Wall designs

March 1, 2009 - 12:24 PM by

Back in October, when I thought I’d be carrying my twin boys to term, I embarked on a nesting project to set up their room, turning what is our ‘sealed room’ a.k.a guestroom into the boys’ room. For an Ashkenazi Jew who doesn’t buy baby items before they arrive, lest we bring the evil eye to rest upon us, that meant taking the chance of having the room painted and emptying out parts of the closet.

lukaI clearly wasn’t going to be creating a nursery, but I did want to have a baby-like atmosphere in there. So with a pleasing apple green shade on the walls, I started looking for some other kind of wall decoration and found Studio Luka, an Israeli design firm that creates surface graphics for decorating walls and furniture. They were selling their tubes of decals at Harmony, a lovely Jerusalem home furnishings store (Rechov Hasoreg, downtown), but their entire selection is also available on-line (prices listed in dollars).

What’s great about the Luka designs is that they’re smart, sharp and not your typical baby look, although they do offer trains, planes and flowers, just from a more modern, clean perspective. Btw, you can also use Luka decals in older kids’ and grownup bedrooms, as well as any other living space. You can also get the decals in an array of colors, another helpful detail. The one problem is in the actual application, because the decals are often too sticky — and can take paint off the wall — or not sticky enough. Once they’re up, however, they look great.

And I think the boys are starting to look at the sheep on their wall.

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