Community› The Bump Message Boards› Nurseries and Baby Gear
Nurseries and Baby Gear
New Discussion

Using ribbon as a border???

newlightnewlight
in Nurseries and Baby Gear

We painted the nursery this weekend...it's a light pink with a wide ivory stripe around the perimeter, and then inside the ivory stripe is a 6 inch cocoa colored stripe.  I love it, except there isn't enough contrast between the pink and the ivory.  I went to JoAnn's today and bought some chocolate brown ribbon with light pink polka dots and am planning on putting that up at the top and bottom of the stripe to create a contrast between the pink and ivory.  I'm just not sure how to do it.

My mom suggested glue, or double sided tape...but we live in Georgia so I'm concerned that with the heat changes the glue will loosen and constantly need to be "retouched" to make it look right.  I'm also concerned that as baby gets older, she'll be able to "pick" at it through her crib and pull it off.  My thought was to use tiny nails and stagger them every 4-6 inches, alternating doing the top and bottom of the ribbon.  

Anyone have experience with this or have any other ideas/products they would recommend using for this?  TIA! 

Report Reply to Post

Re: Using ribbon as a border???

  • Danikat15Danikat15 member
    Sounds like a cute idea, but I'd be concerned about the ribbon being a dust magnet or getting dirty.
    image
    image
    image
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • RandiDeeAnnRandiDeeAnn
    Can you maybe treat the ribbon with something? Anyway, wall paper border paste will probably hold and if you get the kind that dries clear, you may be able to "decopage" over the ribbon to make it not so dust-attracting.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • LadyRed7LadyRed7

    try hot glue. Works wonders and you can use as little or as much as you need. One of my bff's is an interior designer and she used ribbon going vertically on her office walls and it looked awesome!

    I would love to see photos when you are done. 

    Report Reply
  • kb1005kb1005
    You could use nail head/decorative tacks every so often and make a pattern out of it.  Like one every 10 dots or so.
    Woman, I said put down the camera!Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    my blog
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic
    Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • giggles09giggles09
    I'd be careful with the nails or tacks.  If LO gets her fingers under the ribbon where there isn't a nail she could pull it away from the wall and the nails/tacks could go with it.  Then you'd have a BIG problem!  I like what the PP poster said about decoupage (sp?).
    BabyFruit Ticker Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker

    IMG_5000 edit
    Report Reply
  • newlightnewlight
    All great ideas...thank you guys so much!  I'm going to do some extra research tomorrow and we are going out tomorrow afternoon to buy supplies...it will be done by Saturday afternoon and I'll definitely post pictures in here...if I can figure out how!  LOL
    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"