Emerald Green Pulls Nature Indoors
Summer is just the right time to use this rich and elegant shade of green to tie interiors and outdoor spaces together
Emerald green made a bold statement at the 2012 Kips Bay Show House in New York. While different hues of green have been popular in interiors for some time now, emerald green represents more than just a chic, rich shade of green — designers are using it to bring the outdoors in. Make your visitors green with envy by updating your home with this season's hottest hue.
See rooms from the Kips Bay Show House
See rooms from the Kips Bay Show House
Use indoor house plants in a creative fashion. I have no idea if this enormous leaf is real or faux, but it certainly creates a commanding statement that goes beyond your everyday houseplant.
Tip: Looking for an inexpensive way to incorporate more of a color trend into your home? Fill affordable glass jars from Michaels or T.J.Maxx with colorful candy — like on this coffee table. Who knew your sweet tooth could benefit your design sense?
Tip: Looking for an inexpensive way to incorporate more of a color trend into your home? Fill affordable glass jars from Michaels or T.J.Maxx with colorful candy — like on this coffee table. Who knew your sweet tooth could benefit your design sense?
Use emerald green vases for your houseplants to take this color even further throughout your home.
Tip: If you spot lush greens when you’re out and about, snap a picture. Blow it up, stick the shot in a frame and you’ve instantly got another inexpensive way to sneak bold emerald green and a sense of the outdoors into your home.
Tip: If you spot lush greens when you’re out and about, snap a picture. Blow it up, stick the shot in a frame and you’ve instantly got another inexpensive way to sneak bold emerald green and a sense of the outdoors into your home.
Consider painting a wall with windows a bold shade of emerald green. This works especially well if the windows look out onto plants or greenery, as it pulls the color inside.
Tip: Accenting emerald green with crisp white results in a fresh and clean aesthetic.
Tip: Accenting emerald green with crisp white results in a fresh and clean aesthetic.
This photo is from the 2012 Kips Bay Show House. Emerald green walls create a bold background that works with neutrals and jewel tones.
Tip: If you want to really up the ante with an emerald green wall, use high-gloss paint and continue the color across the ceiling.
Tip: If you want to really up the ante with an emerald green wall, use high-gloss paint and continue the color across the ceiling.
Here’s another shot from the 2012 Kips Bay Show House that features emerald green walls. How juicy is this space?
Tip: Accessorize with complementary colors, like these red and purple throw pillows, to make the emerald green truly pop.
Tip: Accessorize with complementary colors, like these red and purple throw pillows, to make the emerald green truly pop.
If green walls are a little much for you, consider emerald green curtains. Even if your view isn’t of a lush lawn, the sunlight hitting the green will remind you of the outdoors.
Tip: If you accent your windows with emerald green, pull the color into your space by accessorizing with green throw pillows or knickknacks to create a visual connection.
Tip: If you accent your windows with emerald green, pull the color into your space by accessorizing with green throw pillows or knickknacks to create a visual connection.
Look around your home for other elements that are nature based and consider how you can enhance them with this on-trend shade. Maybe you can add an emerald green backsplash to your hearth so it feels as if you’re enjoying your fire at a cozy campground beneath the trees.
If your kitchen cabinets need an update, a splash of emerald green paint may be just the answer.
Tip: Consider painting and distressing them for a more textural look.
Tip: Consider painting and distressing them for a more textural look.
Tip: If you don’t have fantastic windows like these (I certainly don’t!), the trend is still within your reach. Consider planting trees or other greenery directly outside your windows, then accessorizing your space with emerald green to create that cohesion between outside and in.