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Budget Wall Decorating Ideas For the Nursery

There's a baby on the way and we all know what that does to your budget. But you still want to decorate a nursery for your new little bundle of joy. You don't want to just set up a crib in any old room. A baby needs color and excitement. It's a proven fact that bold colors and patterns help your child develop cognitive skills, and since your baby is going to spend most of his time in his crib looking at the walls, here are a few colorful, exciting wall decorating ideas that will work with any budget.

Color - The color you choose is one of the most important decisions you'll make, especially if you're decorating on a budget. Your newborn isn't really going to care about the color as much as he will the different textures and shapes he sees.

But it won't be long before your child starts talking about superheroes and dragons or baby dolls and princesses, and you'll want to change the décor to meet his or her changing tastes. If you don't want to have to repaint the room every year, choose a neutral color for your walls and use different trims and accessories to provide the color and excitement.

Wallpaper and borders - Wallpaper and wallpaper borders are an inexpensive alternative, and you can often find discontinued patterns at a discount. And you don't have to wallpaper the whole room to get the effect you're looking for. In fact, it'll add even more excitement if you only paper one or two walls. Then your baby will see the differences in color and texture.

Make sure you look for wallpaper that's easy to remove and never, ever attach it to the wall with any type of glue other than wallpaper paste. The best kind to use is the kind you just soak in water because it'll come off easier. Remember, you might be putting up wallpaper with cowboys on it this year, but next year you're going to want to take it down and put up race cars.

Wall décor - One of the best wall decorating ideas for a nursery is shelving. In the beginning your baby is going to notice big, bold statements of color and textures. He won't notice details so much; the contrasts are what will help develop his visual skills. Place bold-colored shelves on the walls and place colorful toys and accent pieces that make a good visual contrast for your baby to look at.

As your baby grows the shelves will grow along with him. You can always use them for toy storage and eventually they'll be full of trophies and books. And every time you change the décor of the room, the most you'll have to do is paint the shelves to match.

When looking for wall decorating ideas for a nursery, the first thing you want to concentrate on is stimulating your baby's imagination and all that really takes is big, bold statements of color. It doesn't matter to your baby if it's Winnie the Pooh or clowns. If you start with a neutral wall color as your base, you can easily change the décor anytime your child wants, just by changing the accessories in the room.