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The Best Nursery and Kids' Room Decor Trends for 2013: Texture, Toys, Wallpaper + More!

From kid-centric wallpaper to stripes on the ceiling, we talked to our favorite interior designers and experts to uncover the biggest trends in nursery decor and kids' room decor for 2013. Get inspired! (12 Photos)

Bonnie Vengrow on Jan 23, 2013 at 4:42PM

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The Best Nursery and Kids' Room Decor Trends for 2013: Texture, Toys, Wallpaper + More!

courtesy of Indiri at Turning Stones Blog

Toys as Nursery Decor

If your kids' toys look anything like our kids' toys -- lots of scuffed-up plastic and missing pieces -- you may have a tough time envisioning them doubling as nursery decor. But this year, that's exactly what they'll do. Whether retooled, reimagined or just repackaged, toys are being transformed into things of beauty in kids' rooms across America. (Yep, even that mountain of matchbox cars.) The secret, say top designers like Cortney Novogratz, co-star of HGTV's Home by Novogratz, is to group similar items together. Think lego bricks in a glass lamp, matchbox cars attached to the wall by color on magnetic paint, action figures spray painted gold and glued to the base of a lamp, dollar store plastic animals painted and made into book ends, door pulls, clothes hooks or even mounted on canvas or mirror frames. It's instant gorgeous wall art -- for cheap!