Copenhagen
Axonometric drawing of a 10 sqm neurodivergent-friendly child bedroom, labelling a headboard with storage, bed nook, catamaran net, library and drawing desk.

Gallery

Materials and colours reference board in pale blue, cream stripes, oak and burgundy.
Furniture and decor selection for a child’s room: a rocking horse, woven baskets and a stool.
3D render of a blue-grey child bedroom: a wooden raised bed with a ladder over a striped bed nook with blue curtains.
Colour palette: Farrow & Ball Parma Grey walls, a cream trim and a deep reddish-brown accent, with paint names.
Before and after photos of a child’s bedroom: a bed under a canopy, then a built-in bed nook with a net overhead and white wardrobes.

Design decisions

The room is built upward.

A large 120 by 200 cm bed sits on a raised platform, with storage in its headboard and a ladder to climb up. Below it, a 90 by 200 cm bed fills a nook, with curtains that can be drawn, shelves for books and drawers underneath. From the upper bed, a catamaran net stretches to the opposite wall, which gives a place to climb, lie and play above the floor. A tall wardrobe and a drawing desk by the window complete the room. Storage grows from 1.8 to 2.2 cubic metres, and play space from 1.5 to 7 square metres. The curtained nook gives a small, enclosed place to retreat to, and each activity has its own zone: sleep, storage, play and drawing. The colours stay soft. The walls are Farrow & Ball Parma Grey, with a cream trim and a Deep Reddish Brown accent, alongside oak, blue and cream stripes and brass details. The photos show the finished room: the net overhead, the curtained nook and the white wardrobes.

Drawings

Before and after axonometric drawings of the same 10 sqm child bedroom.
Coloured before and after drawings of a 10 sqm child bedroom: a bed and armchair, then a raised bed over a curtained nook.
Before and after drawings of a child bedroom: storage grows from 1.8 to 2.2 m³ and play space from 1.5 to 7 sqm.
Coloured axonometric of a child bedroom labelling a bed nook under a raised bed, a catamaran net, wardrobes and a desk.
Two zoning plans of a small bedroom: bed nook, wardrobes, play area and desk below; mezzanine and suspended net above.
Floor plan and two sections of a small child bedroom with a raised bed, a wardrobe and dimension lines.
Exploded line drawing of a mezzanine and bed nook with drawers, a bookcase, a tall cupboard and a ladder.
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