Wallnutz

We know intuitively that art can have far reaching, positive impacts on people of all ages. Schools, hospital and daycares often use wall murals to brighten and make welcoming areas that would otherwise be sterile and even scary. Because we care so deeply about our children, we want to offer them the benefits of exposure to art and enhance their creativity at home.

Children’s rooms at home are particularly fun to decorate with wall art because of the great flexibility with kids’ informal, playful spaces. This is why many parents like to use wall murals to decorate their children’s rooms. The walls are a blank canvas for creative wall decor, and painting walls is a very inexpensive way to decorate a room.

Of course, different styles, colors and subject matter in wall murals create different moods and this must be taken into consideration when planning a child’s space. Think first of the activity and behavior that you want to happen in a particular room.

Playrooms and commercial spaces like a child’s gym invite activity and you want these areas to motivate children into physical movement. Using many bright colors together and action oriented images are perfect for wall murals in these spaces. Reds, oranges and yellows or vivid blues and greens are cheerful colors both for backgrounds and details in wall murals for these areas. Using wall mural images that contain vehicles represent movement or people involved in sports are great choices for kids’ play spaces.

When planning a child’s bedroom decor, the goal is to have the child sleep and possibly play with toys in that area. Wall murals with a background of colors like blue, green, purple or earth tones are often good choices to set a calm mood.

The wall mural images in bedrooms are also important. Younger children may not like to be left alone for bedtimes, but will take comfort in animals, heroes or people with a kind appearance that are painted on their walls in a wall mural. We hear from customers that their young children have a great attachment to the objects in their wall murals, often naming the animals and people in their murals and saying “good night” or kissing them before going to bed. The children feel safe when surrounded by positive, familiar images that are “real” to them.

Older children take great pride in their rooms as it is the only space in the house where their own personality can come through in the decor. Consult your child before undertaking a big redecorating or wall mural painting project in his or her bedroom, because it is important that their personal interests and preferences are reflected in that space.

Whatever the purpose of the child’s room you are decorating, remember that incorporating wall murals in the décor is an easy and inexpensive way to stimulate imagination and expand children’s view of the world around them!
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