Imaginative wall treatments to inspire your little ones
If your child’s bedroom is looking blander than baby food, check out our list of colourful solutions to help you overhaul four blank walls with masses of imagination. We took the best and brightest in mind to bring you our picks in art for kids rooms to help you inspire your little ones while they play, dream and sleep.
Funky Fairtrade
Hello baby bunting, we’ve found you! When you purchase a set of these fun and fabulous flags not only will you brighten a bedroom effortlessly, you’ll be supporting the women that take shelter at HOME, an organisation that supports migrant workers in Singapore. All proceeds go directly to the women who have taken the time to learn to sew whilst being housed in the shelter.
Funky Fairtrade.
Sammyeve
Let the story of your little one’s birth take centre stage with a bespoke luxury art print by Singapore-based graphic designer, Samantha Dorri. Precious details are retold through forests and seascapes, woodland creatures and mythical characters. The use of colour and typography will satisfy even the most style-conscious of parents.
Sammyeve.
Mucky Pups
There’s no need for special glasses to admire these 3-dimensional beauties. Singapore-based artist and former teacher, Rachel Falciola, hand cuts paper collages of hearts, butterflies, rockets and other flying objects. She can also craft ribbon, buttons, sequins and sparkles into pictures that make walls shine. Otherwise supply a photograph and Rachel can draw a meaningful portrait of your little one.
Mucky Pups.
Ni-Night
If you manage to get past the lovely children’s furniture, shop the cute range of wall art stocked in-house and online at this Singapore store. Vivid graphical depictions of surfboards, fire engines, ballet dresses and bikinis are all original and surprisingly kind to the credit card. You can always splurge on a bespoke tramscroll too.
ni-night, 7 Joo Chiat Place, Singapore, 427742,
p. 6440 7567.
Typo by Cotton On
Cotton On converts will go troppo for Typo. Transform typical walls with fun and inexpensive wall art. From customised vintage images and quirky corkboards, to patterned stagheads and graphic letters, you can add colour and movement to your child’s room without breaking the bank.
Typo, 435 Orchard Road, Wisma Atria, #B1-54/61, Singapore 238877.
Moof Culture
Bring bare walls to life with dreamy subjects depicted in fluid brushstroke when you commission a painting by artist, Mike Foo. Ever since we spied the illustrations adorning the walls of his children’s bookstore, Woods in the Books, we’ve longed to give him free reign to create a mural in our own home.
Moof Culture.
Love Mae
Charmed, we are. So much so that we wish to inhabit the sublime scenes that these fabric wall decals create. Arrange each finely illustrated element to create your own picture with these Australian stickers that ship internationally. We can attest to their hardy ability to be used over and over again, making them ideal for renters who want a light, portable, and durable solution.
Love Mae.
Scandic Wonders
If walls could talk! A one of a kind, hand-inked illustration by Danish artist Mariann Johansen Ellis will certainly tell a story to your child. Her beautiful prints full of wonder and whimsy will delight little ones, and act as heirlooms to pass on to their own children. Scandic Wonders is the only stockist of works by this artist now residing in Singapore.
Scandic Wonders, 163 Tanglin Road, #02-02 Tanglin Mall, Singapore 247933, p. 6733 4583.
Stuck On You
We first got stuck on their stickers, and now we can pick up their personalised pictures too. Choose from a variety of designs and add your child’s name to create their very own canvas, height chart, wall clock, or reward chart.
stuck on you.
IKEA
Obvious but obligatory, our list would not be complete without a mention of the ever-present Scandinavian in our lives, IKEA. Collect coloured frames to border your little one’s school artwork, and they will be proud to see their very own creations elevated to wall-worthy status.
IKEA, 317 Alexandra Rd, Singapore 159965, p. 6786 6868.
Any of these vivid solutions are sure to make your child smile, in which case you may need to find some place else for your cheeky little monkey when it’s time for time out – they’re are anything but punishment!