cheap ideas to decorate the nursery?! share your ideas

youngwife20 · Nov 26th, 2011, 13:57 PM

Hello mummys hope your all well!

My nursery doesnt look like a nursery at all lol

The cots gonna be in our room to start with and so will the changing table so it wont be very nursery like but i start mat leave in 2 weeks and i need something to do i really wanna turn the room into a propper nursery and because were renting the property we cant paint the whole walls as wel have to paint it back to its original colour but wudnt mind painting some of the wall is normal paint ok for babys room?

Anyway so i need some ideas on cheap ways to realy turn the room into a nursery and i thought some other ladies might wanna know too feel free to post links and info. Im in uk so dont have like walmart etc

My one idea: go to a craft shop and get wooden letters then paint them with acrylic paint as i heard it s non toxic then u can make ur babys namee and put it in the room

I dont know names of any craft shops though lol

Thanks mums xx

Tink81 · Nov 26th, 2011, 14:02 PM

Get your self to hobby craft they have the letters and proably the paint, not sure where your nearest one is, I go to the one in Preston. But I'm sure you can find it if you google it. They will also have lots of other bits to inspire you

luckyno2 · Nov 26th, 2011, 14:10 PM

I used boxes ... big ones and cut tree shape out.... painted it with white and added little blue birds the tree it top to floor and branches is all over the wall... STUNNING

Button# · Nov 26th, 2011, 14:35 PM

Ebay is good for decorative stuff. I'm getting this wall sticker

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/you-wish-u...item84b8b7779f

I'm sure you could get the wooden letters from ebay as well. I used normal silk emulsion in my baby's room for the walls and I'm going to paint outlines of Disney characters on one wall in white paint.

londonbump2 · Nov 26th, 2011, 14:44 PM

Have you asked your landlord if you can paint? it was originally in my contract that I couldn't but I got mine to change it haha! And my last place I was explicitly not to but when it came down to it, at an early viewing before I'd put it back, the fact that there was colour actually sold it to the new tenant!

Anyway, I'm just doing one feature wall in my nursery because it's such a nightmare to paint (crazy high ceilings and the only bloomin room without a rail so you have to paint all the way up arggg). Or how about big wall stickers? Most of the ones on ebay aren't that big but you get huge ones and you can take them back off when you move.

Edit - paint! As long as it's not something bubs is going to get in their mouth then normal is fine!

youngwife20 · Nov 26th, 2011, 14:52 PM

Thank u very much freyas mummy!

And lucky- wow i dont think im that artistic! So prety!

Buton- great idea and thaks for the link xx

Londonbump- they did say we can paint the wall aslong as we return it to original colours but the wall is so high too! So wed never be able to paid right to the top lol thanks for answering about the paint maybe wel just paid one wall too! Xx

londonbump2 · Nov 26th, 2011, 15:02 PM

Arg! Tell them to prove it wasn't that colour :P

I think I probably wouldn't bother painting if the paintwork wasn't so awful

The big wall stickers are cool, I had a huge Mario scene on one wall for my old flatmate, if he didn't take them with him bubs would be having a mario bedroom!

EffyM · Nov 26th, 2011, 16:27 PM

Wall stickers !! Some of them can be removed and reused!! We used them in our master bedroom for where her bassinet is going and even though we painted her nursery we used them in their too! They are easy and cute and have so many varieties that they can easily be changed as your lil one grows up!

heaven · Nov 26th, 2011, 16:41 PM

We have a bumper and we aren't going to use it b/c of the risk of SIDS w/ it, and they are also outlawing it where we are in January. I am going to put it in a frame. So it will be like a square of art. Might make three b/c there is enough there to do something with it. May also hang silk from curtains-like a sash to add color. Good luck.

youngwife20 · Nov 27th, 2011, 07:28 AM

Llondon bump - lol the paintworks not to bad were can i get these stickers from? Ebay? X

Heaven - whats this about bumpers?? I havent heard anything about it and what is it x

Nov 26th, 2011, 13:57 PM	#1
youngwife20 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,042	cheap ideas to decorate the nursery?! share your ideas Hello mummys hope your all well! My nursery doesnt look like a nursery at all lol The cots gonna be in our room to start with and so will the changing table so it wont be very nursery like but i start mat leave in 2 weeks and i need something to do i really wanna turn the room into a propper nursery and because were renting the property we cant paint the whole walls as wel have to paint it back to its original colour but wudnt mind painting some of the wall is normal paint ok for babys room? Anyway so i need some ideas on cheap ways to realy turn the room into a nursery and i thought some other ladies might wanna know too feel free to post links and info. Im in uk so dont have like walmart etc My one idea: go to a craft shop and get wooden letters then paint them with acrylic paint as i heard it s non toxic then u can make ur babys namee and put it in the room I dont know names of any craft shops though lol Thanks mums xx

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Tink81 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 464	Get your self to hobby craft they have the letters and proably the paint, not sure where your nearest one is, I go to the one in Preston. But I'm sure you can find it if you google it. They will also have lots of other bits to inspire you

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Button# Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2010 Location: London Posts: 3,838	Ebay is good for decorative stuff. I'm getting this wall sticker http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/you-wish-u...item84b8b7779f I'm sure you could get the wooden letters from ebay as well. I used normal silk emulsion in my baby's room for the walls and I'm going to paint outlines of Disney characters on one wall in white paint.

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Nov 26th, 2011, 14:44 PM	#5
londonbump2 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 662	Have you asked your landlord if you can paint? it was originally in my contract that I couldn't but I got mine to change it haha! And my last place I was explicitly not to but when it came down to it, at an early viewing before I'd put it back, the fact that there was colour actually sold it to the new tenant! Anyway, I'm just doing one feature wall in my nursery because it's such a nightmare to paint (crazy high ceilings and the only bloomin room without a rail so you have to paint all the way up arggg). Or how about big wall stickers? Most of the ones on ebay aren't that big but you get huge ones and you can take them back off when you move. Edit - paint! As long as it's not something bubs is going to get in their mouth then normal is fine!

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youngwife20 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,042	Thank u very much freyas mummy! And lucky- wow i dont think im that artistic! So prety! Buton- great idea and thaks for the link xx Londonbump- they did say we can paint the wall aslong as we return it to original colours but the wall is so high too! So wed never be able to paid right to the top lol thanks for answering about the paint maybe wel just paid one wall too! Xx

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Nov 26th, 2011, 15:02 PM	#7
londonbump2 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 662	Arg! Tell them to prove it wasn't that colour :P I think I probably wouldn't bother painting if the paintwork wasn't so awful The big wall stickers are cool, I had a huge Mario scene on one wall for my old flatmate, if he didn't take them with him bubs would be having a mario bedroom!

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EffyM Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Sunny SW FLA Posts: 762	Wall stickers !! Some of them can be removed and reused!! We used them in our master bedroom for where her bassinet is going and even though we painted her nursery we used them in their too! They are easy and cute and have so many varieties that they can easily be changed as your lil one grows up!

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Nov 26th, 2011, 16:41 PM	#9
heaven Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Heaven Posts: 1,443	We have a bumper and we aren't going to use it b/c of the risk of SIDS w/ it, and they are also outlawing it where we are in January. I am going to put it in a frame. So it will be like a square of art. Might make three b/c there is enough there to do something with it. May also hang silk from curtains-like a sash to add color. Good luck.

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youngwife20 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Manchester Posts: 6,042	Llondon bump - lol the paintworks not to bad were can i get these stickers from? Ebay? X Heaven - whats this about bumpers?? I havent heard anything about it and what is it x

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