There's a new Australian born every minute and forty-six seconds! Beat the baby boom and make more room with bunk beds.
Our cities are getting larger with denser populations and space is at a premium.
Growing families need to find solutions to maintaining affordable life styles.
Let's consider the quality of kids' life styles.
Kids need space to experiment and learn.
Kids need lots of toys and books and stimulating stuff.
Kids love to hang out together and have sleepovers.
The best solution to decorating children's bedrooms in a modern and practical way is to put in bunk beds.
A bunk bed is a clubhouse - a place to sleep, play and chat.
Recent styles give you a range of options from timber classics and sleek metal to colorful themed bunks featuring graphics from the most popular Disney films and story book heroes.
Trains, cars and ships too morph well into the sleeping mode and kids love the look.
Choosing wall colour and linens is pretty easy when you already have a theme bed.
Bunk beds are especially apt in a narrow room but they can maximise space anywhere with built-in storage drawers, shelves and closets.
Bunks are great for creating a whole environment with beds for sleeping, desks for studying and lots of fun features like ladders or steps to play with.
They can be incorporated effectively into a full wall of bookshelves or closets.
Kids need a private haven and mums and dads need to know that their little ones are safe and happy.
Bunk beds do both, creating miniature worlds that are built to withstand lots of rough play.
Children get bored and they grow out of phases sometimes overnight so get a bunk bed that is adaptable and can be given an occasional new look.
A solid colour bunk bed can be repainted for a quick make over and bright new linens and covers can dramatically change the room's décor.
Basic bunks can be customised with plywood frames cut out in Arabian silhouettes or painted like a princess's castle exterior.
There are bunks that can be reconfigured into two separate beds plus the double down, single above model can be a useful option for older kids and sometime stay overs can sleep on a pull out trundle.
For the ultimate in hidden beds in a room that needs as much floor space as possible during the day, there exists a Murphy-style bunk unit; the beds fold up into the wall out of sight.
Balance the bunk beds with large wall art or a feature wall of wallpaper to create interest.
Curtains can be added to bunks for extra privacy, often a priority for young girls.
Keep the look clean and fun.
The other best use of bunks is at a holiday home when you need to sleep two guests in a single room.
Here the economy of one unit solves limited space problems.
Splash the colour or keep it monotone, make room for our new arrivals.