The interiors below that use those deep, saturated jungle-y greens remind me of Rousseau's Jungle paintings.

Dining room by Meg Braff

Kristin Hein & Phillip Cozzi

So March, in honor of St. Patrick's Day, will be devoted to green inspiration!

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This is a necklace I designed that incorporates green, gold and black.

Green can have so many different looks and feelings.....

I love every single color of the rainbow. If anyone ever asks me my favorite color, I put waaaay too much thought into it and I can't even choose anyway. I can find some variation or shade of any color that can make my heart skip a beat!

Soooo... I love it when House Beautiful devotes an entire issue to a color. The March 2012 issue was all about Green. Unfortunately, they did not seize the opportunity to work in anything about sustainability or eco-friendliness, but it did cover every shade and variation of green I could ever hope for.

One of the green beauties in the issue that I am obsessed with is this dining room by designer Katie Ridder.

She used this darker version of a celery-type green in an unexpected way by pairing it with jewel tones. 

Love it!

I admit I had never paid much mind to the color green before this issue but now I realize the versatility of green....

Green is natural: From moss to grass to cypress, fern to pine, chameleon to shamrock, and holly to sage

Bold: From emerald to hunter, chartreuse to viridian, teal to electric, peridot to verdigris, celadon to malachite,  and jade to kelly

Even delicious!: From creme de menthe to celery, olive to pea, lime to honeydew, pistachio to apple, and mint to pear

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My first post ever!

Welcome to the inaugural posting of my Design Around You blog! I am new to the blog scene but I, like many other creative people, always have different snippets of ideas floating around up there and would love to document and share them