7 Magical Nooks and Niches for Secret Kids' Rooms

When my brother and I were kids, we would place a card table next to my play table and cover them with just about every blanket in the house. We called it our "igloo". We furnished it with a lamp and pillows. That would stay up for days, it was the place to read books or tell stories and pretend we were in snowy Alaska! (Even though it was summer in San Diego!)

While it's nice, it looks like most of them (except #6) eat into available space. So unless you have a ridiculously large room... these aren't very practical. #7 is just making it into something usable. Outside of storage that room is pretty useless.

These do look awesome but also very expensive. I agree with JJ....sheet tents rock also!

maby who buys that will be super lucky hahahah

I really like a lot of these, but it seems like they have to be built in-- you can't just go to a furniture store and buy the bunk beds etc.

Looks like fun! I'm sure the first place the Fire department will look for your kid is in the armoire!

Saw this on the Yahoo! homepage. As a firefighter I must say these are horrible ideas. If there is a fire where is a child most likely going to hide? These 'secret' spots may make a small child feel safe and is a logical place to hide in their eyes, but as a firefighter is conducting a search in a smoke filled environment, we will only feel a bookcase and continue our search never knowing there is a child behind it succumbing to smoke inhalation or worse. Think twice before you do this!

i love the girls nook super i like it

These are marvelous ideas. As a child I used to go through a door in the back of my closet. It was
a space under the eves. Awesome. Then my friend had a special Alice in Wonderland type of eves
thing 4 door with a space of 3 feet between...each door was smaller. Terrific places to play.

Hope they have many more ideas. Thanks

Going from our son's constant creative idea's, my husband recently built him a new room in our basement with an all tounge & groove loft and reading/play area..in his closet! He wanted a "secret hiding space" so that's what he got,lol. It was a fun project that the whole family was excited about! When the closet door is opened you can see a ladder leading up to the loft area which has a shelf on both ends and hook ups for a flat screen and electricity on both ends for his video games and alarm clock..computer also. As you look around inside the closet he has shelving for his clothes and board games on each end and down below on the right side is a small door that blends in with the tounge & groove that leads to an under the loft nook/play area where I have a bean bag and his books set up. My husband also went as far as making an entire wall out of white board so the kids can color on that wall to their hearts content..vent fan is included,lol!

We plan on using our son's hiding space/nook as a storage area when the kids are all grown and out of the house.

that looks so uncomfortable

Any room hidden by book shelves or any other stationary piece of furniture is a death trap for a child.
A fireman is searching for people not thinking about some trick up room they might be hiding in.

The 7th pic looks alittle too "Fowers in the Attic" for me......

Those are all well and good, but what happens when the children grow up? What do you do with the sectret nook when they outgrow it? better yet what happens when it's time to sell the home? You now just lowered your potential buyer pool to families with small children only...just sayin'...

Yes, Manda, I agree. Even though it's cute, it just didn't look right, kinda like "let's stash the kid up here out of the way in the attic." And the abandoned tricycle didn't help.

Spoiled children grow up to be rotten adults. What's more....kids who have to make there own forts out of chairs and blankets are actually using their imaginations!

wow these are sweet

They all look the same.

Love this, as I'm trying to expand and start up my own small business focusing on personalized baby and pet items.