Decorating Tips



Easy tips for decorating your baby's room

 

When my daughter was born, my husband and I were living in a one bedroom apartment, which looked more of a studio apartment than a one bedroom apartment. So we made the brave decision to keep living their after the baby comes until our lease ends, and boy was that hard! Our bedroom was too small that it hardly could fit a bassinet let alone a regular sized crib. Our bathroom was a good sized bathroom, yet, we couldn't fit a changing table in there without cramming everything up, so I decided to improvise and folded a couple of towels and placed them on the countertop, and Voila, that was our changing table!  Our poor daughter had to keep up with those living conditions for almost 7 months when we finally moved to a spacious two bedroom apartment. Not being able to decorate my baby's room when I was pregnant actually depressed me, that is why when she finally had her own room I wanted to go all out (it also helps when your family offers to buy you all of her furniture!)

So what I'm trying to show now is that with a huge budget or with a tiny budget some small touches can lighten up any room.

The first thing was actually a tip from the saleswomen that works at pottery barn kids in Uvillage in Seattle. I wanted to hang my baby's name on the wall above her crib (I know nothing new about that!), but the problem was that pottery barn only had two colors dark blue and white. The walls in her room are painted white, and I couldn't paint them since we are only renting, so the sales women gave me a suggestion, which I am really glad I listened to. She said that I can add color easily to the letters by using a round eraser and some paint. Thinking that it would take a lot of time I decided that I'll work on it at night when the baby's asleep and there are no distractions. However. it did not take as much time as I expected.

First, draw a grid on the letter with a light pencil and a ruler (I didn't have a ruler so I used....a protractor, yes I did search what it is called before writing it here), don't worry about being very accurate, it is alright if the lines are a little bit crooked or don't have the same thickness. Aim for perfection but accept imperfection! That is my model!

 



Second, dip the eraser into the paint, and place a dot where the lines intersect. Make sure you skip the next intersection, and then place another dot at the third intersection and so on.

 



Don't pay attention to the brushes in the picture, I thought they would be better than the eraser, but I was wrong! So now you're almost done. Just keep doing that to all the letters and you'll have a unique looking art piece. You could use more than one color, or you could use different shapes, it doesn't have to be round, you could even draw strips or waves or whatever you feel like (The sky is the limit)!

 

The Final look...

 

 

 

Another tip... is to use different shaped frames and hang them on the wall either following a uniformed pattern, or just keeping the shape free. Then, you can keep adding photos as your baby grows up, and different occasions pass by. That way you will end up with a story book framed on her wall, something comforting for her to look at as she plays, and sleeps in her room.

 

 

I hope those simple tips have helped you in what you're looking for or even inspired you to have some ideas of your own.

 

 

Deema