It’s exciting to set up a nursery for a soon-expected little one! You want to set up a nursery so it’s bright and cheery for the baby. At Custom Frames in Atlanta, we compiled a few custom framing tips to help you create the perfect environment for your baby.
Choosing Artwork for Babies
For the first year, an infant’s vision is a bit limited. Choose artwork that incorporates highly contrasting bold and simple patterns. Support their visual development by using black and white books and toys or brightly colored simple images. This allows the baby to experience different patterns and develop the ability to focus their attention on items.
The same works for choosing artwork for the nursery. Choose pieces with simple lines, lots of contrast, and simple geometric patterns. These provide images for them to lock onto and visually explore. As they get older and their attention and focus develop, add in brighter colors and fun themes that include objects like the alphabet, trucks and cars, animals, and more.
Custom Framing Nursery Art
Take a minute to consider the quality and materials you want to add to your home and your baby’s nursery. This helps you choose the best custom framing style and artwork for your nursery. High-quality frames are made from wood and acid-free materials, so they will look great as well as protect the artwork inside. You’ll want to choose acrylic rather than glass, so the custom framed piece will be lighter and less prone to shattering.
You’ll have plenty of custom options, including the type of wood. You may want to consider lighter woods like natural maple. We can use our decades of experience to help you choose the right wood, colors, and styles to suit your nursery decoration needs.
Gallery Wall or Other Arrangements
You have many choices, including the type of wood, colors, and the artwork or photos you want to have custom framed. One thing that will help shape all your decisions is the wall and shelf space available in your nursery. The space above the crib is ideal for a large “hero” piece. It also works well for hanging a series of prints that work together moving from left to right.
There are limitless possibilities. Gallery wall designs can go across, but there are no hard rules. Maybe you have the perfect space for going up a wall. You may want to use a grid pattern. Easily display smaller frames on bookcases, dressers, or shelves often in a nursery. You can use your baby’s footprints, a sonagram, or a birth announcement.
How to Hang Custom Frames Securely
It’s extremely important that your custom framed pieces are hung securely, especially in the nursery. Smaller frames, anything under 14×14” can be safely hung on a sawtooth bracket hanger. It provides secure hanging and leveling. The sawtooth bracket attaches to the top of the frame and a single nail is all that’s needed on the wall.
Use a hanging wire for larger frames, it is secured using a hanging wire which attaches to either side of the framed piece. A picture hanging hook with the proper weight rating will easily support the frame. Oversize frames may require two hooks spaced 10 to 12 inches apart.
Atlanta’s Custom Frames for Nurseries
Ready to create the perfect visual surroundings for your baby? Let Suburban Frames in Atlanta, Georgia help you achieve the effect you desire with custom frames for the nursery. Call us today and let us put our decades of experience to work for you!