Decorating a baby room is a wonderful opportunity to create a carefree hideaway – a place of slumber and lullabies.

Baby Room Themes…
From Tropical Jungle to Noah’s Ark, Teddy Bears to Winnie the Pooh: There are many delightful baby room themes to choose from – any one will spark enthusiasm and generate exciting nursery decorating ideas.

But decorating the baby room can be daunting: There’s so much choice – nursery bedding sets, furnishings, nursery wall décor and accessories of all kinds! Also young children can soon outgrow even the most enchanting baby room themes.

Nursery Decor…
Co-ordinated nursery bedding sets and matching accessories can make easy work of decorating a baby room, ensuring nursery décor is effective and harmonious.

But mixing and matching presents the opportunity for more imaginative nursery decorating ideas – and it’s fun! The key to success with ‘mix and match’ nursery décor is to select elements – baby nursery pictures, fabrics and accessories – that share color and pattern elements.

Basing nursery décor on neutral wall and floor coverings enables endless variations: Keeping baby room decorating ideas flexible makes it easy to adapt to a young child’s developing interests.

By changing just the accessories – nursery bedding sets, pictures and rugs – different nursery decorating ideas can be developed without all the upheaval of a major redecorating project. For a while, at least, baby room themes can grow with your child!

Color Schemes…
Young children love bright primary colors but large areas can be overwhelming. Decorating the baby room with a subtle, calm color scheme is usually a better choice. Introducing warm colors – rose, peach or primrose – into your baby room decorating ideas will help create a feeling of coziness.

While decorating the baby room with the cool colors – aqua, mint or sky blue – can create a feeling of spaciousness. But it is probably best to keep ideas based on this color range for a room with a warm, sunny aspect.

Touches of bright primary colors bring extra interest and visual stimulation. Introducing just small amounts with baby nursery pictures, nursery bedding sets, toys and accessories can transform a room. These are the finishing touches that can bring nursery décor alive!

Nursery Wall Decor…
From a series of framed art prints to big cheerful posters, a collage of birthday cards to giant stick-ups – nursery wall décor can create an interesting focus and highlight of color.

A special picture may provide inspiration for some great baby nursery ideas and the basis for a subtle color scheme.

Pictures can be used to develop baby room themes, giving them added dimension: Baby nursery pictures of animals can extend a Tropical Jungle theme – Paddington Bear pictures a Teddy Bear theme.

Look for baby nursery pictures that you find inspiring – they can be a valuable source for interesting nursery decorating ideas. But, best of all, good nursery wall décor will help to create a special place that excites whimsical fantasy and imaginative storytelling – the essence of a magical childhood!

About The Author
Writer and designer of elementary educational materials with particular interest in art education. Webmaster of www.NurseryPosters.com. suzanne@takingwing.co.uk

Wall decor: Murals are a luxurious choice but not always a viable one. If a mural is possible, consider one created on canvas that can be hung like wall paper to avoid having your home disrupted for any length of time. In many instances a canvas mural can be removed when hung professionally with little or no damage to the walls. You can even have a canvas mural hung on a thin piece of finished wood which can be removed and relocated if desired.

Wall Hangings are an inexpensive option that can adorn your child’s wall in many themes, colors and sizes, shapes and styles. They go up easily, inexpensively and can be taken down and saved or relocated, just as quickly.

Wall Borders are usually associated with a theme room and are available in numerous colors, styles and designs. Quite often they can be hung as a DIY project, with install directions sometimes included from the manufacturer or available at your local hardware store.

Stick-n-peel. Removable Wall art seems to be one of the newest trends. Be sure to look for the ones that say “removable”. They are available in many sizes, designs and colors but are not quite as easily found. The removable ones absolutely leave no damage to the wall and depending on the manufacturer the quality provides a great, convenient look that can be altered, rearranged or removed and saved on the original backing sheet for relocation!

We offer all of the above ideas and can help to create that perfect nursery or room for your child. Come visit our website and get some new ideas rolling.

About the Author:
I am Lisa Kennedy, co-author of this article and with the help of my sister/muralist, I came up with the most perfect nursery – even better than I imagined for my daughter. Think long and hard about the above steps and you can do the same. Visit their site at www.makingascenemural.com or email at lisa@makingascenemural.com.