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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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Photographer Carolyn Barber
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Stylist Heather Nette King
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Nathan Gibson Judd Architect | Janine Carendi, Area Interior Design

Alvhem Makleri & Interior
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D I N I N G R O O M S + K I T C H E N S

Photographer Peter Margonelli
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Light Locations
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2 Michaels Design
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Coastal Living
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Photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes | Photographer Gaelle le Boulicaut
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House to Home
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Architects Fernlund + Logan
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A1 Architects
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Bricault Design
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B E D R O O M S

Lynne Scalo Design
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Mary McDonald
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unidentified
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Elle Decoration Norway | David Cafiero in Lonny
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via Heart of the Matter | Apartment Therapy San Francisco
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Mary McDonald | John Loecke Interior Design
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David Hicks
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David Hicks | unidentified
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Photographer Dan Duchars | Photographer Graham Atkins-Hughes
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via Ish & Chi
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B A T H R O O M S

Paul Cha Architect | Country Living
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The Novogratz | The Viceroy Hotel
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Montage: 54 Kitchen Banquettes

Our Boston condo is under renovation. One of the features we are adding is a banquette adjacent to the kitchen area. It seems to me that there’s been a proliferation of built-in seating recently. Unlike the booths of the ’70s (I grew up with an orange and white vinyl booth in a kitchen with oversize floral wallpaper that had a gold, brown, and orange plaid border), today’s specimens are sophisticated and sleek.

Ours will be U-shaped (not ideal, but we’re dealing with a tight space), with a pale blue and taupe chevron upholstered seat-back and pale blue faux leather seat cushion. The custom table has a walnut herringbone-pattern top on a restaurant supply style stainless base. I’ll post a photo when it’s complete. (If I’m not dead first.)

In the meantime, here are 54 very fabulous banquettes. In addition, check out my piece “The Haute Seat,” in last Sunday’s Boston Globe Magazine.