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Flower Garden Room
by Becca Williams, creator of WallNutz Paint By Number Mural Kits
www.wallnutz.com
Walls
Paint all walls a light blue, then use stencils or WallNutz mural kits to paint a picket fence and flower garden scene. Add bees, butterflies, ladybugs and dragonflies with a Mini Mural kit for only $4.99.
Or instead of painting a mural, buy wooden picket fence slats from a lumber store and cut them to the desired height. Paint white and attach to the wall with carpenter nails.
Windows
For window treatments, make a valance with cotton eyelet fabric. You need a strip of fabric 16" wide and double the length of the window. Hem the fabric edges and fold and press top edge over 4" with right sides out. Sew a 5/8" seam from the bottom of the fold, then another seam 2" from the top. Place the curtain rod through the bottom tube of fabric, leaving the top tube to ruffle as the fabric bunches on the rod. Hang.
Make some window boxes for added decor. Build or purchase unfinished wood boxes that fit under the window(s). Paint white and let dry, then attach to the wall with nails. Once the boxes are hung, fill boxes with oasis (florists' foam) and secure in place with hot glue gun or simply stuff edges with newspaper. Spray with adhesive and cover with dry florists' moss. Stick silk Gerber daisies or other silk flowers and greenery into oasis.
Accessories
Mobiles can be a fun decoration, no matter what age your child is. Take a set of plastic or wooden cross bars and hang the blossom part of silk flowers or laminated pictures of flowers from each bar's end. Hang cross bars from a tack in the ceiling in the corner of the room or from a musical motor. Make sure to place any mobile out of baby's reach and remove from crib when child can pull self into sitting position.
© 2001 Becca Williams. All rights reserved. Article used by permission.
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