Ethan's NEW Room!

This is basically the only room in the house that's "finished" .. even though there are still a few little things here and there to do.. But we're SUPER excited with how it turned out..

BEFORE:

 no window coverings

 boring white walls (oh, and see that beautiful cantaloupe colored door - that's what the ENTIRE rest of the house was painted)

DURING:

 He really liked painting at first, but after 2 consecutive weekends, it was the LAST thing he wanted to do.. {Thanks to my parents for keeping him after Thanksgiving so we could come finish up a bit.}

AFTER:

Big boy bed with NEW bedding, lamp that will need to be traded out once baby comes so it can be in the nursery, re-painted nightstand from Heber, desk that used to be in the office (no office in the new house), hanging wire for art - he LOVES this!  I'm also planning on getting some of his art framed to put above the bed to help break up that huge red wall.

Special Ethan-sized hooks to hang his things on - so far it's been very effective at keeping his coat off my living room floor.

 Pillow I made for his birthday last year, rocking chair from when I was wee, spice racks from IKEA made into bookshelves (thank you Pinterest), old wire racks from my dorm days for toy storage.

 More of the same wire racks - we need to come up with a better storage solution, but this was free so we're working with it.. It also wasn't until all his toys were unpacked on the shelves that he decided he liked this house, so that's always a good thing.. :)  Also a new roller shade to help with light control.. I have a sheet set I plan on making into curtains, just haven't made it that far, yet.  We're also going to do white chalkboard paint on the closet doors so he can have even MORE space to be artistic.

Like I said, we're super thrilled with it.. You walk into the room and you're instantly happy.. Alec and I frequently have the discussion that when we were kids our rooms weren't this fun - not because our parents didn't let us or want them to be - that's just not what you did back then.. Bedrooms were for sleeping in, and if you were really lucky, you got an "awesome" quilt with matching wallpaper border or something... And I think we got a lot of bang for our buck, too - including the paint we used, by re-purposing a lot of things we already had, the total came in at just under $150 for the whole thing... Yay new house!  :)