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Picture frames over crib
Hi ladies!
I have a nursery question, but wanted to ask here because I thought I might get more responses than on the nursery board.
My MIL gave me a whole set of 8x10 alphabet cards. Each letter has a watercolor animal painted on the card. They are so cute! I am taking four of those letters to spell my son's name. I plan to buy frames for them and hang them over the crib.
DH asked me if that was safe. He said he's concerned about the frames falling down into the crib if a door slams or something. I think he has a point. But the wall above the crib looks so blank!!
Is there a safety concern? Any opinions?
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Re: Picture frames over crib
The only thing I put above O's crib was a canvas which I painted. I also hung it on three nails which I dug into the back of the canvas frame. Her crib also wasn't pushed against the wall. I am not sure how safe I think it is when people hang heavy things above the crib. I would make sure if they fell, they fell straight to the floor. So, leave several inches between the crib and the wall.
On another note, a friend of mine got some ABC letters and hung the entire alphabet around the room. She had a chair rail installed a couple feet from the ceiling and hung them above that. I personally think that is such a cute idea. The kid's name is so played out!
This is what we did, then tested it out, and the pictures just fell in the crack. To be safe though, i would put flexible plastic inside the frames rather than the glass that usually comes with.
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As I typed it, I thought of you. I was going to say something else, but that was a much nicer way to put it!
You know, this entered my mind, but then I decided to take the lazy way and just hang four letters in frames on the wall, haha. I think I will run this idea by DH though and see what he says. Thanks for the suggestion!
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Well, I live in earthquake country and it's definitely a no-no to put framed pictures or artwork above sleeping areas. You also shouldn't place a bed/crib next to a window, especially if it's an older home that doesn't have safety glass in the windows.
For the wall behind the crib in our nursery we got a tree decal from wall candy arts. It's totally safe for the baby and definitely fixes the problem of the wall looking plain!
We just hung two pictures over the crib yesterday and they were a little heavy. We used 50 lb.-rated Molly screws then actually wrapped the hanging wire around the screw before securing it into the frame. The kid could literally swing from the picture frames before they would even budge an inch. We also moved the crib away from the wall an inch or two just to be on the safe side.
There's earthquake putty stuff you could use in the corners of the frame to help keep them snug against the wall in addition to whatever nails or such that you intend to use to hang it up.
We have it on the back of everything in our house and also on bottom of all the decorative type stuff in DS's room. It holds things down pretty well and doesn't usually leave much of a mark if when you need to get it up. We've had 3 moderate earthquakes since using it and nothing has come down off the walls yet.
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I live in California so we have to be very careful about what we put near the kids beds because of earthquakes. Anything that weighs more than an ounce hanging on the wall by the crib would be a no-no for us. Your DH has a point in that a door slamming, or thunder, or who knows what else can also knock items off of walls. Also keep in mind that eventually LO will be standing in it's crib and could pull down the frames, even if they are high on the wall, little kids have a suprising ability to climb.