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Montage: 64 Rooms with Black and White Art

StyleCarrot — Thu, 24 May 2012 15:03:32 +0000

I’ve been really drawn to black and white abstract artworks recently. For instance, I could really go for a Franz Kline. OK, so that isn’t likely, but there are plenty of alternatives, and designers are incorporating them into interiors rather a lot of late. From misshapen ink blots and robust geometrics to feathery woodcuts and simple hand-drawn forms, black and white artworks elevate the sophistication level of a room.

I love the look, but I’ve found myself hesitating when confronted with the opportunity to purchase such a piece. Maybe the thought of laying out a lot of money for such simplicity is not as exciting as taking ownership of something bright and shiny. But let’s be serious,that could end up being the difference between something trendy from Forever 21 or a beautifully tailored Armani. No comparison. Happily, we recently purchased a pair of drawings that resemble thread. I had them matted and framed and they look fantastic. (I’ll try to post a photo later today.)

Molly Luetkemeyer, M. Design

Christina Murphy

Betsy Brown

Anouck Lepère’s home via Nowness

unidentified

Photographer Moris Moreno

Jan Showers

Shawn Henderson

Elle Decor

unidentified

Angela Hardison via Design Sponge

unidentified

Hay Copenhagen

Nina Freudenberger, Haus Interior

Betsy Brown

Ruthie Sommers, Lonny

Meichi Peng Design Studio

Achica

India Hicks, Domino

Delphine Krakoff, Pamplemousse Design

Nina Freudenberger, Haus Interior

Ron Marvin

via The Decorista

via Wishflowers

Margarita Lorenzo, Chocolate Creative | via The Aestate

Celerie Kemble | Jennifer Ferreira

Ashley Putman, Lonny | Photographer David Prince

Photographer Lucas Allen | unidentified

Mim Design | Meichi Peng Design Studio

via The Glamourai | Weitzman Halpern

Mendelson Group | unidentified

via The Brick House | unidentified

via David Stark’s Sketchbook blog | via The Selby

Delphine Krakoff, Pamplemousse Design | Apparatus Lighting

Ericka McLain | via Design Manifest

via Erin Loechner on Pinterest | unidentified

Bruno de Caumont | unidentified

Luis Bustamante | Frédéric Méchiche’s loft via Door 16

via Mr Call on Pinterest | Haus Interior, Traditional Home

Ron Marvin, Lonny | via The Lennoxx

via The Aestate | Photographer Virginia McDonald

Betsy Brown

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Montage: 35 Bell Jars (or Cloches If You’re French)

StyleCarrot — Wed, 09 May 2012 08:06:01 +0000

Anything can be art under glass. I first heard this from stylist Kara Butterfield, who displayed rocks in and under tumblers on her mantle in Boston. She told me, “If you put anything in a glass, or behind glass it celebrates it, gives it meaning, like a picture in a frame.” Others seem to be catching on. Bell jars, or cloches, seem to be on every console and coffee table, containing anything from fawn figurines to succulents or matchbox cars to brass nails. J. Crew has even been showcasing shoes under them. Here’s a look at 35 examples which includes live plants, dead insects, and inanimate objects from the ordinary to intricate.

Prop stylist Dietlind Wolf

Good boutique in Boston

Better Homes & Gardens | Apartment Therapy

Country Living | Young House Love

Stylist Heather Nette King for Dulux

Stylist Heather Nette King

Traditional Home

Stylist Heather Nette King • Photographer Mike Baker

Elizabeth Martin Design | via Chocolate Creative

Anthropologie | SoSo Sculpture Series from Ginat, Etsy

Ampers & Vintage | home of designer Sarah Illenberger via Aesthete Curator

J. Crew, Midtown Manhattan | Better Homes & Gardens

La Patisserie des Reves | home of jewelry designer Stine A. Johansen

Green Wedding Shoes

stylist Heather Nette King • Photographer Mike Baker

Emma’s Design Blog | Stylist Graham Moss

David Stark Sketchbook

David Stark Wood Shop pop-up at Haus Interior

Prop stylist Dietlind Wolf • Photographer Sabrina Rothe

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Montage: 50 Tubs with a View

