In decorating a nursery room, mural ideas play a very central role. Murals, whether covering the whole wall or just a small part of it, can be the focal point of the nursery, allowing you to set the very theme for the nursery. Murals perfectly compliment the Nursery décor, adding the much needed dash of life.
Coming to nursery room mural ideas, you can virtually try any idea. Think of an idea that will fascinate your little one, filling his/her growing years with fun and glee. Starting from flower gardens to jungles and sea-beaches, you can basically paint anything and everything on the nursery walls (even on the doors and windows).
Life-size/wall-size paintings of animation-characters like Micky, Donald and other popular cartoon-series creatures, scenes from children’s books have been all-time favorites as nursery room mural ideas.
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Nevertheless, you can have your own style, if you dare to be different. You can go for a wall-size painting of your family pet; small fresco-size sketches/pictures of family members might also add an interesting element to the room décor. Painting a spaceship or an UFO instead of moon and stars can be an apt idea for the post Space Age child.
And if you are wondering about the degree or level of agility, you will need to translate your nursery room mural ideas to practice, let me assure you that the job demands no high level skill. Else, you can take help of various mural kits, stencils and designs available at the many baby specialty shops. Draw the outlines with the help of these cut outs and apply colors carefully.
In the absence of cutouts, you can make do with projecting the image of the design (copied on a transparency) with the help of an overhead projector. This, again, is the best way to maintain the balance and symmetry of life-sized or wall-sized murals. All you will need to do is project the picture on the wall (at the right spot where you want) and trace the outline with a pencil when you have the picture (of the exact dimension) focused on the wall. As for coloring, you can go by your own instincts or else you can follow the original. Finally, outline the mural with a discernable shade like black, and the mural will become more distinct!
If you still do not feel up to the task, you can get in touch with some professional artist. Right from the wall color to the nursery room mural ideas and choice of bedding and furnishings, an artist will help you in every possible way. As for that personal touch, the expecting mother and father (in fact, all kith and kin) can come forward with their suggestions.
However, as said, nothing can match the satisfaction, which you derive from doing the things on your own. It is true that you will excel if you have capability or a natural gift for painting but you really do not need such perfection. So, go easy. If you find carrying out nursery room mural ideas far too challenging, you can invent simpler ideas – frame your child’s handprints, create fingerprint floral motifs and designs or vegetable-prints. Your visitors will be stunned, no doubt, but the most satisfying aspect is that your child will highly appreciate it when he/she grows up.
A word of caution for you all out there: Use only nontoxic acrylic latex paint in the Nursery and coat it with a hard wearing varnish that cleans comparatively easily.
by Manuel Kupka
