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green zone

If you’re looking for the

middle ground between

brazen and blah,

market-inspired greens

hit the sweet spot, says

LA -based designer

Kishani Perera. ‘These

greens are bold without

being obnoxious.” She

shares three ways to

green-light your next

painting project.

LOCATION MATTERS

“In places where there

isn’t a lot of light— like

Seattle—don’t go with

grayed-down colors. I

choose ones that have

a little more white,”

says Perera. “Moody”

gray-greens hold up

well in sunnier locales.

BIG PICTURE

Celery

green is a natural for

all over; pick one with

some yellow in it so it

doesn’t come off as a

juvenile mint green,

says Perera And don’t

ignore the ceiling—she

uses either white or a

5 0 /5 0 mix of white with

the wall color.

MYTH BUSTING

“People are nervous to

put dark colors in small

rooms. But they don’t

make the room seem

smaller—they just make

them darker,” Perera

says. Use mercury glass

and mirrored lamps to

make the room less

cave-like.

COL

OR

indoors

accomplish being traditional

but still hip,” says,designer

Kishani Perera.

Camilla square toss pillow

and standard sham, $40

each bedbathandbeyond.com

Decorative Glass Bell Pendant

Shade, $144 walmart.com

Birds on Tree doormat, $34

wisteria.com Lacquered Glass

Greens dishware in lime and

apple green, from $15

designersguild.com

F o r b u y in g in fo rm atio n

see p age 2 13 .

B ETTER H O M ES AND GARDEN S

AUGUST

2010

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