17 Ways to Add Green to Your Home

Decorator Christopher Rollinson handprinted the dining room walls with layers of silver lead. Designer Amy Zolin designed the custom drapery panels with Schumacher linen. Tour the Darien home here.

In this living room, a curved emerald-green sofa wears a cotton velvet from Kravet, and the designer re-covered the client’s own chairs in Lee Jofa’s Groundworks. The Serge Mouille ceiling lamp centers above a Jonathan Adler coffee table. The turquoise vellum cube is through Made Goods, and the area rug is through Kravet. Tour the home here.

The color green explodes in this Westport home's dining room. Iconic banana leaf wallpaper covers the walls, and Pelle Designs’ Original Bubble chandelier hangs in the center of the room. Ward Bennett mohair velvet boardroom chairs found at auction surround the table.

In the same Westport home's living room, a green sofa from Anthropologie is complemented by chairs in a Josef Frank print. The coffee table was found at Hamptons Antique Galleries. The rug is from Annie Selke.

In this family room, walls are bedecked in Morris & Co.’s Blackthorn Floral and an antique fauteuil is covered in Lelièvre’s Merisier Emeraude. Click here to tour the home.

Luis Muralles at Furniture Muralles created this custom family-room sofa upholstered in Kravet’s Versailles velvet. Tour the Rowayton residence here.

The guest house on this Greenwich property is reminiscent of a classic New England barn. Renowned colorist Donald Kaufman helped determine the deep green hue for the board and batten exterior. “Dark green is a color sometimes found on old New England barns, and rather than being a big box on the hill, the color helps it recede into the landscape," architect Tom McManus of Ferguson & Shamamian Architects says.

The molded fiberglass chair is by Cedrimartini and the plastic chest with a pop of green is by Broyhill. Click here to tour the North Fork home.

For his breakfast nook, off of which on opposite sides are the color-intensive living room and den, designer Erick Espinoza employed a quiet shade of green for the door, window and ceiling trims. Vintage chairs from Shaker Workshops surround the table in the breakfast room, where a vinyl floorcloth through Spicher and Company references a design in the American Folk Art Museum Collection.

The sage-hued bathroom at the 2022 Hampton Designer Showhouse includes fixtures from Kohler, tile from the Tile Shop, and a handsome Venetian mirror.

For the study in the 2022 Hampton Designer Showhouse, Barbara Lewis of the Lewis Design Group chose a decorating scheme of soft greens layered with organic textures and natural motifs. A floral Lee Jofa fabric on the windows and faux bois pattern on the walls helped her achieve her goal.

Designer Christina Nielsen selected olive Plain English cabinetry for a Berkshire, UK, kitchen, and removed upper cabinets in favor of open shelving. “My favorite color combinations are purples and greens,” Nielsen notes

The former ballroom in this Fairfield County home is now a spacious living room. The club chairs are covered in Christopher Farr’s Carnival Verde through Holland & Sherry; the blue ottoman wears a Jerry Pair leather. The shape of Aerin Lauder’s large globe pendant is echoed in artwork by Wendy Concannon and a hand-carved wooden mirror clad in brass through Arteriors. Manuel Canovas green cotton window panels are through Cowtan & Tout.

In this dining room, a pair of Aerin Lauder teardrop crystal chandeliers centers over a custom table. The leaf pattern in Brunschwig & Fils dining chair fabric echoes the Aerin Lauder gilded wall sconces; the navy velvet contrast welt is Designer’s Guild through Osborne & Little. Table settings are from the Linen Shop. Tour the home here.

A green vintage Eames chair sits at a CB2 table in this mudroom. The modular banquette is from Pottery Barn. Tour the East Hampton ranch here.

The primary bedroom in the 2022 Hartford Designer Showhouse is grounded with a rug through Rush House, and the green ceiling sports a custom Venetian plaster finish imbued with a unique sparkle by Sean Platt Plaster.

At the Hartford Designer Showhouse, even the primary bedroom's closet is decorated beautifully by Kathryn Hunt Studio. The sage-colored molding paint is Benjamin Moore High Park.