Home Inspiration: Kids’ rooms

Lake peers down into his bedroom from an opening in the living room floor that is concealed when not in use.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Emerson gazes out the window from a built-in bench in her room. Her closet has a secret tunnel leading into the hall.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Bunk beds in the Beverly Hills home of Lara Spencer.   (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Architect Kevin Tsai installed windows at the children’s level so that they’re able to look outside while retaining some privacy.  (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)

Like sleeper compartments on trains, each bunk comes with a reading light and electrical outlet. Both sets of bunk beds have trundles underneath, so the room actually can sleep six.  (Mariah Tauger / Los Angeles Times)

A play room in Los Feliz extends outdoors to a lawn used for soccer.   (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)

A children’s bedroom in Jana Winograde and Todd Sandler’s remodeled home.  (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

Sunny Wakeman peeks down from her loft bed in her family’s Oxnard beach house.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Muralist and wallpaper designer Alix Soubiran has designs in her home that help set a French-California mood.   (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

A cozy corner in the nursery.  (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

JD Wakeman hangs out in the enclosed bunk of his family’s Oxnard beach house.   (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

Ace plays his bedroom drum set below a skateboard deck installation by Supreme skate shop in New York.   (Stefano Paltera / For The Times)