For this year’s Brooklyn Showhouse, Isy’s Interiors has created a playful, whimsical children’s bedroom that celebrates childhood imagination, color, pattern, and the joy of interiors that don’t take themselves too seriously. The room embodies the studio’s signature approach: layering color and texture, old and new, and unexpected details to create spaces that feel warm, inviting, highly personal, and elevated.

Led by founder and creative director Isy Runsewe, the New York-based studio is known for creating highly tailored residential interiors that reflect the personalities and lifestyles of their clients. That philosophy became particularly important here. Rather than designing a conventionally “themed” children’s room, we wanted to create a space with the same richness, craftsmanship, and considered layering as the rest of the home—just viewed through a more playful lens.

The design really began to flow after the discovery of Schumacher’s Beasts wallpaper. It became the jumping-off point for the entire scheme. Its sense of fantasy and storytelling, and particularly the way it feels playful without being overtly childish, made it perfectly suited to this space.

The room brings together vintage and antique-inspired furniture with bespoke upholstery, decorative lighting, soft window treatments, and unexpected finishing touches. These more traditional elements provide a grounding counterpoint to the playful use of pattern and color, allowing the room to feel collected rather than overly coordinated.

At its heart, the room reflects a guiding principle of Isy’s Interiors: the most memorable spaces balance beauty with personality. We wanted to demonstrate that a child’s bedroom can be joyful without feeling juvenile and whimsical without becoming themed—a little world designed to spark imagination while possessing the craftsmanship, character, and longevity to grow beautifully alongside its inhabitant.