StyleCarrot — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:02:36 +0000

As winter eases and summer slowly (too slowly) comes forth, one of the things I look forward to is taking baths again. Our condo in Boston has an oversize (too big) shower, but the only tub is a standard one (too small) in the boys’ bathroom. My favorite room at our place on the Cape may be our wonderful, sky blue glass mosaic tile walled bathroom with its deep bathtub (just right). While there isn’t an over-the-top view (we saved the distant ocean vista for the bedroom), it is bordered by two large windows looking out to the woods, including a couple of birch trees, which I love.

The tubs in this post are unreal. A lot of them are part of resorts, but not all. They look out over woods, oceans, mountains, fields, and city skylines. Some are even outdoors. They’re all heavenly.

Beyond Bath by Claudia Danelon

L.A. real estate via Zillow

Singita Sweni Lodge, Kurger National Park, South Africa

M. Design Interiors | Photographer Greg Cox

Amangiri Canyon Point, Grand Canyon

Australian real estate via Desire to Inspire

Ritz-Carlton Hotel Istanbul

Moris Moreno Photography

Japanese rooftop via Apartment Therapy

Stephen Sills and James Huniford, Architectural Digest

Tongabezi Lodge, Zambia

Teak bath, The Water Monopoly | XTEN Architecture

Elsa’s Kopje Safari Camp, Meru National Park, Kenya

Takiyu Collection by Kaesch

Southern Ocean Lodge Kangaroo Island, Australia

Marie Claire Maison

Donna Karan’s house – Photographer Richard Powers

The Standard Hotel, New York City

Lundberg Design

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Tokyo

Shelton, Mindel & Assoc. – Elle Decor

Nicki Bongiorno, Spaces Kennebunkport

Real estate in the Hamptons

Interiormagasinet Norway | James R. Salomon Photography

The Bowery Hotel, New York City

Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong

Walker Warner Architects
James Cavagnari + Erin Quiros, Architectural Digest

New York Times T Magazine

Jade Mountain St. Lucia Hotel

Peter Silling & Assoc. – Schloss Velden Hotel, Austria – Architectural Digest

Yuma Art Tub 180, Blu Bleu

Mandarin Oriental New York

Banyan Tree Bangkok Hotel

Antoine Predock Architect

Kaesch

Jade Jagger

Jeff Andrews Design

Kahn Design – Architectural Digest | Saffire Freycinet Resort, Australia

Grace Bay, Turks & Caicos via Homes Away

Kaldewei

Andara Resort Phuket

Six Senses Laamu, Maldives | Song Saa Private Island Resort, Cambodia

Egg Tub, Rexa Design

GASS Architecture Design Studio

from the StyleCarrot archives: 18 Pure White Tubs

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Baths | Electric Showers | Shower Doors

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Montage: 45 Colorful Doors, Inside and Out

StyleCarrot — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:54:16 +0000

Photos of doors painted in cheery colors have been accumulating on my hard drive for a while, though lately they’ve seemed to increase in popularity. In addition to a mad rush of them on Pinterest, especially of the neon variety, several of the projects I’ve written about have included painted doors. There’s the Boston loft by Duncan Hughes, with the cerulean blue sliding barn door, the San Francisco home I wrote about in TRADhome, designed by Palmer Weiss (though that particular photo was not included), and designer Lisa Kreiling’s own townhouse I wrote about for Boston Home, soon to be published. Lisa told me that black doors were pretty much the starting point in her design.

