10 Ways to Incorporate Pantone's 'Colour of the Year' in Your Home (No Paint Necessary)

10 Ways to Incorporate Pantone’s ‘Colour of the Year’ in Your Home (No Paint Necessary)

We could all use some green in our lives. No, not cash (but that too). We’re referring to Greenery, Pantone’s Colour of the Year. Bright, friendly and easy-to-live-with, the happy hue recalls Dorothy’s fictitious Emerald City and all sorts of good things: the taut skin of Granny Smith apples, neon wasabi, jewel-toned Matcha tea powder and everyone’s fuzzy old pal Kermit the Frog.

Good both at the height of spring, or the dead of winter when the doldrums hit hardest, you can’t go wrong with inviting this uplifting shade into your home. Here are 10 ways to do it:

Structube

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1. Lime Green Centrepiece

Cradle a heap of fruit in this gleaming, 41-centimeter-in-diameter home accent that makes a refreshing centrepiece.

Green Glass Bowl: $49 at Structube.

Anthropologie

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2. Leather Rocking Chair

Old meets new in this stunning custom chair with a button-tufted back, removable cushion and contrasting wood base.

Leather Finn Rocker: $2,298 at Anthropologie.

WayFair

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3. Cool Curtain

Bold and chunky blue-and-green stripes offer a modern splash of colour on this bathroom accessory by Sweet Jo Jo Designs.

Brushed Microfibre Shower Curtain: $136 at WayFair.

HomeSense

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4. Pretty Planter

With its beautifully faded patina and deep base, this pot is the perfect vessel for that tropical plant you’ve been ogling for days now through that plant-shop window.

Green Planter: $30 at HomeSense.

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5. Colourful Covers

Prop these pretties on a porch sofa or indoors for a cushy dose of spring. The trellis velvet applique covers also come in a host of other hues besides green.

Simone Embroidered Pillow Cover: $60 at Pottery Barn.

EQ3

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6. Retro Green Bed

Elegantly low slung and featuring retro-green fabric, this babe of a bed gets big points for its on-point midcentury-modern lines.

Winston Bed: $1,200 at EQ3.

cb2

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7. Tropical Tabletop

Create a tropical setting at lunch with this soft cotton sateen textile embellished with a flurry of blue and green fronds.

Riviera Table Runner: $65 at cb2.

HoemSense

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8. Inspirational Read

Guests will enjoy flipping through the inspirational gardens in Mario Lopez-Cordero’s Veranda Retreats that’s packed with photos from some of the world’s best-decorated houses.

Veranda Retreats book by Mario Lopez Cordero: $40 at HomeSense.

Etsy

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9. Prickly Prints

Go on, lean against the wall – the prickles only look realistic. The self-adhesive decal, that’s super easy to put up, brings a tangle of succulents to any room of your house that needs cheering up.

Watercolor Cactus Print Wallpaper: $36 through Etsy seller TropicWall.

food52.com

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10. Colourful Candles

Made of beeswax (instead of a yucky chemical compound), these lovely candles from Wisconsin come in a set of eight (you get two of each colour) and will light up your table with a romantic spring glow.

Tapered Spring Green Candles: $44 through food52.