emerald green

ever since pantone announced that emerald green was to be the 2013 color of the year..

i remembered that this color was soo on my radar..because of this pic of kayce hughes' daughter in her kitchen!

and then i realized..

someone else had been sayin' it for a while!

i mean..it is stunning..no?

though not always the easiest color to decorate around..it is a showstopper..right?

[see..been there]

i love when you realize that it is everywhere..

repeat after me..emerald..emerald..emerald..say it enough and soon you'll love it too!

yup..did it at my house too! (Ben Moore Four Leaf Clover!]

{please don't judge..we are a work in progress.}

dining room DIY paint project!

here is an old photo of our dining room looking at it from straight on..the walls are painted a pale color from Pratt and Lambert..i think it might be Catawba Grape..and we are tiiiiiired of looking at it.

 don't get me wrong..it has been a great color for us..fun and happy and bright..and not cloying..but i have been ob-sessing over painting a new shade of happy kelly-ish/apple green for a while now..

and so this is what we (really just lawrence who will be doing ALL the work) did to it this weekend!  on the top is kiwi by ben moore..on the left is..can't remember ( i will get back to you on this)  and on the right our clear winner..four leaf clover..also Benjamin Moore)!  i realize how risky a color this is..but i wanted to try something fun and crazy thinking it will be genius!  but trust me i am worried.  wait til later this week..and i will send you the image of the completed space..keep your fingers crossed.