When should your toddler have their own room?

Moving to the first very own room is a big step for any child – as for the parents! The baby cot is replaced with a space-saving toddler bed, even if it’s equipped with some small-child-safety-things like a guard rail. The floor might not look different from any other floor, but in this room it’s the centre of the world and the base for all activities.

Many parents find that around age 2–3 is a natural time for toddlers to start exploring more independence — especially with the right setup, like a cosy bed, playful storage, and easy-access furniture.

This transition can be smooth and exciting for everyone. Let’s make their room a fun place!

A children’s room with lots of colours, a SLÄKT bed along the light blue wall with pink and orange dots painted on it.

A big bed for a small dreamer

That little dreamer might still need TROGEN step stool to get into bed and NATTAPA guard rail not to fall out of it, but it’s still a real bed! The favourite NATTHÄGER bedding is an inspiration for seriously wild dreams, especially in your toddler's first room.

Yellow TROGEN step stool next to SLÄKT bed with a guard rail on the side and a storage box below. Scattered cute soft toys.

Close-up of NATTHÄGER duvet cover and pillowcase with orange tiger, a little DVÄRGHARE soft toy rabbit chilling in bed.

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Spark your kid's imagination with jungle-inspired textiles, accessories and hand puppets with animal motifs in this fun new collection.

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There are high-quality mattresses for all ages

Bed comfort is as important for a child as for a grown-up, and this ÅFJÄLL foam mattress is a great choice for both the child and the SLÄKT bedframe. The resilient foam is combined with a soft layer of wadding and a washable quilted cover. Top it all off with the new favourite NATTHÄGER bedding and any child will sleep as good as a tiger!

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Close-up taken from above a SLÄKT children’s bed with ÅFJÄLL mattress, folded bedding and a few soft toys.

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No monsters under the bed when you have a cosy nightlight for sweet dreams

Night lights come in many different shapes, and most of them are easy to move around to where they are most needed. Some nights it might be on the windowsill, other nights they need to stand guard under the bed. By the side of the bed, a toddler often has better use for a stool like MAMMUT than a proper bedside table. That comes handy both day and night, with or without the help of NATTHÄGER hand puppet.

Close-up of area by and below the bed, with three KORNSNÖ LED night lights below the bed and on a red MAMMUT stool.

Perfectly focused – on play, adventure & smart storage!

This is the glorious age for playing high and low, making every part of the room part of the play. The floor is the base for everything from cuddles to football games and imaginary safaris. As a grown-up you can just hope there’s room for you too, to enjoy a moment of relaxation and rediscovering of your inner child.

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Blue DVÄRGMÅS play tunnel on the floor of a children’s room, with BLÅHAJ soft toy inside it and a hand puppet in foreground.

Father and child playing on SLÄKT pouffe/mattress on the floor, light blue walls behind and a hand puppet in the foreground.

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Friends that will follow you through playful learning and bedtime routines

Hand puppets are classics! And there are plenty of reasons to why they are as popular today as they were generations ago. They bring life to any story, are always there to ask about your day and they are great listeners. To put it short, they are great friends for every child!

Close-up of a little child playing with hand puppets, a bright green crocodile to the left and an orange tiger to the right.

Toy storage solutions for small spaces you’ll never grow out of

TROFAST storage unit is great for any toddlers’ room, since it’s so simple to keep organised and the boxes with toys can be carried away to any other corner or room. The height of this unit also makes it a perfect base for drawing, playing or building blocks on top of. But the best thing is that TROFAST will keep being perfect when the toddler has grown to be a school kid or teenager. Then the plastic boxes can simply be replaced with mesh baskets, that has a more mature look but still are as easy to keep in order!

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Children’s room with blue walls, and paintings and art supplies all over a TROFAST storage unit with plastic storage boxes.

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The hero of any room, a space-saving wardrobe for kids!

Wardrobes are silent heroes that don’t ask for much attention, but they are true heroes nonetheless. GODISHUS is one of them. It’s a neat wardrobe that fits into any small room, but the depth is still enough for full size hangers. The included stickers make the doorknobs more colourful – and fun if you let a certain little one draw with chalk on them! For the favourite clothes worn every day, simply add hooks on the wall at a height that the child can reach.

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The foot-end of a SLÄKT bed by a light blue wall, with GODISHUS wardrobe to the left and wall-mounted hooks in between.

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If there’s room to play there’s room to grow – a comfy & adaptable toddler bed

Playing is the best way to explore the world and develop skills, so let the entire room be part of that exciting journey! And speaking of that journey, both the bed and the storage solutions are here to stay for many years to come. Small adjustments will result in big changes, just like every little change in the child generates a constant growth. Before you know it, the little child is both taller and wiser than you!

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