Nursery shopping help: cute printables?
Help a lady out: I've been stalling on buying nursery art for months now. Well I'm practically at the contractions stage and I decided that even if baby doesn't care about cute nursery art, I may. In the interests of time, I've been browsing printables on Etsy but I'm having a VERY hard time deciding. I could do anything from a pair to a gallery wall. I was going to attempt decals but...I'm thinking I'd rather do framed pictures (Ok, I'm lazy and measuring out decal placement is beyond me, I feel like everything would be freakishly askew).
Here's some stuff to think about - the walls are light green and the curtains are blue:
The furniture is white and I've thrown a white/green/aqua quilt over the recliner. Husband promised on his future grave to paint the doors white before baby came. So of course doors will be staying wood color.
I feel like anything I get should go well with this gorgeous raccoon that My3Dogs sent me...isn't he amazing??
Do you like online shopping? Help a lady out!
Here is some subject matter I've been considering:
Charts/maps
ABC/123 posters
Woodland photo series
Woodland watercolors
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LynnNM
6 years agoI'm actually in the process of cleaning out my dumping ground /guest room. Just took these pics of two that I had in my kids' nurseries. I've kept them all these years, thinking they might want them for their kids someday. Maybe. I need to find another place to store them!
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mtnrdredux_gw
6 years agoI'm a big fan of decals, esp for a Woodland scene. In DD1 nursery it was a garden theme and we had fairies peaking out over doorways, around the fpl, etc. They are not true so you don't worry about lining up. Really ease to use. And with a woodland theme, you could find lots of cute stuff.
IN my DS's rooms, we had metal boats kind of like this one, over the window molding (the room had high ceilings).
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6 years agoLove the prints Justerrilyn posted.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI framed and matted antique book illustrations from books that I got off ebay. I see lots on Pinterest that are just framed, I think the matting makes them look more finished.
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoCheck out fabric stores, looking for quilt panels, like this one:
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6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoThose baby animal printables are sooooo cute!
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