ART — Stuff for Walls… Yummy. — by Guest Mom Burgin Streetman

August’s room is in a constant state of redecoration as sometimes it more closely resembles a science lab or a library than a child’s room. When not filling his walls with paintings by his grandmother or dinosaur posters out of National Geographic magazine, I am constantly on the lookout for original art and prints I think he might enjoy. I bought one of these hysterical Donald Roller Wilson knockoffs off of eBay all the way from China when he was first born, and he is still obsessed with the “crazy monkey”.

I love all things Etsy – who doesn’t really? – and in addition to the rad drawings by Rebecca Horwood I mentioned the other day, August also has this little moose ditty by Nate. One of my favorites though is a print of a painting by the amazing Austin artist Jay Long. I am madly in love with his stuff, and Jay’s silhouette paintings are unbelievable to see in person.

A few years back, I visited a friend in NYC and checked out her newly designed nursery in Brooklyn. As her husband is an architect and she’s a pretty swanky magazine editor, of course everything about it was tasteful and inspiring. The highlight of the visit was a print that seemed vaguely familiar and absolutely intriguing. I immediately researched it and discovered it as a poster called “The Land of Make Believe” — a work created by the artist Jaro Hess for the 1933 World’s Fair in Chicago. Just as its title implies, it maps everything from where Little Red Riding Hood visited grandma to Jack climbing the bean stalk.



Right away, I found a vintage copy on eBay, and wrapped it up for Lost in Texas’ daughter as a birthday gift thinking there would be an abundance of vintage copies available. Sadly, I have yet to find another, and have been too cheap to splurge on the new version. Perhaps you will not be so thrifty once you get an eyeball full of its awesomeness. (Even though Lost in Texas adores her daughter’s “Marimekko frame kit”, she, of course, made room.)