indoors
color
Sea glass
is the
new off-white. If
you're looking for a
soft, near-neutral
color for your living
room, this is it.
4 8 JUNE 2010
BETTER HOMES AND GARDENS
Haeger Potteries Large Celadon Green Ceramic Table Lamp, $170
lampsplus.com Liberty of London for Target Teal Peacock Print
Frame $10 target.com Bonsai polyester shower curtain,
$25; danicastudio.com Mulberry ceramic cachepot in teal,
$32; areohome.com
sheet set,
$99
(queen) and comforter cover, $89 llbean.com
Ace Paint
C36-3 Mint Julep
ocean
spray
LA designer Sasha
Emerson may have
finally pinpointed why
so many of us love,
even obsess over, this
soft blue-green color:
"It's a watered-down
version of Tiffany blue.”
Jewelry fantasies aside,
this is a hue that makes
you feel good, which is
why you see it in a lot
of spas, says Emerson.
Capture that tranquillity
in your home:
MATCH POINT
If
you're trying to
replicate the color of a
piece of pottery or a
sea glass souvenir,
Emerson suggests
taking it with you to
the paint store to
match it. If the ideal
color is just in your
head, "think pale,
because if you go too
bright you're heading
into turquoise or mint.”
EDGY BUSINESS
Skip the bright white
trim in this case.
Emerson goes with
milky cream or a
doudlike color. (Her
pick: Decorators White
by Benjamin Moore.)
TEAM PLAYER
"It's
one of those weird
neutrals that goes with
everything” Emerson
says. She likes it best
with paprika and
canary yellow. fiD
PHOTO: (PORTRAIT) THEO FRIDLIZIUS; (ROOM) COLLEEN DUFFLEY
