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Nursery Wall Decals: What to Know Before You Buy

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April 2, 2026 1 min read
Nursery decals

Looking for beautiful, quality nursery wall decals? Everything you need to know before you rush to buy.

The days of paint stains on clothes, hands, rugs and kids are over. No need to cover the floor with plastic sheeting and tape up the windows to keep them clean – wall decals are here. Easily create a lovely, charming room for your baby, and in fact you can transform every room in the house the same way, regardless of the wall colors.

Your nursery should reflect your home’s decor style and complement it. Wall decals are an easy, professional and inexpensive way to achieve that. Nursery decals come in special sizes, with a vinyl finish, and in a wide range of options to suit any design style. A wall decal above the crib or bed printed with your baby’s name, date of birth, and length and weight at birth is a lovely, unique idea – and it looks as if someone hand-lettered it on the wall professionally. Add a few photos to the wall and a shelf with keepsakes from the pregnancy and birth, and you have a beautifully designed room.

Another very popular option is creating a wall picture, either with decals or by applying one large custom image across the whole wall, commissioned from an artist – but not every new parent can afford that. Ready-made wall decals, on the other hand, like those often used for kids room wall decals for older children, fit almost any family’s budget, and you can arrange the decals to create your own picture on the wall.

Babies grow fast, and as they grow the room needs to change too – but you don’t have to refurnish the whole room every time. Wall decals can also be applied to furniture, glass and any other smooth surface, so you can give the room a fresh, different look again and again with ease. When your baby grows into a toddler, they start developing their own preferences and style. You can put up a wall decal with your toddler’s favorite nursery rhyme, a line from a beloved children’s story, or even a phrase your toddler loves to say, for a special personal touch.

You can also find wall decals printed with alphabet letters and numbers, as well as whole words – a chance to invest in the look of the room while helping your child learn new things. Besides, who says wall decals are only for walls or windows? You can use them on the door or on furniture to add style to the overall look of the room.

And if you hand-painted baby murals for your little one and then changed your mind, save yourself the hassle of removing the paint and repainting. You can simply use wall decals to cover the painted design with ease. The decals are practical and suited to this purpose too.

iziko
iziko
The StickDecor team

Wall design and wall decal experts, writing practical home-decor guides.

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