The Greens and Blues in This House Are Anything but Predictable
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When it comes to decorating your home, blue and green are pretty safe bets for adding a dose of color while still keeping your space feeling like a retreat. Colors like red and yellow are associated with excitement and passion, while blue and green are associated with nature (think: the hues found near an ocean, forest or meadow). In today’s hectic world where we’re required to be “on” all the time—at work, on our phones and more—it can be a nice reprieve to come home to a calming color scheme that brings a bit of the natural world inside our four walls.
While we’ll never give up completely on our bold colors (after all, this is VERANDA), we’re also loving the major moment that blue and green are having in interiors right now. Most recently at the Design Social House in Atlanta, nearly every room had some aspect of blue and/or green in it.
This is significant given that the homeowner, Gregg Irby, who owns Gregg Irby Gallery in Atlanta, worked with 23 different creatives with vastly different design aesthetics. (You can find out more about these brands and makers via Design Social.)
Here, some of our favorite ways that blue and green were used throughout this home. We're predicting this color combination's comeback will have major staying power.
Living Room
This room is a masterclass on mixing blue and green colors and patterns. The Bergere chair is covered in Casa Branca fabric, while the wing chair across features a Ferrick Mason fabric (with a coordinating Casa Branca pillow).
The bench fabric (Marika Meyer) brings in a brighter blue hue, and the fabric on pillows and bench (Casa by PC and Serena Dugan) pick up the pale lavender found throughout the room. Coral Shin toaster chairs get a fun pillow treatment with fabric from Mally Skok.
Living Room
This cozy vignette in the living room features a table and scalloped Biedermeier chairs covered in a dark green and cream abstract animal motif fabric (CW Stockwell). The pale blue vase on the table is from Anyon Atelier, the cabinet pulls are from Nest Studio Hardware, and the painting is from Gregg Irby Home.
Foyer
The striking entrance to this home is swathed in a geometric wallpaper by Aux Abris and framed with a glossy green trim (Benjamin Moore's Fairmont Green), offering a warm welcome for visitors.
Dining Room
Verdant vines crawl up the dining room’s wallpaper (Gregg Irby Home), while patterned drapes (Leah O’Connell Textiles) add even more visual interest. The green and blue tablescape seamlessly ties everything together (all tableware from Gramercy Home; vase from Anyon Atelier).
Kitchen
The pale green kitchen (Scenic Drive by Benjamin Moore) boasts plenty of natural light from a large window, which is covered in a custom shade (Serena Dugan Studio). The green vase is from Half Past Seven Home.
Bar
How fun is this bar clad in marbled wallpaper (Rule of Three Studio)? We love the moody blue cabinets (Stiffkey Blue by Farrow and Ball) adorned with playful gold tiger pulls. Champagne bucket by Half Past Seven; coupes by Anyon Atelier; vintage barware from J. Earl and Sons.
Outside Patio
Sleek white Mckinnon and Harris furniture adorns the patio. The green and blue pillows from CW Stockwell x Sunbrella cozy things up and make this outdoor room perfect for alfresco cocktails.
Sunroom
The airy blue latticed sunroom features pillows covered in Serena Dugan and Schuyler Samperton fabrics. Painting from Gregg Irby Home. The furniture is vintage Brown Jordan painted in Hazy by Farrow and Ball.
Sunroom
Green and blue shines in this sunroom, thanks to glossy painted doors, a console covered in fabric from CW Stockwell, and pillows covered in fabric from Schuyler Samperton Textiles.
Primary Bedroom
Pops of bright coral appear again in the primary bedroom's linens (Gramercy Home) and bolster pillow fabric (Luru Home). The blue wallpaper (Casa by PC) makes these sleeping quarters feel like a tropical retreat—and we love its large-scale palm trees.
Powder Bath
This moody bathroom features dark blue koi fish-embellished wallpaper from Gregg Irby Home. A glass vase (Anyon Atelier) holds brightly colored blooms. We love that the typical mirror above the vanity was eschewed in favor of a window that lets in plenty of natural light.
Family Room
This green and blue room is far from predictable, thanks to plenty of pattern play. Bamboo-like fabric from Casa Branca adorns the round table skirt, curtains and pillows, while a fun blue fabric (Peter Dunham Textiles) on the two club chairs pops against the hunter green couch. Wallpaper from Aux Abris was applied to the lampshades for a bright and airy treatment, and fabric from Lea Rutledge covers the smaller pillows. (White lacquer tray, Anyon Atelier. Painting, Gregg Irby Home. Rug, Chairish.)
Primary Bathroom
The primary bathroom feels extra special, thanks to often-overlooked details like fine art (Gregg Irby Gallery), a French antique seafoam green chair, and a sky blue painted door (Farrow and Ball's Parma Gray).
Bedroom
This bedroom features Wedgwood blue wallpaper (Alex Conroy Textiles) that resembles tiles modeled after those seen in an Irish cathedral. The color is mirrored throughout the room in the art, bedding, and built-in closet paint color (Calluna, Farrow and Ball). Pops of French blue in the headboard and lamps keep things from feeling too monotoned. Lamps and linens, Gramercy home.
Her Dressing Room
Though this room is pink all over (wallpaper from Victoria Larson; desk by Dunes and Duchess; window treatment from Casa Branca), the verdant view outside offers a beautiful contrast and pop of bright green. The trim, built-ins and desk are all painted in Benjamin Moore's August Sunrise.
Bedroom
This otherwise-neutral bedroom features subtle pops of celadon from the flame stitch linens (Gramercy Home), art, and pillows.
Bathroom
The connecting bathroom’s ‘Starburst’ wallpaper from Peter Dunham Textiles peeks through the bedroom to add a riot of playful pattern.
Study
Wallpaper and corresponding fabric from Ferrick Mason establish for the color scheme of this study with punches of blue, green and orange. The built-ins are painted a glossy green (Steamed Spinach by Benjamin Moore) and the orange fabric on shades (Schuyler Samperton) keeps the space from feeling too matchy-matchy.
Guest House
The stars of this guest house are undoubtably the green and blue pawpaw wallpaper from Mazy Path and the pink fabric from Mally Skok covering the ottoman.
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