Until now, I haven’t been a big fan of wall stickers. Dexter had a farmyard scene in his nursery for a while but it soon grated on me as it looked a mess. They do seem to be a big interior fad and every family in Britain seems to have “Home is where the heart is” emblazoned across their living room walls. I can’t dispute that they’re perfect for rented properties though (of which this is one) as they peel off easily and liven up the drab white walls every landlord seems so keen on.

When I decided Heidi’s nursery needed something a few weeks back, and I found out that wallstickers.co.uk were looking for reviewers, I thought why not?, her walls aren’t finished to a hugely professional standard and it’ll help me cheer up a particularly dismal corner.

I wanted something relevant; not too grown up yet not too twee, not too popular yet not too ambiguous. I was about to give up when I spotted they had a wall sticker of the very phrase we say to Dex each night - I’m sure, in time, we’ll be saying it to Heidi too. It was too irresistible and before I knew it I’d consented to review something I would ordinarily have scoffed at.

It arrived quickly, within a matter of days, perfectly packaged in a poster tube. I popped it on the kitchen worktop where review items live until I get a moments peace to inspect them. And there it sat for days, and days, and days… In truth, I thought it might be fiddly to apply so thought I’d leave it to Craigy (that way I could whinge at him if it ended up wonky).

When a reminder popped up on my Any.do app on my iPhone I decided it couldn’t wait any longer and finally snatched it from the shelf. Might as well put it up I thought, Take a few arty photos and honour the review.

I’m so glad I did.

Okay, sticking it up wasn’t that easy. The best way to describe it is that the sticker comes in three parts; the backing paper, the sticker itself, and the application paper. You had to pop the sticker onto a flat surface and scrape it to death with a credit card to ensure the sticker transferred to the application paper. Once you could be sure there were no air bubbles, you would peel away the backing paper and discard it. You are then ready to pop the sticky application paper onto a clean wall and leave it for ten minutes to set. I won’t pretend it wasn’t fiddly, but it makes for a far more professional finish than plain adhesives.

I did have visions of us both sat there with a spirit level and Craig getting stressed and muttering Happy now? over and over again. But as can you peel off the entire sticker in one go it’s surprisingly easy to get straight if you follow your eye and any coving or cornices. Ours is a tiny bit wonky but only because I decided to attempt it after a glass of wine and took the stupid decision to apply it line by line. So now there’s something personal to us when we walk in Heidi’s nursery to pick out dinky outfits for her to wear. When she’s finally sleeping in there, it will remind us that this is a little tradition we’ve passed down from child to child.

Heidi’s wall sticker was just £16.00 which isn’t too steep to balk at. Okay, it’s not cheap either for what is essentially a mass produced sticker, but I can say you’re paying for a top quality wall sticker that looks incredibly professional when it’s up. I really like it, and sometimes that’s the only endorsement you need.

There are tons of designs to choose from over at wallstickers.co.uk and handily the website allows you to search for designs room by room. There’s also an impressive number of colourways to choose from if you go for a word design like ours. Heidi’s is dark grey which fits in beautifully with her colour scheme but is available in a staggering 24 colours. There were also two font sizes available for our design - we plumped for regular but could have gone slightly bigger.

Why not head over to see if you can find something special of your own?