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Nursery Decor

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Well now that we are at 17 weeks along and know we're having a boy - it's time for me to start thinking NURSERY.


My sister in law bought this BEAUTIFUL painting for us and I'm desiging the nursery around it. Heres a link to the actual painting as shown online:
http://www.scottgustafson.com/portfolio/fantasy/fantasy_05.htm

I need to select fabric too since my stepmother is going to custom make all the nursery bedding and curtains and such to match. I think it will be BEAUTIFUL when done. My question is about paint.

Would you ladies suggest painting the walls in the nursery a neutral beige color and let the bedding/painting stand out more.....or should I pull the blue from the painting in and do blue and tan stripes around the room from the chairrail down? The room has good lighting but is only 11*10 in size so I don't want to overpower things.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Cute painting! I would go neutral on the walls--the painting will really stand out that way!
deleted_user
deleted_user
I'd probably go neutral too, having a darker blue like that could make the room seems small or dark. Just find other fun ways to keep the blue going throughout the room like perhaps with a rug??
deleted_user
deleted_user
I LOVE the painting and the blue and gold from Merlin is just gorgeous. Either way u decided will turn out amazing!!
HeidiRenae
HeidiRenae
I love the painting. I think it will look great either way you decide to decorate it, but I personally would probably put some color on the walls. Maybe have the wall that you put the painting on be solid tan/beige, and then you could do stripes on 1 or 2 half walls.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Wow, LOVE that painting. I vote for keeping the walls a nuetral color and picking up the colors in other accent-type ways. I will admit that this is what we've decided to do and it's purely driven by my laziness LOL!

Either way, I'm sure the room will turn out beautiful. Good luck!
N79
N79
I think the painting would stand out more if the walls were blue...since most of the painting is neutral...the blue walls will make the whole painting pop...but go a few shades lighter than the blue in the painting....anyway will look nice i would try and keep everything simple though....
deleted_user
deleted_user
If you have the chairrali up already I would do a two tone thing. My own bedroom has a wall with 4 differetn tones of blues in a color block manner. It is absolutely gorgeous. Maybe you could do a very subtle blue on the upper part of the wall and a darker one on the bottom. ANd maybe on one more discrete wall you could paint a blackboard for your boy to write/draw away!!!
Tray34
Tray34
I love that painting..Its gorgeous..
deleted_user
deleted_user
lovely painting!!!! i think the painting would stand out more with some blue on the walls since most of the painting is neutral..you can always accent more by putting some more neutral pics/etc on the blue walls
deleted_user
deleted_user
That is a pretty painting. I have to say the royal blue stood out to me in the painting. maybe paint the room that color to stand out or do a accent wall in royal blue and the other walls a beige.

best of luck.
It will be very pretty when finsh.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I would do neutral because like everyone said your painting and bedding will stand out more that way. We went with a Vintage Mickey Mouse theme and did a neutral brown/tan color so that my basic colors would be from the bed set, curtains, and rug. I didn't want to make the room too dark because I want to be able to walk around in it at night and not bump into things. It looks like you are going to have a cute nursery. Good luck.
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