Look! Emily's Photo collage nursery

Wall decor in a kid's room doesn't have to be all "cutesy" baby animals and Winnie the Pooh. Take for example this cool "crib". Emily shared with us her fun nursery wall, where she took some of her favorite photos that her husband took and created a graphic photocollage of treasured memories and imagery. The side table was a DIY project with the help of some bright paint and paper stickers. Have any of you tackled the dillema of decorating a kids room? Do you think it turned out cool? Take a few pics and share! (continued)

Upload your image to flickr and tag it with "apartmenttherapyla" or email a jpeg to jonathan (at) apartmenttherapy (dot) com.

Comments (3)

Well, I was genuinely intrigued by the personalities at work behind this room because of its distinctive personal stamp. I tried to click through to the Flickr site hyperlinked above to see the photographic images, but no such look. Then I clicked through to Emily's typepad page and hit blog paydirt! (The shit had me rolling.) Knowing more about the owners/occupants makes me appreciate their nursery that much more... But anyone who incorporates into their nursery an ugly doll, an iPod docking speaker system and the hubby's photographs on the walls is alright by me.

posted by Enrique on 2006-09-12 21:10:58

Baby's eyes don't focus very far for a while, and the best images are black and white and very sharp for new borns. By 8 months they see like adults.

This doesn't wow me, but if the images have meaning to the decorator, fine.

posted by Rachel Cohen on 2006-09-12 18:11:06

Babies do not 'see like adults'. Kids can't perceive the whole picture with implied depth for years. That is why toddler books eg Mr Men, alphabet books etc just have one person or object with no textural detail ro background. That is why kids like cartoons - visually simple. Yes, the cutesiness of kids stuff is nauseating, but there is a reason for it.

posted by Deb of Oz on 2006-09-13 05:30:04