DIY baby room decor

A few weeks ago my boyfriend and I accompanied his family on a wonderful weekend vacation in North Adams, MA.  We spent an afternoon at Mass MOCA and one of my favorites exhibits was the Sol Lewitt retrospective (if you are interested, you can read more about it here http://www.massmoca.org/lewitt/).  One of the first things that came to my mind was that the patterns, colors and shapes were reminiscent of those I had seen on blocks, mobiles and other baby toys.  I know what you're thinking- crazy pregger can't experience an ounce of culture without attributing it back to something baby related.  I assure you I didn't do this in every exhibit, although I did covertly tail a woman pushing a stroller with an adorable young infant, but that's besides the point, we're getting off topic here....

Anyway, in the gift shop my boyfriend and I found postcards featuring works from the exhibit and decided they would make nice decorations for the baby's room.  I had a frame that I had previously purchased at Savers and the faux wood was a near perfect match to the wood flooring on the postcard.  I painted the cardboard black and attached the postcard...you may notice that the frame has no glass, well that would be because I dropped it while shopping in the purse section of Savers and it shattered all over the floor, but it still serves its purpose!

I also had a pair of white frames laying around, but they were rather dirty and scuffed.  I used the spa blue paint sample that we were considering for our "boy nursery" color to paint the frames.  I find that these kinds of projects, while simple and easy, help ease my impatience for my baby's arrival!