Green With Envy

Green With Envy
A green accent chair helps to create an appealing focal point. Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS
Cathy Hobbs
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By Cathy Hobbs From Tribune News Service

When creating a color palette, especially if you love neutrals, green can serve as a lively and inviting pop of color. With its undertones of yellow and rich depth of color, green can also add a sense of luxury and richness and can be a welcomed alternative to darker colors such as indigo and black. Looking for ways to incorporate green into your decor? Here are some top tips.

1. Use greenery, such as succulents, trees and plants, as a way to bring elements of green into your space.

Greenery is used to help incorporate green accents into a living space. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS)
Greenery is used to help incorporate green accents into a living space. Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS

2. Use portable design elements such as green toss pillows and throws.

Green accents and accent furniture helps to create instant visual interest in this living space. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS)
Green accents and accent furniture helps to create instant visual interest in this living space. Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS

3. Look for ways to bring the color green into your home through an inspirational element such as a piece of art or side chair.

4. Use tints, tones and shades of green in purposeful ways in order to create a dynamic, monochromatic color scheme.

Green accent chairs and artwork with pops of green adds a sense of richness in this seating area. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS)
Green accent chairs and artwork with pops of green adds a sense of richness in this seating area. Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS

5. Use green to bring warmth into a space. Because of its yellow undertones, green will help add a sense of coziness.

An oversized green accent chair makes a bold statement in a master bedroom. (Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS)
An oversized green accent chair makes a bold statement in a master bedroom. Scott Gabriel Morris/TNS
Cathy Hobbs
Cathy Hobbs
Author
5-time Emmy award winning television personality Cathy Hobbs (ASID) is the founder and creator of Cathy Hobbs Design Recipes™. Cathy currently hosts her own self-branded design television series, Design Recipes, airing on the top rated “PIX Morning News” on WPIX-TV in New York City. Cathy was a finalist on Season 6 of HGTV's Hit Reality Series "DESIGN STAR and most recently served for a year as the green expert for “The Life Improvement Squad” a national campaign with IKEA and O Magazine.
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