Karri Bowen-Poole is a former teacher and mom of three. She's designed more than 1,000 playrooms over 10 years. This is Bowen-Poole's story, as told to Kelly Burch.

Playrooms frequently design murals for walls and ceilings with motifs evoking mountains, rainbows and lily pads. Much like wallpaper, a mural may feel like a big decorative risk, ...

Playrooms are the perfect place to break away from neutrals and lean into your more expressive side. Karri Bowen-Poole, founder and CEO of Smart Playrooms, has spent over a decade transforming how ...

Abode. Fun and function merge in these creatively designed kids’ playrooms Multiuse play spaces let a child’s imagination run wild — while also containing the chaos.

Communal playrooms in New York City apartment buildings are a godsend in the rain and cold, but they can also be a circle of hell when it comes to neighbors — and their nannies —playing nicely ...

In Shellie Pardoe’s playroom, her 4-year-old twin grandnephews, Cannon and Grayson, climb while their 1-year-old brother, Truman, looks on. Joshua Tug Ferguson for The Wall Street Journal ...

Smart Playrooms. The Georges commissioned Bowen-Poole to design a playroom in their new house with monkey bars, swings, foam pits, a climbing wall and a slide, at a cost of roughly $10,000.

The playrooms the firm creates often use bold, eye-catching wallpaper, lots of patterns, and vibrant art. For this home in Westhampton, New York, the firm created a haven with some rope swings, ...

Playrooms was founded by Jodi Arellano and Anne Gillyard. Their creations are meant to encourage play, spark imagination and build problem-solving skills. They include features such as toy shelves ...

Abode. New company reimagines Dallas playrooms, promises to boost kids’ brain development Connecticut-based Greenwich Play, playroom designer to stars like NBA player Josh Hart, is expanding ...

Three new state-of-the-art playrooms are now open at the hospital on the St. Mary’s Medical Center campus in West Palm Beach. The rooms had been closed since the COVID pandemic, ...