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When JessaKae and Jordan Maddocks decided to turn an over-the-garage area into a kids’ playroom, they turned to designer Aubrey Smith to go all-out as she fashioned the space with color, character and, of course, fun.

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integrate practicality into each of them,” Smith explains. “Yes, beautiful design can include practicality.”

Because the parents wanted a playroom their kids could grow up in, Smith rejected anything overtly juvenile or sweet. The Maddockses also favored a gender-neutral palette with no trace of conventional girly pink or boyish navy. With her client’s love for lively colors in mind, Smith began with primary orange and blue then conjured toned-down shades that are playful but not

OPPOSITE: “Savvy storage is a must for a welldesigned playroom,” says designer Aubrey Smith, who organized custom built-in cabinets uniquely imagined with arched doors, shelves and surprising tangerine interiors. Her dress is by JessaKae.