Nursery Versus Gallery

The life quest to decorate the perfect gender neutral nursery continues. You may recall the post on choosing just the right alphabet print which I have yet to choose. Well now I have moved on to the rest of the art. At first I thought I would do all animals, then there was the musical art idea and then I found a print about The U.S. Presidential Facial Hair Hall of Fame and themes went out the window. Here are the pieces I am debating on currently, any opinions are appreciated. Suggestions to other amazingly awesome prints are also highly encouraged.


Currently the poor baby has one piece of art to look at which is the Brown Bat by Berkley Illustration. Austin is famous for their bats so it seemed appropriate, plus I’m kind of a sucker for anthropomorphic animals and the way his tie hangs upside down just kills me. Great White Shark was a close second since as a child I was a bit shark obsessed, where was Shark Week on TV 30 years ago I would have been in heaven!


Boy Girl Party has a variety of musically inclined animal prints that tickle my fancy. I could pick and choose from any of these prints pictured and am currently leaning towards Record Bears. Though that Melodicat gives me a hardcore hankering to watch the video for “And We Danced” by The Hooters. Not sure if that is a good or a bad thing.


The Presidential Facial Hair Hall of Fame by Elloh is a fer sure, big fat, hells yes. Not only is it educational but it falls under my most important home decorating rule, it makes me giggle. My God has it really been since Taft that we had a president with decent facial hair? That is way too long maybe Obama will surprise us with some mutton chops or a handle bar stache!


Even though the Animal Head Rock n Roll Band by Will Ruocco is the completely wrong colors for the nursery, way pricer than the other prints on my list and a bit more adult feeling – I can’t help but love it. You get all 4 prints for $80 which is a good deal as long as Hobby Lobby is having a ½ price frames sale.


A few months ago I had no idea what a soother was, now I am eyeballing art just because it matches a crib toy. Seriously the similarities between this piece (which I can’t buy now anyway because I can’t find it on Etsy) and the Fisher-Price Waterfall Soother are uncanny.


The Rockstar series by Sugar and Cream might be nice since baby daddy plays drums and mommy played sax in Junior High. Oh yes I did, I can’t remember how to do much more than wet a reed and my mom has long since converted the saxophone into a lamp, but in 6th grade I was like last chair with my little hand-me-down saxophone. However even though these prints are in fact going into a babies room they are a bit child like for my taste. Maybe I'll get the one with the kid that dumped Mac and Cheese on their head for my dining room!

So many choices, so little time. Well ok there is a whole trimester left to decide, but I’d like to have the executive decorating decisions made long before then. Maybe I’ll make some art for the walls and I already but in my Christmas request to Hope for a B is for Biggie painting!