Call Me the Queen of Indecision
There are only a few short weeks left to my Lifetime Television Clean Start Challenge (see my weekly videos HERE and vote for Erin in Oviedo HERE ) Had I tackled it the night the idea came to me, I would most certainly be hanging another Erin original in the nursery but food poisoning and a nasty cold mowed us down one right after another and gave me pause before beginning my project. Then today, I started looking around Etsy.com to see if an old blogging friend was yet selling her robot pillows when I stumbled across this shop and now have to make a decorating decision (Just HOW does Nate Berkus do it?) What would you do?
1) Go with the original plan of painting a large canvas for the wall and praying it comes out like I want it too
2) Buy and frame these oh so retro cool Rocket Prints
3) Buy and frame this nifty series of Robot and Space Prints
I have stated many times how I am trying to do this in a very budget minded manner and I am happy to say that thus far we have really stuck with that! I have only purchased the lamp, a hepa filter, bed sheets, a crib skirt, the curtains (plus decorative patches I added) and the star mobile. Everything else in the room has been re purposed from another place in our home, a used item that has been passed on to us, or a gift. This leaves me with some wiggle room when it comes to these final designing decisions. To help you help me, here are some sneak peek pictures.
The large wall that the star mobile is hanging in front of, is the wall I will be hanging something from the above selections on. So, what are your thoughts? Which would be the best choice? Money wise, the canvas size I would use to create something would cost about the same amount of money as purchasing the above linked prints, making the budget less of a deciding factor.
And because of that food poisoning thing I mentioned, we ended up taking an unscheduled peek at one of the people inspiring this whole project:
aww he’s yawning and looks like the wittle spawn of a cartoon tryst! Then, they also confirmed that it’s not my imagination, there actually is something impeding my breathing
I hope he decides to bend his knees sometime soon.
March 14th, 2008 at 10:55 am
I like #3 to contrast the rocket ship you already have.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
Skip #1. The last thing you need is to start another painting project right now.
I vote for #2, a continuation of the space theme. Over time, you can continue to do all sorts of spacey things that will coordinate with spacemen and planets and astronauts and that sort of stuff.
#3 is cool, but if you go in that direction you are veering away from pure space into more of a machine-age sci-fi theme. Which might be fine, but that’s my thought.
March 14th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
I vote for the Rocket Prints. We’re doing our 2- (almost 3-) year-old’s room in a space/rocket/general celestial theme too. Fun!
March 14th, 2008 at 3:04 pm
I agree with annulla on skipping number 1. That would be a big undertaking and with all you have going on it might be good to do something easier. But I also think that having a few smaller pictures and prints would help with the balance of the room because you do already have that large canvas.
I don’t really have a preference for you on which prints to get. Depends on where you want to go with the room - just space or open it up to space and robots. I would also encourage you to check e-bay just in case you can get something cheaper.
Can’t wait to see it all done and I hope you win!
March 15th, 2008 at 9:56 am
Stay with the rocket theme. Do not try #1 project. You are doing enought !!!!
March 15th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
The room is going to look so cute! Can’t wait to see it when it is finished.
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March 16th, 2008 at 7:19 am
I think #2. They are really cool!
March 17th, 2008 at 6:27 am
I like both #2 and #3. I think either would look terrific!!
March 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
I like the rockets. They would be very cute with what you’ve already done. BTW, I’ve been voting, voting, voting for you!
March 18th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
OMG I love that itty bitty sleigh bed! Too cute!
I have been voting also, it confuses me though when I go in and your % has dropped?? How does that happen? Has anyone else noticed that?
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