I think it is based upon an object at Mount Vernon and not a room color. If you read the description of the fandeck, you can kind of tell which colors are room colors and which are "inspired by" colors. The room colors are mostly greens or blue-greens with white trim or white with green or blue-green trim, it seems. Actually I think you arrived at these three (or five, including the Burnt Umber and Inkwell) by a certain process of elimination of what was going on in other rooms and by wanting a saturated color. That leaves Blue, Red or Yellow as the primaries and you used a Dark Blue elsewhere, --or Green or a Neutral which is Brown or Black. I don't think you want a chrome yellow bedroom, or hazard orange bedroom so you are considering all the reasonable options available.

Rob, if you have less than 30 1/4" between the two walls, it won't work for hairdrying. The user will be banging elbows into both walls. And yes, buyers will notice how narrow it is.. i know no women who sit down at a vanity to put on make-up. I certainly don't. It's a lovely, romantic thought, but not based on reality. The days of long, elaborate cosmetic rituals are long gone. As others have said, making this a make-up vanity will not update the condo, it will date it. My choice would be to make it storage or a spot for a pretty piece of furniture, as others have suggested. If you decide a sink is absolutely necessary, please improve the lighting. And change the flooring to something waterproof and cleanable! The thought of toothpaste on the carpet makes me shudder.

I just painted my bedroom Van Deusen Blue and it is gorgeous. (Had a horrid experience with SW and as soon as I went back to Ben, all was well. You have the BEST paint.) I'm a better-than-average painter but no matter what I do - taping, straight-edge guide, slow freestyle - I cannot get a clean line. It's bad enough that I am considering painting the rest of my house white just to avoid the mess. Any tips? And any suggestions for a warm white just in case? Thanks!!!

My 1939 house has original plaster ceiling medallions on the plaster ceilings in the dining room and the front foyer. They're not "applied" separately. I love the character. I also love my original trim work. It's not huge or ornate, but it's made of separate pieces, built up, not molded as one unit like today's trim. My carpenter built matching trim for my addition. The electric outlets are in the baseboards in the original home, so they're in the baseboards in my master suite addition. I kept the paneling and wainscot. I had the arch door moved to the entry vestibule when opening up the dining foyer wall to match the original opening to the living room. I used picture frame molding on the walls of my new master bath. When finding a standalone tub for my added master bath, I went with a 1933 refinished pedestal tub, instead of clawfoot. I had it placed 15" away from the wall so that I can walk around it to clean. Because of the pedestal "skirt", there are no cobwebs beneath and the plumbing is mostly hidden. Right now, I have a daybed in my enclosed and heated/air conditioned sunroom. It's my favorite afternoon nap spot -- like a cat (or poodle) curled up in the sunshine. That said, the bed was from the library in my previous home and will soon go upstairs to a 2nd bedroom. I've got a sectional with slipcovers being made to go there. I think I'll miss the "sleeping porch" concept. In my previous home (a new home build in 2005), where I designed the interior space, I had a separate 16x24 kitchen with an 8' island. Here, I added a kitchen on the same scale as the 1939 rooms -- 12x12, but it is open to the kitchen lounge with a peninsula. For space saving, the door to my master bath and my master walk-in closet, I used pocket doors 36" wide. The only real "nook" in my 1939 house is the window seat on the 2nd floor landing.