Dressing up a baby's room

Karine and I chatted on the phone last night and she mentioned that she wanted to decorate little Sasha's room but a) she has little to no time to decorate and b) she wants to add really fun elements to a wall or two without relying solely on a paint color. I told her I'd send her some ideas via email this morning but as soon as I started to type the email I realized I had a decent blog post on my hands so here are my suggestions for Karine and all you other busy mom's out there looking for inspiration.

1 – Paint an entire wall in chalkboard paint. Although this may seem gloomy, it can grow with her and she’ll always have a place to draw and friends can leave fun messages and drawings on there for her. To add colour, paint stripes on the ceiling or paint the other walls a brighter color.

2 – Paint the walls a neutral colour but pick fun fabrics and frame them using needle point clamps. You can hang them all over the wall and it will make a super cute polka dot effect.

3 – Speaking of polka dots, I love this idea. It’s easier than stripes or wallpaper. Just use a large round tupperware lid, trace it on a piece of plastic and then use that as a stencil to paint on the wall. You could have a wall of pink polka dots! You could also design your own stencil. There's a great tutorial here.

4 –I am obsessed with Inke stencils. I think that they’re a little pricey but they’ll be cool for a baby and toddler room so they last a while. She uses vintage wallpaper to create beautiful large scale stencils. So instead of a whole wallpaper wall, you have a wallpaper detail.

5 - Wallpaper! It's trendy as ever and there are tons of fun options out there. I love temporary wallpaper by Tempaper.