Tag: green

Mossy Olive Green
I was thinking about that fantastic shade of green where mossy green meets olive, and I remembered that we had a green Parsons desk from West Elm sitting unused. (And they used to come in so many colors! Now just white? Snooze.)

I was trying to figure out where we could place it. My desk is larger and I like having the room to spread out. The kids weren’t interested in it for their rooms. Where do you put stuff you don’t have a home for? The guest room! How many times can I change things up in there? I’m going for a record.

SOURCES: Parsons Desk, West Elm (discontinued color) • Brass Collins Sconce, Pottery Barn (similar) • Mirror, Ballard Designs (similar or similar) • Brass Dot Boxes, West Elm • Drippy Vase, South Loop Loft • Jane Lamp, Jayson Home • Vintage Chippendale Chair (similar)

There were a few chips on the left side above the drawer, but I touched them up and you wouldn’t even spot them now unless you were searching. The vintage chair is the pair to the one I added to August’s room, and I stole a lamp from our bedroom for the shot so I’ll be on the lookout for something else to take its place.

I could not find any green parsons desks on the market right now, but I did round up a bunch of other finds that I’ve spotted lately. I saw that Samara sofa below (#13) over the weekend, and it was even prettier in person.
1. Avec Apartment Sofa with Brass Legs, CB2
  Nice legs! Nice everything, really.
2. Clark Dining Chair in Forest Green, Lulu & Georgia
  Simple, modern, cute.
3. Macha Waves Quilt, Bohem
  The guest room needs some green elsewhere to balance out the new desk. Maybe this throw over the end of the bed? But it doesn’t really work with the pillow. Hmmmm.
4. Embrace Chair, Article
  This comes in pink and teal and other colors too, but surprise! I’m loving the green best.
5. Framed Abstract Graphic Print, West Elm
  Super into the movement of the lines and the drippy grid. I like things drippy (she says, as she realizes how gross that sounds)!
6. Green Velvet Lumbar Pillow, World Market
  If you don’t need a whole new couch but with yours were green, perhaps this pillow will sate your desire? For $17, it’s worth a try.
7. Matte Green Ceramic Pottery Lamps, South Loop Loft / Chairish
  I have seen these in person and they are attention-grabbing! Large and aggressively green, but I mean that in the best way.
8. Giraffes Pillow, Kate Spade
  Stick your neck out!
9. Factory Light No. 9 Pendant, Schoolhouse Electric
  A brand new color for this pendant and I’m crushing on it hard.
10. Real Good Chair, Blu Dot
  I own this in copper, but it’s lovely in olive or green.
11. Flowers in Vase, Ruti Shaashua / Artfully Walls
  The sketched flowers juxtaposed with the more detailed vase!
12. Green Fern #8 Print, Barloga Studios / Leif
  Maidenhair ferns are delicate and fickle and I’ve never been able to mist them daily to keep them alive for any length of time. A print it is.
13. Forest Green Samara Sofa, World Market
  You cannot flip the seat cushions. Other than that? I have no bad things to say about this.
14. Temescal Green Vase, CB2
  Would be pretty with our without flowers.
15. Picnic Green Tassel Pillow, Kate Spade
  It looks all cute and teeny, but it’s 20×20. Those tassels are major.
September 19, 2017
A Pink and Green Easter Table

Thank you, Pier 1, for sponsoring this post. While this was a sponsored opportunity from Pier 1, all content and opinions expressed here are my own.

Easter is tied with Christmas as Eleanor’s favorite holiday. She likes the traditions surrounding the day — dyeing eggs, waking up to see what the Easter bunny brought, and spending time with family — so she was pretty excited about putting up these decorations.

My focus was mainly in the dining room, but the entryway got a spring update with a new pink champagne scented candle along with some speckled eggs and a vintage robin.

I used more speckled eggs in the dining room, along with plenty of bunnies.

The two standing moss bunnies came with raffia ribbon around their necks, but I removed it and added my own. I’ve also got a matching sitting moss bunny on the way that will get the same simple change.

Those green napkins on the table have proven their versatility. I bought them for Christmas, and you saw them last month too. Here, they tie in with the mossy green bunnies and the leaf plates, and the green is bold enough to stand up to the pastel pink of the plates and glasses.

The pink pressed-glass goblets are new. I spotted them in the store and wondered if it would be overkill to add them to my table settings since I already decorate with so much pink. Nope! They are excellent. They come in blue too, if pink isn’t your thing, and I also liked these clear hobnail glass goblets. And any of the three would pair well with either pressed-glass or these hobnail glass tumblers.

A jute runner was layered over a solid tablecloth, and the I set the table with our everyday dinner plates (of course ours are pink) and silverware. I alternated my leafy green plates that I’ve had for years with new cabbage leaf plates. I think those are going away soon, so if you’re as into them as I am, don’t wait.

Since I set my table up already to take photos and share them here, I’m leaving everything up through Easter. The kids have been pretty excited because we get to eat “at the pretty table” and I have to admit, I like it too. Far better than the medley of toys that otherwise find their way over to the room!

Pier 1 has a new feature on their site showing how people have decorated with their finds once they get them home — a gallery of their favorite Instagram pictures tagged with #Pier1Love. I always like to see different takes on the same item or idea, so it’s been fun checking out how other people might use the same things but in different ways. Lots of bunnies are making appearances right now! Check it out for some new ideas, and tag your own photos for a chance to be featured.

March 16, 2016
So Long, Green Chairs

The green warehouse sale chairs are gone. I didn’t lose any money — just face — and I’ll continue looking for the right fit. They were beautiful, but I had a chance to break even with them and I took it.

It wasn’t the color alone that had me questioning them. I’m aiming for dark walls, with blue and pink, but green could have fit in beautifully, as in this dining room, by Grant K. Gibson.

My chairs were not such a vibrant emerald though. And more than just the color, the shape was off. I’m going for a less curvy, more boxy shape. Or if not necessarily boxy, then more masculine (like a pair of vintage leather safari chairs).

I’ll be patient. I have some chairs around that will be fine placeholders. They don’t look right in the space, but that’s OK for a while.

p.s. We sold our Jasper sofa last night too. (Single tear.) Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

November 19, 2013
Jayne Glazed Ceramic Table Lamp

I was doing some research for a roundup over at Babble (15 of my favorite colorful and modern lamps!), when I came across the Jayne Ceramic Lamp. I’ve had this lamp in brown since 2006, and I was so excited to see that it’s still available. Here it is in our old apartment:

And here it is in the library, shortly after we moved in to this house:

And it’s still in the library now:

I bought mine at CB2 all those years ago, but the lamp is now available right here.

July 26, 2011
Enamel Factory Pendant

I love these industrial pendants. Do you think they would be good for lighting a whole room though, or are they better used over a table? I rounded up a few more examples (some under $20) over here.

June 24, 2011