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Saturday, April 30, 2011
Decorative Painting Ideas in Lake Forest for the Nursery
Paint is perfect for giving a bedroom a makeover for a new baby. One advantage of using decorative painting ideas in Lake Forest to create your chosen look for the nursery is that it can be changed easily and economically. Not only do babies grow remarkably fast but both you and the baby may fancy a change after a while.
The look of your nursery will depend strongly on your color scheme. One way to choose your scheme is to take your cue from the furnishings. If you have an antique-look cot and furniture reminiscent of the traditional nursery you may want to go for fresh, pastel colors - whites, pale pinks, blues and yellows. A special quilt for baby’s bed, a picture or even a mobile may give you ideas for a color scheme. If your furnishings are modern you might opt for cheerful primary colors. Old furniture and bright colors can also go well together.
The colors you choose are probably more important for you than the baby. However, babies do have some preferences. Detail is lost on babies, so high contrast and large, bold, simple shapes are more likely to engage their attention. Even black and white would serve the purpose. Your baby will get lots of visual stimulation elsewhere and will probably spend most of his or her time in the nursery asleep, so don’t take it too seriously.
As well as borders, stenciled motifs can also be used as wall decorations instead of pictures. You can repeat the motif on furniture to create a coordinated look. It’s never too early to learn and stencils are useful for decorating a room with alphabet friezes or numbers. In an uncarpeted room, you can even cheer up the floors.
For the ambitious, murals can be wonderfully effective. A wall displaying a fairy tale scene can look fabulous, if you have the skill to pull it off. Instead of using hard-to-remove stickers or transfers, even novice artists can reproduce cartoon characters in paint as wall decorations.
A faux stained glass effect can be created with special glass paints applied to window panes. With the sun illuminating your design, this can be a clever way to use paint to create visual interest, and will surely engage your baby’s attention.
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