Stickies on the Walls

I was doing a little blogsurfing the other day (actually every day, throughout the day , AND at all times of the day and sometimes night) and stopped at one of my favorites, Chinoiserie Chic, whose writer is a designer from Virginia.   In this particular entry she was giving an example of a tiny entryway decorated with chinoiserie, her daughter's.   They used a lovely irridescent gold Ikea wall decal in the hallway to the main living area. It looked great and it inspired me to do this post!

Chinoiserie Chic

Design direction is not my intent, as I am more of a consumer of goods and services, rather than a provider.  So with that in mind, I'd love to share with you all what I did to my son's nursery.  I am not one to have decals all over the house.  And printed catchy phrases, to me, should be left to books and advertizing and made famous by witty blog writers...  But I do have a thing for monograms.  And as a side note, I can't stand it when someone doesn't follow the correct order of the initials.

Back to my son's nursery. 

See the painting on the right.  It is there for a very functional reason.  As much as I wanted to, it is just not safe to put a painting over a baby's crib.  Way too many "what ifs" could hapen, so just DON'T.

This is Tuco, one of our two Weimeraners

Notice the weird sheen on the walls, this is RL's Candlelight.  It does NOT photograph well, because of the flash.  And it needs to be applied by a good professional, otherwise you can see the marks by the ceiling. My professional wasn't so good!  The base coat is RL's Fairy Wren.  It really looked dreamy when the light hit it just so.  If I had to do it over, maybe I'd use a stencil and fill in with the candlelight.

But back to my point...  See those ducks? Those were Tuesday Morning finds, which I custom painted with spots and highlights in silver.  They are also the theme for the room.  You will see them in little details here: 

No flash in this picture, so the walls look normal

And here:

Initially I considered having an artist come and paint the monogram.  But then I realized that decals are just the perfect solution for what to put over the baby's crib.  It is safe and economical.  No hazardous paintings and in a couple of years, instead of painting over the whole wall to adjust to the new decor, all you have to do is peel it off.  Easy, Breezy.  This is also a great idea for renters. 

Darn'd flash again, but I wanted to show you the bubbles in the bath.

Here is the basecolor without Candlelight

I had lots of fun placing the bubbles

I had these vinyl decals made to order through a home based business in Owasso that I found where else but in the internet. They worked out a design from my specifications, produced proofs, and then printed and mailed them upon my approval. That was a custom product for the price of stickers. Literally. No additional fees for creating the design or anything. Loved that!

Two weeks before his birth, I started making him burp cloths...  I made at least 30... Big time nesting!

So now to the burning question:  What is the correct order for monograming?  Traditionally, the correct order is First- Last- Middle initials.  You will notice that above the crib I used dots separating each letter, which went well with the bubble sub-theme of the room, and also dictated that in this case the letters would read First-Middle-Last. If you want to get in the minutiae of monogramming, go here.