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So we painted our nursery a medium green color, which I LOVE. (It's sanctuary, by Behr). I found these decals on etsy (here), which I fell in love with. The paint color on the walls are even close to the color in our nursery.

However, my step mom saw a similar decal set at babiesrus, but they are different colors and don't work with our paint at all. (decals are here)

My dad's solution was to paint a square on the wall white or off white so the decals showed up. I don't like that idea too much, but didn't want to offend my step mom that I didn't like these decals with our paint color as much as the other ones.

But then I was thinking we could use some crown molding or something to frame the part of the wall that's painted white, like a painting or picture, so it wouldn't look so off. Do you think that would work? I do like these decals in that they are all seperate pieces, so the layout is up to us, where as the one above is one big decal, so it comes in set dimensions.

I know this doesn't really help, but I REALLY like the first one...I think I might buy it for my little monkey! For me, it's just easier to read.

The second picture isn't great, in person the colors are more vibrant. I also like the colors of the top one better. No one in my family would ever think to look at etsy, and I'm sure when she saw the decals at babies'r'us she just got them without thinking about the paint, etc...

We just bought our house and will be here for at least 5 years. I'd rather not repaint a whole wall, since we just got done painting it. Also, we have enough of the green paint left to paint a small section, but not enough to repaint a whole wall down the road.

I think we are going to paint a small section of the wall like 2'x4' and then frame it with molding. I guess I just wanted some reassurance that it wouldn't look awful.

I don't know a tactful was to return the decals my stepmom got and purchase the ones I originally saw (top photo), so I'm at a loss as to how else to handle this. Obviously just returning them and getting the other one would be the cheapest and easiest solution, but I don't want to offend her, and my dad was quick to come up with the paint solution, so exchanging them wasn't ever brought up.

I like the square of paint and molding idea - it will make a really nice feature in the baby's room.  And I love the decals - I'm monkey crazy these days - the cutest baby stuff with monkeys - I die...  

She will notice if I switch them, because I stupidly opened my mouth when she got them for us and talked about the color issue. If I hadn't, I don't think she would have noticed since she hadn't opened the ones she bought.

Would it be really rude to not say anything, and then just exchange them after the next visit? I can say that it seemed easier to do that, rather than paint once the baby arrived, and I know my dad won't have time to do the painting on his next visit, since his to-do list is already pretty long. They are visiting in Feb, baby is due in March, they'll be visiting for the birth for about 2 weeks.

She knows I haven't ordered them. She bought them for us about 2 months ago, and I just put them in the closet hoping to deal with it later. Now that we're getting the nursery ready, I've been thinking about it more and hoping for a good solution.

@caszos: I do like the spacing on the second set better as well, and I like that I can buy matching things if I want to as well. Plus each word or item is it's own decal, so it's really easy to adjust it to the size/shape/spacing I want.

this is the actual room with our "green" paint while we were in the process of painting it.

What if you bought a large white square canvas and put the second decals on that. That way you can just hang it on the wall where ever you want and then you don't have to paint anything

I'm not sure how a canvas would work, because of the texture, but it might work to use something similar in a frame for it, so that we don't have to mess with paint. Then we can move it as well, in case the toddler bed isn't in the same spot as the crib will be initially. I really like that idea and am going to put my dad to work on it.

So, why not instead of painting the wall and putting the decals on, you just find a nice ornate/vintage frame, maybe even those open back ones from Hobby Lobby that are 50% off, and put the decal onto white chipboard or just the frame backing? You could paint it white, and attach the decals to it. That way, you don't have to worry about painting or messing up your wall. And the decal could move around where you want it, as opposed to being stuck in one place

Thanks for all the suggestions. I talked to my dad tonight and we decided to come up with a solution for using the second decal set. We'll either make our own frame with a white backing or I'll buy one if I can find something big enough with the right dimmensions. DH and I feel good about this solution and I'm glad that it'll be something we can move around the room if we want to, and that I won't have to worry about offending my stepmom.

@mrstilly:

Good idea, make sure to check hobby lobby or Michael they always have sales it coupons for frames. update us with a pic if it works out!