Somewhere between the poster paint primary colours of school playrooms and the pared-back tones of 'sad beige parenting', there's the perfect calming colour palette for children's rooms. These soothing Goldilocks hues hit the 'just right' sweet spot between overstimulating and downright dull in a kid's bedroom, with the happy consequence that both kids and parents will be thrilled with the results.
'People often think that calming interiors need to be neutral in tone, but colour can have a huge impact on your mood and on creating a calm ambience,' explains Lou Petersen, head of design innovation at DFS.