Elle Interior Sweden – Photographer Pia Ulli
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Marie Claire Maison | Elle Interior Norway
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Southern Living
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Blue Print in Dallas via Knight Moves | Jenny Komenda Interiors
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Ana Williamson Architect
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Feldman Architecture
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Designer Elke Dante
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Coburn Architecture
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via Weekend Retreats by Susanna Salk
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Bronwyn McCarthy Huffar – Photographer Jamie Salomon | Martha Stewart
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Designer Miles Redd
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Anna Williamson Architect | via Houzz

Designer Courtnay Daniels Haden in Elle Decor | Joe Serrins Architecture Studio
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Designer J.D. Bell
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Tamara Kaye-Honey in House Beautiful
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Architect Pedro Gadanho
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Design Sponge | Nathan Gibson Judd Architecture

Hus & Hem | Fiona Winzar Architecture

Quarto Sala Architecture & Interiors
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Photographer Adriano Bacchella | Envelope Architecture + Design
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Photographer Melanie Acevedo | Marie Claire Maison
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Door by TENKO
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via Kyle Bunting Rugs
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Photographer Lucas Allen | Lauren Liess, Pure Style

Lori Andrews Interiors
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Photographer Angus Fergusson
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Photographer Adriano Bacchella
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Marie Claire Maison
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Moises Esquenazi
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Flickr-back_garage | Milk Magazine
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Domino
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Patrice Beavan Cowans Interiors | Photographer Patrick Johnson
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Elke Dante
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Montage: 44 Rooms with Candlesticks and Candelabras

StyleCarrot — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 12:04:59 +0000

Ever since I got back from my design trip to Copenhagen last fall, I’ve been really interested in candlesticks. Candles are a key element in Scandinavian interiors, the fire adding both warmth and light over the long winter months of shortened days. I fell for smooth, brightly colored wooden pairs in the airport outpost of the department store Illums Bolighus, and located a set on eBay when I got home. (More beat up than smooth, but very inexpensive.) A lot of these interiors are Scandinavian in style, though not all. I bet you will recognize some specific candle holders and candelabras below. Which can you identify?

Real Estate Agency Stadshem via Desire to Inspire
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Photographer Danielle Moss – The Everygirl
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Home of the blogger behind A Merry Mishap
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Bo Bedre | Hus & Hem
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Nacho Polo Design
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mc & co design store in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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Home of Diana van Ewijk of Ozowiezo
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Real Estate Agency Lagerlings
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via Solid Frog-Mia Linnman | Martha Stewart Living
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Photographer Cyrille Robin | Traditional Home
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VitraHaus by architects Herzog & de Meuron | Studio William Heffner
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via Vosges Paris | via Room For Two
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Photographer Anita Colero via Sunday in Bed | Photographer Max Zambelli
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via Alvhem Makleri & Interior
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Ranjana and Naeem Khan’s SoHo loft in Elle Decor
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Photographer Stellan Herner
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Milk Magazine | via Hus & Hem
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Deborah Wecselman Design | LDa Architecture & Interiors via Houzz
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Weitzman Halpern Design
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Adam Bram Straus Interior Design
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Fox-Nahem Design | Alvhem Mäkleri & Interiör
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via Design Attractor | via Chocolate Creative
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Weitzman Halpern Design
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Photographer Lesley Unruh | Gaile Guevara Interior Design
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SF Girl by the Bay | Stylist Susanna Vento
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via Note to Self | via The Peak of Chic
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via Pinterest | via Beau Lifestyle
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via Emma’s Design Blog | via Chocolate Creative

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Montage: 47 Bunny Rabbit Rooms

StyleCarrot — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 12:04:56 +0000

Bunnies were out and about riding the (cotton) tails of Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland in 2010, but the trend didn’t end there. While I wouldn’t say the rabbit is the “it” creature of the moment (post on those in coming weeks), they’ve certainly been hopular. (Sorry.) Last week we posted a trend roundup “Hip Hop” on The Inside Source, and in honor of Easter I’m following up here, with quite a few great bunny rabbit rooms; not all of them for kids.

