Welcome to the latest Color Notes posting. The purpose of this series is to share inspiring products and helpful ideas for the many hues you might want to incorporate into your home's design scheme. This posting covers one of my personal favorites - green. I've always incorporated green into my home. When I painted my open floor plan condo in LA that color, my brother said he felt like he was sitting in a bowl of guacamole. In my Florida home, our master bedroom is a soothing shade of green... and I have never felt like breaking open a bag of chips. (The green shown here is Benjamin Moore's Green with Envy.)Why green?
Green is a cool, calming color that evokes images of nature. In fact, the very word "green" has come to mean natural and environmentally-friendly.
I love green in spa style baths and bedrooms, but it also works well in kitchens, offices and dining rooms. Green enhances most wood floors and cabinets - like leaves enhance a tree. In fact, as I recently shared in a Woman's Day interview, if colors work together in nature, they'll work together in your home. After all, there's no better designer than the Creator, is there?
Where not to go green
There aren't any rooms that couldn't go green, but if your purpose in a space is to create a mood of intensity and energy - perhaps an area where you home school - rather than calmness and relaxation, it wouldn't be your first choice.
I love green with...
White
Kitchy together here on Jonathan Adler's Bamboo wallpaper
Orange and Cream
United in pretty paisley on Pottery Barn's Brooks Chair
Pink
Kitchy together here on Jonathan Adler's Bamboo wallpaperOrange and Cream
United in pretty paisley on Pottery Barn's Brooks ChairPink
Dark brown
Navy
Grey, yellow and blue
Red and tan
Green scene
It was great fun finding cool green gear to share for this posting. (I have a collection of green pottery at home that I keep adding to.) Hope you enjoy these!
Go retro with Noguchi's Free Form Sofa from Design Within Reach
Or old school with Anne Selke Home's Green Leather Chair at Neiman Marcus
Dress up your door with Anthropologie's Sly Fox Doorknocker
Delight your bath with these Celadon accessories at Pottery Barn
Create captivating countertops with Cambria's ethereal grey-green Hyde Park engineered stone, as I did in my client's master bath update
Divide and conquer with Pier 1's Plantation Floor Screen
Green your kitchen with KitchenAid's Artisan Stand Mixer in Lemongrass
LOVE LOVE LOVE GREEN!!!
ReplyDeleteLove the Brooks chair and your beautiful china!
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