Baby Nursery Decorating with Vintage Prints and Pictures
Reproduction Vintage Baby Pictures
Many adorable baby and children’s images from old and antique advertisements, paintings, photos, etc. have been reproduced for decorative use. You can find color, as well as black and white vintage baby prints and pictures of all kinds for decorating. Look for them at craft and art supply stores, and at picture framing shops. Reproduction children’s prints can also sometimes be found at antiques and secondhand stores, or online from art, picture, and poster selling sites, as well as auction sites such as eBay.
Antique and Collectible Baby Pictures
If you would like to decorate your baby’s nursery with authentic vintage artwork, it is widely available also. The best sources are online sites selling old artwork, advertisements, and magazines. Local sources include antique shops, secondhand stores, and garage sales.
Sources of Vintage Baby Pictures
Old needlework pattern books are a great source of vintage pictures. Old crochet and knit baby fashion pattern books offer wonderful cover art, photos, and ads. Those from the 1930s – 1950s are especially rich. Vintage magazines and books also offer many baby and children’s pictures. Some can be purchased very inexpensively when in overall poor condition, with usable condition pictures, photos, or ads intact.
Some antique store and online sellers specialize in old prints and photos. Although you will pay more buying this way than by finding your own source material, it is an easy way to insure ample selection.
Nursery Decorating with Framed Vintage Pictures
Begin creating your vintage dÃ?©cor nursery by choosing some special baby pictures for the walls. Frame them yourself with antique looking picture frames, or have them framed professionally. Choose matting and picture frame colors to go with the nursery’s color scheme. Hang the framed pictures singly, in a themed grouping, or even as a picture wall, totally covered with images.
Nursery Decorating with Vintage Picture Collage
Another idea is to group and overlap a collection of antique baby pictures or photos as a collage. You can create a theme for your collage, for instance, all laughing baby photos, or all sleeping baby images, or choose an appealing eclectic mix. Special individual framed artwork will blend well with wall collages also.
Nursery Decorating with Vintage Picture Decoupage
You can also decorate your baby’s room by decoupaging furniture and objects with vintage baby prints. Consider covering a dresser or toy box with old-fashioned children’s images. Or decoupage smaller objects, such as dresser items and storage containers.