Bodie et Fou—photographer Francois Kong—stylist Karine Kong

via mokkasin

Orange Street Design

via Garance Doré—Piper Perabo’s home

via le dans la

stylist Heather Nette King

via Norske Interiorblogger

Photographer Julie Ansiau via Miluccia Miluccia

painted walls by Bartsch studio via plentyofcolour

photographer Celina Fallböm

Anthropologie, Boston | artist Clare Goddard

Bob O’Connor Photography | Bunny Williams : )

Douglas Friedman Photography | Sandra Aslaksen Photography

Cinq Mai Photography | Coral and Tusk

Traditional Home

Avotakka | Onszelf

Left: Margarita Lorenzo, Chocolate Creative
Right: Home of Chanel accessories designer Laetitia Crahay via Marie Claire

Left: Home of Chanel accessories designer Laetitia Crahay via Marie Claire
Right: Window of a NoLIta boutique

Sea of Shoes | via French by Design

Graffiti on Bowery, NYC | via Love Made Me Do It

Lulu Frost, Onward Lulu

unidentified | ‘Handmade’ wallpaper by Paperboy

CDC Stores

Interior Magasinet | stylist Leesa O’Reilly

Shadow puppet wall decals by Areaware.

Muffin & Mani Wallcoverings | via Miluccia Miluccia

Catalina Estrada | 101 Woonideen

kasin blogspot | Pope’s Mule

Shareen Joel Design | via Design Skool

via bride and wolfe

via le dans la

Marie Claire Maison

via Imagine Childhood

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Montage: 53 Rooms with Spectacular Windows

StyleCarrot — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:02:26 +0000

With the weather moving towards spring, all I want to do is stare out the window, and wish I were outside, somewhere . . .

Photographer Alan Kaplanas

Elle Decor

Architects Kengo Kuma & Associates

via Habitual Bliss

via theBERRY

Hey Home

Meyer Davis Studio

Ken Linsteadt Architects

unidentified

Photographer Mark Williams

Aqua Vitae Design

via The Brick House | via The Aestate

Dwell Magazine | Fernlund + Logan Architects

California Home+Design

Diana Kellogg Architects

Photographer James Merrell

via Zillow, NYC | via I Need a Guide

Photographer Simon Watson

Photographer Gaelle le Boulicaut

John Douglas Eason Interiors

Fawn Galli

Photographer Ellen McDermott

Fernau & Hartman Architects

Lundberg Design

M. Design

Pretty Space | Lundberg Design

Spruce Design and Decor

via Etoile Legere | Walker-Warner Architects

Photographer Jason Martin

Home DSGN

Photographer Marc Gerritsen

via Kikette Interiors | via Cape Cod Islands & Home

Tim Clinch Photography | Hotel Iturregi, Spain

Photographer Simon Watson

photographer Lincoln Barbour

unidentified

via Inspace Locations

via Marie Claire Maison

via theBERRY

Delphine Krakoff, Pamplemousse Design

unidentified

Photographer Greg Segal | Photographer Julien Oppenheim

Shelton, Mindel & Assoc. | Fernlund + Logan Architects

via Automatism | via Houzz

Filed under: . REGULAR FEATURES, Architecture, Montage, Rooms

On Trend: 35 Arrays of Arrows and Targets

StyleCarrot — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:02:42 +0000

I’ve been collecting images of arrows and targets for a while; I think I began to notice the trend in the fall. I thought it was a natural outgrowth of the trend of using feathers in decor, but I actually think it is part of The Hunger Games hoopla. In any case, I did a a piece on the arrow trend for The Inside Source earlier this year, and profiled blogger Amanda Hanley, in the Boston Globe Magazine. Put off by the high prices of vintage arrows, Hanley makes and sells arrows through her webshop Quivver. I, along with everyone else, saw The Hunger Games over the weekend, and as such felt inspired to post the roundup. UPDATE: I can’t believe I forgot about my own display of targets… They’re by Tracy Melton, and they’re hanging in our house on the Cape. It’s the first photo on the 23 Wall Installations post.

Katniss Everdeen’s arrows are fierce.

Piper Perabo’s home, Garance Doré.

Handmade, one-of-a-kind arrows from Fredericks and Mae.

Arrows in an armoire at Anthropologie, Boston.

