A Dessing Room

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the addition of a dressing room to our second storey plans came out of sheer laziness.  We don't want to have to trek our clothes and towels up and down two flights of stairs to get them from the basement laundry into our closets and cupboards. Every bedroom could use a closet and we have two very small bedrooms with no closets whatsoever right next to each other.  As it's just us in our home, why not fetchingly link them together via an archway and create one big lovely space with enough room for not just any closet, but the bestest closet ever.  One that has enough room for our washer and dryer to be hidden away as well as ample storage for clothes, shoes and accessories - items that are currently left all about our house in a mess, usually featuring a cat or two in them making a nest. Other than a closet and a bed, what more does one really need from a bedroom?

I will take some horrid before photos of what will soon become the dressing room, which is currently not-so-affectionately named "The Bug Room" thanks to a leaky window that allows in oodles of maple bugs every fall.  Even more so, I am looking forward to posting some, hopefully, productive working photos and, even more hopefully, lovely end photos.

Until then, here's a few lovely dressing rooms for inspiration.

(Anna Sui's Dressing Room via Elle Decor)

(And this one from from Domino via Pretty Lovely)

(simple blueprint, designfragment & hemnet.se via this is glamorous)

(simple blueprint)

(Laura Resen via Dress Design Decor)

Paint Colours to Test

I've been doing some research on the best whites.  This weekend, I'm heading to Benjamin Moore with this list of paints so I can get tester pots.  Then, I'll be painting swatches of my walls to see what whites work best in our light.  Here is the list of the best of Benjamin Moore white paints by Apartment Therapy:

Benjamin Moore Super White
Benjamin Moore Linen White
Benjamin Moore China White
Benjamin Moore Ballet White
Benjamin Moore Cloud Nine
Benjamin Moore Decorators White
Benjamin Moore White Dove
I'll also need to track down my April 2009 issue of House and Home as there is a great article on Lynda Reeves favourite whites!  In the meantime, here are a few other House and Home white paint pics.

Benjamin Moore
Floral White (OC-29)
White Dove (OC-17)
Cloud White (CC-40)
Oxford White (CC-30)

Ralph Lauren
Picket Fence White (WW57)
Poncho White (WW58)
Mother of Pearl (WW21)
Studio Cream (UL01)
Sail White (WW49)