Monday, April 12, 2010

A New Green for Giles


Giles' one painted wall was apple green, which I've come to think is too harsh. I've re-done it in Benjamin Moore's Hibiscus. This color has got a lot to say. It wants to talk about yellow, about Bartlett pears and also avocados, and about light filtering down through the baby leaves of oaks.

6 comments:

  1. Does Felix know of a book called Corvus - A Life with Birds by Esther Woolfson? He might enjoy it.
    Nice wall for Giles. I'm looking for a green for the kitchen. You may have pointed me in the right direction.

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  2. I have to say that I did like the apple green but the Hibiscus is very nice as well. Soothing and mellow...

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  3. I like the apple green, too, but it's nice to have a change every so often, and this is a BEAUTIFUL color.

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  4. I love when colors have depth like that - then I'm not so quick to change them.
    Lovely hibiscus color!

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  5. I had "hibiscus" hair once. It was purple. I wouldn't admit it at the time, would only call it "hibiscus," but it was most emphatically purple. Not what I was going for.

    Giles' wall, on the other hand, is beautiful! If I wasn't still so enamored of my palest turquoise bedroom, I might consider that as its replacement.

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  6. Beautiful. I totally agree about the "Bartlett Pears" and "light filtering through baby leaves of oaks." Definitely. Made me smile, and dream of budding oak trees. Ours are a bit slow up here in MI.

    ~ FaithAnn

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