Persephone-Inspired Decorating

It has been seven months since The Heiress left for campus life overseas, a respectable time lapse before mulling over what to do with her room.  She had the second largest bedroom with a double-sized bed while a Queen languished in the smallest room, not literally but you know what I mean.  It just made sense to switch the beds around and one thing lead to another.  Out came the paint swatches and honestly, while we tried to keep it fun the anguish of handing your final choice over to the paint mixer...well it's gut-wrenching! 

We wanted a fresh look and having already been down the road of taupe, greens and yellow we thought a blue/grey tone would make a nice change.  Several years of rejoicing over the sophisticated yet tranquil colour of a Persephone book cover provided the inspiration for a place to start.  We have since discovered that blue/grey is one of the hardest to nail down.  There are so many undertones in that spectrum that you could paint your perfect colour one day and walk in the next morning to a lavender whip.  A couple of disappointments over the years has taught us to ask the technician which colours are added and in what concentration.  You wouldn't think that brown would be in a blue/grey shade but in some cases it is which makes the tone a bit 'muddier' so out goes that choice.

Finally deciding that Behr's, Skyline Steel, was our best bet it was time to get out the rollers.  We love it!  It's one of those chameleon colours that changes throughout the day depending on light and at night still looks fresh but cosy.  If The Heiress ever graces our threshold again I hope she likes what we've done with her room.  Now the search is on for drapery....