room tour: welcome to ethan's room

I recently posted an unveiling of Ethan's new tot school room and it got me to thinking about how I haven't ever really posted a decent room tour of Ethan's bedroom. His room is my favorite room in the house (as a soothing underwater oasis should be!) and the only reveal I ever did was two days before I had Ethan. I was on bedrest and unable to lift my DSLR, having to scoot myself around on an office chair while trying to get "you get the idea" pictures to show people. The truth is, a great deal of planning, love and heart went into the creation of Ethan's room and it's changed a lot in his toddler days, too.

The wonderful Katie of Priceless Design Studio (who is the genius behind my pretty blog design) added a couple of new buttons for me on my right sidebar right above the sponsor section: one for tot school and another for room tours. The tot school button will bring you to our weekly tot school updates and activities that I'll be updating with each Monday. I'm really excited about the room tours feature, too! After four years in this house, we're finally starting to really settle in and I can't wait to share our progress. Plus, I love looking at room tours and admiring everyone else's pretty decor!

Without further hesitation, welcome to Ethan's room!

Ethan's sweet underwater mezuzah is a design called Under The Sea by Shelly-Ka who makes some of the most beautiful mezuzahs and other special pieces for children's rooms!

In the corner of his room when you first enter is "Mr. Shark," Ethan's air purifier by Crane. The four small canvases you see when you first walk in were painted by my sister before she was too cool to be bothered. I had just found out I was pregnant and had asked her to paint something for the baby's room, half expecting her to roll her eyes and laugh but instead she did and I've cherished them ever since!

On top of Ethan's bookshelf is a framed copy of his birth announcement from Tiny Prints, a photo album of his first photographs and first month custom made to match his nursery by Miss Sew N Sews, his CD player and lullaby CD's, a sound machine and a few sentimental tsotchkes (his first Miami Seaquarium wax figure, his first Mickey ears from his first Disney trip, a statute my dad brought him from one of his overseas trips, etc.). Over his dresser is a framed family portrait from Ethan's newborn days and a custom birth announcement print by Mosie Posies.

On top of Ethan's dresser are his teeny-tiny frogs, Seymour and Meyer, a keepsake box from his first haircut and a pillow embroidered with yet another one of my favorite lyrics by Bright Eyes. The plush octopus you see peeking out from behind the frog habitat is from Ethan's mobile.

Ethan's changing table is the basket changing table and hamper by Badger in a cherry finish. It's a little flimsy, but I love the storage you get. This top drawer alone is holding a ton of diapers, two packages of wipes and two bags of Ethan's maxi-pads. (I forgot to remove my laptop from the changing table before snapping away. Sorry!)

The beautiful guitar hanging on Ethan's wall was a gift from his Uncle Mike. It's the Aurora Mermaid Mini by Luna Guitars and fits the underwater theme perfectly!

It took me forever but I finally found cute fishy fan pulls for Ethan's bedroom fan (and for the life of me, I can't remember where I found them -- I actually think E-Bay!). Ethan's name letters on the wall were custom painted to match his nursery by Baby to SO Big.

Despite it being an underwater themed nursery, I had these pillows made as soon as I found out I was pregnant (from Meringue Designs). The quote you are the yellow bird that I've been waiting for is kind of my special 'thing' for Ethan and I couldn't not have it present in his nursery somewhere!

Other Details:
Bedding: "Bubbles" by Kidsline
Crib, Dresser and Bookcase: Pali Designs (in Cognac)
Paint: Tropical Pool by Behr
Glider: Shermag in Cherry finish