When it comes to controlling the chaos that comes with having kids who inevitably seem to collect roughly one million toys, books, craft supplies, and other assorted plastic crap before they even hit the toddler stage, there are a couple of approaches. There are the moms who are making it work in apartments where the people outnumber the bedrooms. There are moms struggling in old houses that have lots of charm but zero closet space. And then there are the lucky celebrity moms.
Celebrity moms have the triplet gifts of space, money, and access to professional home decorators and organizers (yep, the rainbow-obsessed ladies from The Home Edit got their hands on several of the celebs in this post!) that make it possible for them to have playrooms that are beyond functional and fun. Now, given that celebs seem to change houses as often as some of us go to the dentist, some of these examples might not be the current playrooms of our fave celebs, but that doesn't make them any less fabulous. For example, Eddie Murphy's old playroom had an adjacent fully functional bowling alley, for heaven's sake! Who cares that it was from 15 years ago? That is still freaking cool. Read on for more dreamy play spaces and real estate envy.
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Kourtney Kardashian
In 2019, Kourtney Kardashian gave a little peek of the standalone playhouse for her kids — swoon. It was designed by her ex Scott Disick and was designated as a no-electronics zone to encourage creative, unplugged play. All we know is that if that space had a bathroom, she could probably rent it out for thousands of dollars a month as a dreamy studio apartment.
Christine Chiu
Christine Chiu, star of Netflix's Bling Empire and recent contestant on Dancing With the Stars, went oh-so L.A. for her son Gabriel's playroom. The space features a mural of iconic L.A. landmarks that can get colored in as Gabriel grows up, and he already has a mini Tesla so he can pretend he's cruising down the 405.
Gigi Hadid
It's always take your daughter to work day for model Gigi Hadid, who is mom to 1-year-old Khai. Gigi showed off the way she split her office into two spaces to create a sweet space for Khai, including a mini ball pit, a cozy tent, and plenty of soft stuffed animals to snuggle with.
Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy has had some major real estate deals in his past, including a home called Bubble Hill that featured this gigantic playroom plus a bowling alley and an outdoor park area with a kid-friendly playground. Given that Eddie has a whopping 10 kids, it's no wonder he carved out space for fun. In 2012, the Daddy Daycare star sold this property to another famous parent: Alicia Keys. No word on whether the bowling alley and playroom are still in place now, but we hope so (but maybe with a little bit less dated carpet?).
Nicky Hilton Rothschild
We're not sure what we are more obsessed with here: the striped ceiling, the super-fun candy box wall clings, or the fact that this playroom for Nicky Hilton's daughters also features an entire wall that is covered in Lego plates to allow for vertical building. So fun!
Lucy Liu
Anyone who thinks a playroom has to be filled with plastic toys or painted some overly bright primary color really needs to check out Lucy Liu's ultra-sophisticated playroom for her son, Rockwell. This space has such a calm vibe and is totally somewhere an adult would want to hang out, too.
