Boys Nursery: Clothing As Decorating Inspiration

Madelyn Ridgeway and her husband designed this awesome nursery for their son. Paint Colors:
Grey-Behr -  Anonymous (780f-5)
Blue-Behr - Brilliant sea (deep) (520-b)
Black-Behr-  Beluga (770 f-7)
White-Behr - Color bright white. All paint is interior satin enamel
Their inspiration was this little boys vest...

Madelyn:
"I originally painted the room grey in anticipation of a little girl’s grey and lavender room only to find out I was having a boy. Although I was disappointed at first, I found this sweater and was instantly smitten by it and used it to design the nursery around. One of the best things about the inspiration is that it had grey in it because we didn’t want to re-paint the room again if we could help it."

I featured this room back in September instructions on how to paint an argyle wall.  Madelyn sent updated photos of the finished room.

Too cute! Thanks for sharing.

Great Ideas For Displaying Kids' Art

What to do with all the art your kids bring home from school or make at home?   This large focal wall was painted with various shapes and sizes of frames to hold kids artwork. I love the idea of "painted" frames.

"Painted-on frames, clips and the use of different shades of colors all help create the look of this wall, which is meant to feature the rotating artwork of children, as well as be a decorative element in the room. Simple bulldog barrel binder clips were colored to match the corresponding frame and then attached to the wall with Velcro. The result is a magical mural that serves a purpose. Even empty of original artwork, the frames still look full because of the images within them." Images from here. 

Here are a few other solutions to help with the artwork clutter.
Take photos of your kids artwork.  Make a special scrapbook of photos of all your childs art.  This is such an easy solution to art that takes up a lot of space.

 image from here.

Hang a few wires on the wall and display "rotating" art  

Use cork wall tiles to create a mini art gallery. Image from here.

Dynamic Frames  makes these clever art cabinet/frames. The frame/cabinet opens from the front and can hold 50 pieces of art.

Jan Eleni scans your kids art and creates a one-of-a-kind poster (original art is returned to you).  Seriously cool.

How To Paint Scallops On A Wall

Karla from  Its the little things that make a house a home   posted a tutorial on how to paint scallops on a wall.

It's such a great idea for a simple wall treatment. I used this very same method (with a plate) to make scallops for a window treatment. Another way of doing this is to make a template out of cardboard with a plate. Karla describes the process:

You will need:

a level (a long one),

a pencil (or something to mark on your walls),

a saucer (or a round object that fits the size that you want your scallops to be),

and painters tape

 

For further instructions on how to paint scallops on a wall.

DIY Striped Curtains

Have you ever wanted to find a certain type of fabric and couldn't? Well, Camila from High-Heel Foot in the Door came up with a clever solution. She wanted yellow and white striped fabric...couldn't find it...so she made her own. She started with basic IKEA white curtains:

 And used Tulip fabric spray paint, frog tape and construction paper.

Sprayed yellow fabric spray paint...

Voila!! What a wonderful transformation. Check out the complete step-by-step instructions on how to create  DIY striped curtains. Wouldn't these curtains look lovely in a baby nursery, playroom, or kids room?