For those impatient readers….

the work crew…uhmmm….me…

is still working…

Husband and both kids on vacation …

so I’m occasionally slacking on the job

Here are  some paint dabs to show you

which way the wind is blowing….

My final choice gray for the master bedroom is a mix I made

of  Benjamin Moore White Heron and Pratt & Lambert Feather Gray…

closest out of bucket paint is Benjamin Moore Athena…

Benjamin Moore Olympic Mountains also good…

Essentially French by Josephine Ryan

photography Claire Richardson

Love all the movement and color fluctuation…

but eventually settled on soothing and calm…

I pulled out all my favorite bedding to make

sure whatever wall color I chose would be

able to adapt to a quick mood change..

from aquas and natural linens…

to a whole range of grays…

Even an inky graphite silk velvet quilted throw…

Neutral enough to be backstage to the outside garden, architectural salvage or

flea market finds, light enough to weather foggy weather and winter skies…

Enough color to embrace my antique barometer

so that it’s not floating unconnected on the wall…

but not so dark that it doesn’t stand out…

For MUCH more exciting goings on…

Mona of Providence Ltd Design is having a bookish give away

here

And Maryanne of Beadboard Country is having a trunk show and give away

here