St. Patrick’s Day inspires decorating with the color green.
“Green is the prime color of the world,
and that from which its loveliness arises.”
– Pedro Calderon de la Barca
Often described as the color of renewal, the color green evokes a sense of peaceful tranquility.
House & Garden – Photography by Michael Sinclair
Interiors and exteriors bedecked in St. Patrick’s Day green color splendor bloom to life.
House & Garden – Photography by Sarah Cuttle
Making the color connection between the St. Patrick’s Day and the color green dates back to the 17th c to what some perceive as an association to the lush landscape of the Emerald Isle.
Beautiful French Room of green chair by Cecilia Rosslee
Green is a classic color that evokes the splendor of the outdoors, four leaf clovers, St. Patrick’s Day, and the essential recipe for spring.
Bright green represents rebirth, renewal, and spring.
Olive green stands for tranquility, earthiness and elegance.
Dark green is associated to fertility, greed, money and drive.
Yellowish green denotes illness and envy.
Aqua typifies freshness and water.
Pale green exemplifies peace.
Emerald green dates back in popularity to the mid-1800s.
Inexpensive to manufacture and therefore cheap to purchase, emerald green was a popular choice of household paint, and was widely used for patterned wallpaper.
Later is was discovered one of the main components of the paint was arsenic, a chemical element when in an inorganic state proves severe.
Damp spaces promoted the mold living in the wallpaper paste together with the arsenic to turn into a gas, creating a toxic environment.
Some believed Napoleon’s death in exile on St. Helena possibly could have been accelerated by his exposure to the emerald green wallpaper decorating his favorite room.
Classic color, texture, and pattern frames a picturesque setting.
House & Garden – Styled by Gabby Deeming – Photo by Jake Curtis
Farrow & Ball Breakfast Room Green No. 81
Bowood by Colefax and Fowler
Decorating with the color green is a proven in-house formula for amplifying the beauty and patina of the woods and finishes detailed in antique pieces.
Creating cozy yet elegant spaces isn’t as difficult as one may think.
How to create a warm, rich, and yes, cozy aesthetic is often the design question.
Incorporating antique pieces into the space brilliantly and beautifully answers the question.
I love this “in my own little corner in my own little chair” space within a space in beautiful design and decorating with the color green accents detail by Ashley Montgomery Design.
Minnette Jackson – One Kings Lane
Antiques take very well to spaces enhanced by decorating with the color green.
Copper was used by Ancient Romans in their quest to create green pigment.
Verdigris, the green of Greece, was born out of soaking copper plates in wine where oxidation occurred forming a pigment of the beautiful blue-green patina of weathered metal.
Interiors incorporating the color green into the palette choice invariably catch the eye.