Targets, Lawson-Fenning, Los Angeles.

via baubauhaus

House Beautiful | via Apartment Therapy

Trip Haenisch | Office door of David Weeks Studio, Brooklyn

Left: Dan McCarthy of mc&co, has a Fredericks & Mae arrow at home.
Right: via norske interiorblogger

Amanda Hanley’s Boston home, Red Whistle Jet

Primitive arrow set with case at Three Potato Four, Philadelphia.

More arrows at Three Potato Four.

Model Erin Wasson, The Selby.

Mollie Campbell Greene incorporated a wooden arrow into one of the mobiles she makes.
Flickr—royalbuffet

via The Peak of Chic

Amanda Hanley’s craft room, Red Whistle Jet.

Amanda Hanley’s living room, Red Whistle Jet.

Flickr—honeykennedy

Danielle Thompson of Thompson Family-Life made arrows for her son’s bedroom.

Arrows at mc&co, Brooklyn via Remodelista.

Anna Korte necklace via Honey Kennedy.

Quivver

Flickr—royalbuffet

Left: Kate Lindello, Hello Victory
Right: Coral and Tusk arrows print. Photographer Kate Lacey.

Concept Blanc | Native Shop, Etsy

via Coloring Contest | Native Shop, Etsy

Noun, Portland, Oregon | via Making It Lovely

Filed under: Home Accessories, Montage, On Trend, Rooms

Montage: 65 Rooms with Bunk Beds

StyleCarrot — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 12:05:25 +0000

Looking back at my last bunk bed post from almost two years ago, I see I only included 17 examples. I can do better.

Duc Duc

Architectural Digest

via Oh Dee Doh

via Treehugger | via The Boo and the Boy

Elle Decor

Patrice Bevan Cowans

unidentified

Buckingham Interiors + Design

Photographer Anitta Behrendt | Photographer Jason Loucas

Sarah Davison Interior Design

unidentified

Katie Leede of Digs by Katie

Bolig Magasinet | Celerie Kemble

via Treehugger

Architect Tom Murdough—Photographer Chuck Choi—Boston Home Magazine

via A Well Traveled Woman

M. Elle Design

Architectural Digest

Diane Hendrikx | via Desire to Inspire

Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture

Justine Hugh-Jones | unidentified

New York Magazine | Cookie

Shawn Henderson

Photographer Stellan Herner | unidentified

via nie tylko dzieciaki

via DecorPad | Tasten Atelier

Nina Tolstrup, Studiomama

via Made by Girl

unidentified

FC Studio

unidentified

House and Home | Superkül Inc Architect

Jarmund Vigsnaes Arkitekter

via Automatism

New York Times

Antonia Hutt

Architect Lucia Korcarz via Apartment Therapy

John Maniscalo Architecture

Victoria Hagan Interiors

unidentified

Living Etc. | Abaton Architecture

Abigail Ahearn

Fernau + Hartman Architects | Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz of BNO Design

Orrick & Company | Darryl Carter

Skona Hem | Coburn Architecture

Wary Meyers | via Noosh Kids

Filed under: . REGULAR FEATURES, Furniture, Montage, Rooms

Montage: 50 (More) Green Rooms

StyleCarrot — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 12:02:13 +0000

I posted 40 Green Rooms back in the summer of 2009, so it’s time for an update, especially since Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day. (Not that I’m Irish, but green is my favorite color.) Mint green is trending in fashion, but unfortunately, I didn’t come across many mint green interiors in my photo archives. Maybe that’s a whole other post down the line. Let me know if you’ve spotted any mint green rooms around the web.

L I V I N G R O O M S

Ron Woodson & Jaime Rummerfield
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Photographer Mark Bolton
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Miles Redd in Lonny
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Liz Levin Interiors
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Michael Richman in Metropolitan Home | Katie Stassi, Katie by Design
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Steven Gambrel in Elle Decor | Mary McDonald
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Meyer Davis Studio
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Jaime Drake, Drake Design Assoc. | via Design Attractor
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Photographer Mark Seleen
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Metropolitan Home | Katie Ridder Interior Design & Decoration
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Photographer Christine Bauer
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