One down, one to go.

Phew! With Ethan's room (mostly) done, I feel like I can relax a little before diving into the next project (Sadie's room). The pace of life has been frantic around here lately.

Ethan's room (previously Keith's office) needed a lot of prep work before we even began to think about paint. It took weeks to clean out and organize the contents of the room. Some of which is still sitting around, cluttering up our bedroom. Such is the pace of progress with a new baby, I suppose.















Keith then worked on the walls which required hours of sanding and patching before I was able to paint them. After a couple coats of paint, we faced the daunting task of getting the world map mural onto the wall.

As I mentioned, I was inspired by a picture I saw on flickr. I loved the way the mural pulled the room together in a unique way and knew Ethan, with his interest in geography, would love it as well. I looked around online until I found a good deal on something very similar. The mural came in eight different panels, its original size was 13' by 8'.8" and it expanded even further after application.






















Suffice it to say that the application of this beast was a true test of a marriage. Ours just barely passed but here we are. And it was worth it. Truly, Keith took on much of the project himself, doing most of the cutting and pasting, his perfectionist tendencies keeping him company.

I've been wanting to try a project I saw some time ago. I found an image online that I knew Ethan would love, printed it out, enlarged and made it into a stencil which I used to trace onto some fabric. I cut it out and simply applied to the wall with liquid starch. So easy! Now I'm thinking it should have been a little bigger.






















There are a few unfinished details (closet doors,a dresser) and I would love to find different bedding at some point but it's already functioning quite well as Ethan's new bedroom. He's very happy with his own space.