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It's Green?  It's Good!

8/17/2020

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When in doubt, stick with nature ―
bad color pairings don’t happen there.

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By Tommy MacMullan
La-Z-Boy, Mobile

Green just might be the perfect color.
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The Merriam-Webster Dictionary says GREEN is youthful, vigorous,  vigorous, fresh, new.
It
is considered the color of life, of renewal, prosperity, and harmony.

Green is also associated with regeneration, fertility, and rebirth due to its connections with nature.

Green symbolizes hope and growth! 

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BE A COSMOPOLITAN SHOPPER!

There no downside to this color of nature!

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SHOP THE ALEXANDRIA SOFA

FUN FACT!  According to the Urban Dictionary, saying "It's Green" is the same thing as saying "It's cool" or "No Problem" or "It's all good".

However,

GREEN can also be a
wild card
when it comes to decorating. So let's talk about how to use it strategically and stylishly.

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GREEN
can set the mood.


Whether you want to paint your walls green or invest in an eye-catching piece of green furniture, the shade of green you should opt for depends entirely on the mood you want to set and the space you are trying to fill.
SHOP THE TRIBECA CHAIR
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THE PORTER SOFA
In Moss

SHOP FOR THIS SOFA
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The Amy Chair

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In Dragonfly

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In Flagstone

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The joy of collecting works so well with GREEN!
Be sure to include color, pattern, and texture!

This room combines the colors of green and blue through patterns and varying textures pleasing our senses of touch and vision.
It's all about how the room looks and feels.

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DARK, JEWEL-TONED GREEN...SO LUSCIOUS
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Jewel tones are named after stones like sapphires, emeralds, amethysts and rubies
A dark, jewel-toned green is the perfect backdrop or casual addition for a moody living room or bedroom. It instantly creates a sense of elegance, no matter the size of the space. Embrace the jewel-toned look with a pile of green throw pillows atop a La-Z-Boy sofa or loveseat.  A deep green makes a statement, so even a single piece of furniture can set the stage for the rest of the room.
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Patterns mix well as long as their colors relate and the patterns are of different scale.
In the photo above, one pillow is free flowing with an open background.
And notice the solid fabric trimmed with a classic border.
Oh, those drapes...bold pattern!

GO BOLD!

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Color...Pattern
Each surface...Color...Pattern

The wow factor!

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The Laurel Ottoman
In Jungle

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The Coronet Storage Ottoman
Fun for the beach or bay!

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PILLOW AND THROWS IN GREEN
... OH MY!

If you've followed any of our Design Chat videos, you know how much I LOVE pillows and throws!

Green...more than cool?

GREEN can be both warm and cool, depending on the shade, but often lands more on the cooler spectrum. You'll often find other cool shades that derive the "coolness" from green undertones. But while the majority of greens are cool, there's a wide variety in green and will often feel vastly different depending on the room and natural light.
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In this Egyptian painting, Osiris is painted green. In ancient Egypt, green represented protection and Osiris was called "the great green.”

A Short History of Green Pigments

Green is not a primary color, but is created by mixing yellow and blue. Green pigments have been used since Antiquity, both in the form of natural earth and malachite, used primarily by Egyptians.
Greeks introduced verdigris, one of the first artificial pigments. Until the 19th century, it was the most vibrant green pigment available and was frequently used in painting.  Copper resinate was introduced in European 15th century easel panting, but was soon discarded because in the presence of light and air, green copper resinate turns brown copper oxide.

Thanks to chemistry, a new generation of greens was introduced beginning in the late 18th century: cobalt green, emerald green, and viridian.

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Green wallpaper may have contributed to the death of Napoleon Bonaparte. Scheele’s Green was a copper arsenite paint that was first produced in 1778 for commercial use
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The Statue of Liberty, showing advanced oxidization; verdigris is responsible for the statue's iconic green colour.
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The Impressionists revived the use of the color green. partly because of the advent of tubes for pigments, which made it possible to paint on location, and partly thanks to the manufacture of new and brighter green pigments.
In his painting “The Japanese Bridge,” 1899, Monet uses the color of hope together with the symbol of a bridge. The bridge stands for the uniting of people and revives hope for a peaceful future. Incidentally and sadly,  Monet’s use of Emerald Green pigment, which contained arsenic, may have contributed to his blindness in later life. 
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