Color Story: Green
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After walking through the front door of the Moinian and Melli residence in Switzerland, visitors enter directly into the enormous kitchen and living space. The interior is minimal, using predominantly timber and concrete. The yellow-green Transform sofa is by Moroso and the forest-green Pastil chair is by Eero Aarnio.
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The bedroom of a modern house in Sicily is open and playful with only a bit of red Algue by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec guarding the stairs. The world map decal on the wall is from My Vinilo. Emerald pillowcases soften up the scheme.
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Yuko Shibata wanted more shelf space in her home office in Tokyo, so she added a plywood door with built-in bookshelves that opens into her bedroom to form a reading nook. Glimpsed from the adjacent room, the space looks larger than it actually is, thanks to the bright green walls.
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Architect Whitney Sander and product developer Eric Chu used bus graphics to provide an attractive privacy screen for a Los Angeles prefab house. Chu ran a couple of photos he had taken of a tree through some Photoshop filters for what he calls “a painterly effect,” sent them to Astek Inc., and, about $5,000 later, he had a pair of roughly 500-square-foot vinyl panels.
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Apple green was the color of choice for the kitchen in this Melbourne, Australia, house.
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Tuned into its sylvan setting, this affordable green home in Hillsborough, North Carolina, is a modern take on the surrounding centuries-old structures. The bright green paint on its facade contrasts with the Cor-Ten steel cladding.
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In the warm interior of the X House in Hennepin, Illinois, Diane Pascal and Thomas Richie enjoy the view from their boiled-wool Ligne Roset couch in the main living area, where wood paneling on the ceiling and walls mirrors the topography of the landscape. A gauzy green curtain adds a moment of color to the scheme.
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Green countertops outfit the kitchen of the Ewing residence.
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A late-1950s set of sofa and chairs inherited from resident Kieran Gaffney’s granny warm up the living room, as do the stove from Charnwood and the coffee table he bought from Habitat for his first flat. Read the full story about the modern Scottish house here.
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Modern green cabinets provide a lively focal point in the Yates residence kitchen.
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