Lindsay Lohan Has Designed an Ocean-Inspired Nursery in Dubai and It’s Full of Design Inspo for Kids’ Rooms

Lindsay Lohan is having a career renaissance, but her role of a lifetime – that of being Luai's mother – is the one that she holds dearest. And when Luai is not travelling with her, mother and son are resting in Dubai in a ocean-inspired nursery that the Freakier Friday star designed.

After growing up in front of the world, Lindsay Lohan became a mother in 2023. Naturally, that meant creating a peaceful space that her child will be able to call their own in the Dubai home she shares with her husband of one year, financier Bader Shammas. Lohan, who shot to fame playing identical twins in the 1998 film The Parent Trap when she was just 12 years old, partnered with Nestig to design not only the nursery, but a small collection of adorable products all inspired by the calming nature of the sea.

Lohan’s baby will lay their head in the Nestig cloud crib, and look up at the Aviator mobile, which she helped design. The brand’s Wave dresser will serve as a changing table.

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“I feel so peaceful by the ocean – I wanted to create a space where my little one and I could share in that feeling,” says Lindsay Lohan, who hails from Long Island, New York, and spent her teens and early twenties navigating Hollywood before eventually moving abroad to escape the relentless pursuit of paparazzi. After stints in London and Mykonos, she settled in Dubai, where, thanks to strict privacy laws, paparazzi don’t exist. And though the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the Middle Eastern city may be glassy skyscrapers, a recent Allure cover story featuring Lohan reveals that she’s found her way back to her oceanside roots, living in a villa near the turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf.

“Because I felt so strongly about creating an oceanscape, I knew the wall mural would be key. I loved working with Nestig’s illustrators to hand draw this landscape that feels so peaceful, yet still a place that you totally want to play [in],” Lohan says.

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The main focal point of the room is a wall mural featuring a nautical scene that Lohan conceptualized along with illustrators from Nestig. “The planes and the sailboat felt so instantly classic, but the almost-rainbow watercolour effect felt really fresh and unexpected. It warms the space so much and I can’t wait to point out all the cute little elements to my babe,” she says.

“It was really important to me that my nursery felt like a peaceful place—this being my first child, I wanted to create somewhere that felt like a true haven. Somewhere I knew I could go and feel at ease and that my little one would feel the same,” says Lohan.

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Multiple soft rugs and a striped baby blanket add pops of blue to the space – and although at the time Lohan had not officially confirmed the sex of her child, she had a baby boy named Luai. Lindsay Lohan hopes that the nursery will serve them well into his childhood. “What I love about this collection is that the pieces have longevity,” she says, noting that the crib can be converted into a toddler bed when the time comes.

The Explorer shelf holds plenty of items for Lohan’s baby to touch and play with.

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Planes and boats are found throughout the room, including on the floor with the Aviator rug.

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For Nestig cofounder Sara Adam Slywka, who is a new mom to a five-month-old herself, working with Lohan was a dream come true. “Lindsay Lohan was one of my icons growing up, so working with her was surreal! What surprised me most was how similar we were in what we wanted for our nurseries,” Slywka tells AD. “While we went in different design directions, we both wanted a beautiful space filled with things we [and] our families love that we hope to share with our little ones and to be the backdrop for special memories.”