Just the other week, an acquaintance of mine who is a nanny in London shared with me an article that suggests young kids exhibit enhanced brain development if

they play or work in engaging interior design spaces. I decided to blog about the critical take-aways for interior design mavens who often need to design kid-approved interiors.

“It’s not me, it’s HUE!” Experts have shown that, when incorporated into interior design colour schemes, the primary colours can speed up the development of nerve cells in children’s brains. I was amazed to learn that it just requires that the interior design expert include a handful of key items in primary colours. It’s totally unnecessary to overdo it by asking the interior design team to recolour all four walls in luminescent yellow!

“Rough, smooth or wrinkly – FEEL counts for heaps!” Kids love to experience the universe through a good fairytale, and to be honest I find that the majority of top London interior design mavens are storytellers themselves. Adhering various swatches of fabric or flexible plastic to the walls in the form of caterpillars, London streetscapes and cartoon characters is really effective in connecting kids with the interior design process.

“But Miss, I need somewhere to put my STUFF!” London’s schoolboys and schoolgirls naturally have to be at school many hours, but it’s essential that the brain development keeps going even back home with the parents. Interior design mavens need to provide creative storage solutions with built-in icons or lettering to explain where things belong. This can help even the youngest kids to discover organisational skills – valuable life lessons that I count on all the time as a busy interior design professional!