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Garden-Inspired Green Rooms

Design Log

16 Jun
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These days, when you hear the term “green design,” your mind immediately jumps to worthy notions of sustainability and environmental sensitivity. Commendable practices, for sure, but with summer upon us, we can’t help but celebrate another form of green design – the bold use of Mother Nature’s favorite color.

Dining-Room-green-roomAs diverse as life itself, the color green has always been a staple in interior design. Ranging from dusty sage to muddled pea to saturated emerald, there’s a hue to appeal to every sensibility. As an ode to the season, however, we want to share some examples of garden-inspired rooms, which pop with the vibrant greens of summer in full swing.

For this Southern California dining room, we chose a silk, hand-painted Chinese wallpaper with the richest of garden greens as its backdrop. The play of light and texture afforded by the material and the technique literally makes it pop off the wall like a living landscape.

In my own living room (which I’m excited to report is featured in theJune 2011 edition of Elle Décor), I wanted to create a bridge between a largely neutral interior and the lushly verdant landscape just outside the full wall of floor-to-ceiling windows. For a punchy connection to the outdoors, I chose Vladimir Kagan’s aptly named serpentine sofa, which I covered in a poppy, spring green fabric from Manuel Canovas. No matter the season, my cheery sofa always makes me smile and fills me with warm thoughts of my favorite time of year.

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Photo: Tim Street-Porter

For a radically different play on the garden room, Matthew and I decided to let our imaginations run wild for an art installation we created for Rice Gallery in Houston, Texas. By inserting a rigidly pristine, black and white room amid an ominously florid garden on steroids, we were making a comment on man’s futile attempts to control nature. Regardless of the message, our pairing of black and white with neon green (think newly sprouted grass) was a Technicolor sensation that delighted everyone who entered the space.

Rice-Gallery

Nothing says summer like a fresh jolt of green. For interiors that convey the season’s powers to soothe and uplift, we say follow nature’s lead, and let others be green with envy.

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Design can be thought of as a dialogue between the Design can be thought of as a dialogue between the different elements of a room, and we’re loving the conversation that’s happening in this vibrant den we designed in upstate New York.  The abstract geometries in a wallpaper design by @pascalerisbourg engage in a playful repartee with an Anthropomorphora vase by @maxwellmustardo .  📸 by @readmckendree  #whitewebbinteriors #interiordesign #wallpaper #colorfulinteriors #cultureobject #colorfulwallpaper
For those who simply can’t get close enough to t For those who simply can’t get close enough to the beach, this yacht design concept from AMK Architecture and Design literally brings the beach on board.  Repost from @designetal
Seeing stars. For this library we designed in ups Seeing stars.  For this library we designed in upstate New York, a mural wallpaper from @wallanddeco invites readers and loungers to ponder the universe.  📸 by @readmckendree
Classic, confident, and cool. For this sun room w Classic, confident, and cool.  For this sun room we designed in an Italianate villa in upstate New York, beautiful proportions, classical details, and a spring-like palette make for the perfect room to while away the hours.  📸 by @artgrayphoto  #whitewebbinteriors #interiordesign #gardenroom #nyinteriors #nycinteriordesigner #upstateny #countryinteriors #hudsonvalleyinteriordesigner
Mesmerized by the subtle detailing of these inlays Mesmerized by the subtle detailing of these inlays in this wood flooring from @ivassalletti .
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New paper art from our perennial favorite, Matthew New paper art from our perennial favorite, Matthew Shlian.  Vault in Amazon Blue.
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