Day 15-My House in August: Green
Wonder why GREEN? I assumed I would be sharing the outside where I am surrounded in green galore.
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czarinalex
6 years agoMy favorite chair for reading. It's actually a brighter green than this picture shows, but it's a gloomy morning here.
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Day 9,My House in August, flowers
Comments (30)Here's a few of my favorite outdoor flowers. Y2K Miniature rose planted while living on the base here. It did not survive its second winter. I love yellow roses! A Yokohama tulip from the same garden. I love peachy coral tulips! Who could be sad when looking at a little viola? I love purple-edged yellow violas! A little wren house, on a 5' pole with a vine (?) growing up, around, over, and through it. I covered the metal pole with a 5" wide sleeve of chicken wire to give the vine a place to cling. I love sweet little vines! And huge Clematis vines! And Morning Glory vines! And Thumbergia vines! And Moonflower vines! And Grape vines! Marquee Moon daylily. It's fragrant! I love fragrant yellow daylilies! Irises, beaten down by a hard rain. Each bloom was bigger than my two hands together. Even on the ground they were beautiful. And yes; I love yellow irises! I guess you can tell I love "yellow!"...See MoreDay 13: My House in August "Photograph"
Comments (22)Here's a family portrait that my family members hang, although I do not display it in my own house:From left to right: DB Mike, DS Karen, DB Kevin, and me (in the black tank top). Photo was taken at my sister's house in Austin in April, 2001. I do not have any more recent than that. I have an autographed photo of Marc Singer (in Beastmaster costume) in my bedroom; I bought it at ComiCon in San Diego, I think. The only other photographs I have in my house are on calendars - one calendar is of exotic cars and the other is of Roman gladiators, which I bought in Rome. I do have this poster featuring one of my roommates at the time in San Francisco mid 1970s:Her name was Valerie; she is on the floor on the left, and she gave me this flyer. She was working as a model at that time and was photographed for the cover of Eerie Magazine as Spider Woman. A photo of me was featured in a San Francisco calendar for 1982 - I was between June and July. I never got a copy of the Eerie Magazine, although I have looked high and low for it. Perhaps it never got published. Here's the "Beastmaster" photo: Here's how the family homestead in central Texas looked circa 1870: This is the house where my father was born. In 1932, my great-grandfather and grandfather tore it down and built the house where I grew up. I never met my grandfather because he died a couple of years before I was born....See MoreDay 16 My House in August "Bedroom"
Comments (26)Bumbebeez, I am very sorry to hear of the loss of your dog. I really don't have good photos of our BR. These are after repainting last summer. I had planned on BM Stonington Gray but I gave the painters the wrong gallon, so we have BM Nantucket Fog! Oh well, I think the Nantucket Fog is probably a nicer color anyways, and I sold the unopened gray paint on Nextdoor. I bought the Lexington white BR furniture when I was single, and I paid good money for it. So, yeah, I'm sure not DH's first choice. So, I have the paisley bedding that is a little less feminine. The iron headboard we got after we got a new mattress. I never ordered the Seaside headboard because it was really big. Needed to include kitty pics, too! Here is the guest room that I also posted on the "green" thread. It is also a cat room. I do not use the Marimekko bedding for every day. I have another coverlet. I posted yesterday we are thinking about giving up the guest room to make it more of a music room or else a workout room. Walls are SW Celery....See MoreDay 27 - My House in August: Leaves
Comments (15)Bromeliad leaves (these are the most decorative I have, I think):These are all bromeliads that I grow for their leaves - others I grow for their flowers. This one I grow for both:but the flowers do not last as long as other bromeliad flowers, but I do grow it most for its leaves.Almost forgot this one; it's called Vriesea Mint Julip, or at least that's how it was labeled when I bought it. One more - in my front yard; Agave Furcraea macdougaliiThis agave is already over 20' high, and it is quite a bit larger than I was led to believe it would get. I've had it since May 2010, and it is supposed to take 20-25 years to bloom. I may not still be in this house by that time. The flower will double the height of the plant as it is now. This is supposed to be the tallest agave in existence, and it is native to Oaxaca. I do not see many of these around, possibly because they take up so much space....See More
raphaellathespanishwaterdog
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoGreen is probably my favourite colour and DH's too, so we have quite a lot! In hand-coloured prints......
Wallpaper (from the US).....
......and pots etc :)
The last one was a recent find for £1 at a yard sale!
hooked123
6 years agoWe have a lot of green in our backyard. I am wanting to add more green to our home inside as well.
OutsidePlaying
6 years agoGreen? I got lots of green. My one green bedroom is covered up with clothing I'm about to donate right now so no pic except one of the pillows. But I love anything nature-related.
Outside pics
Bonnie
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoMimosa, sea grass and hydrangea at Cape Cod house:
Sunroom (tree house!) with green table and chairs, predominately green rattan set at our house here:
A guest bedroom:
Outside:
Hosta bed before deer feasted on them:
Lawn at Cape Cod house:
Mimosa tree:
Lastly my favorite. Seagrass, which is indigenous on the Cape. We have several varieties throughout the yard:
dedtired
6 years ago
Nothing too exciting to add here. Outdoors is totally green, of course. I have a green pitcher in the powder room (sill needs paint).Green walls in the den.
Bonnie
6 years ago
My3dogs ME zone 5A
6 years agoPart of my back yard before our current drought. The storms go north, south and west of us, and we just can't get any rain. :-(
Bonnie
6 years ago
caroline94535
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoPudge, right, my beloved English budgie. He was a fine ole fellow, a real joker, and brought me much joy. He died after a long, healthy, active, indoors and out, life.
He's next to his beloved, Jill: The Bluebird of Unhappiness. She was everything he was, except she had the most vile, evil temper to ever be contained in a bird-suit. LOL We all loved her; she hated everyone and everything! She lived a long, healthy, indulged life, too, inspite of herself.
The 1958 Singer 185k3 sewing machine from my MIL. It's not "my" photo, but the exact same machine. It came with the original cabinet too.
The latest print I found to hang in the sewing room.
LynnNM
6 years agoI was born and raised in beautiful, lake-filled, GREEN Michigan and so it was a hard adjustment to the not-so-green New Mexico. But, I've adapted and now live surrounded by thousands of acres of pinon pine and juniper trees . . . which do stay green year round at least (LOL). I've just taken these a few minutes ago.
Mountain Four-O-Clocks and, behind them, Russian Sage:
Looking down off our front portal. I have large, tiered flower beds on either side of the steps. The tall red flower stalks you see here and there are Texas Red Yuccas:
I took this below pic a little while back of one of the wild colts around here lately. This is our monsoon season and things are greening up a bit:
And finally, This is a favorite golf course, Paa-Ko Ridge, where DH and I had lunch out on their portal dining area recently. It's on the east side of the Sandia Mountains (east of Albuquerque through the pass and then north a bit). But, I did want to show you some actual GREEN here in New Mexico (LOL)! I love Paa-ko's views!
Bumblebeez SC Zone 7
6 years ago
aprilneverends
6 years agohave quite a lot of green
but the greenest of them all(not including the outside of course) is the powder room..here's the only pic I've got of it by now..taken when still unfinished. now has towel, basket, art..all the blahblah
seagrass_gw Cape Cod
6 years agoaprilneverends
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6 years agoLynnNM
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cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
6 years agoAnother lover of green here. Inside, the guest room
And the kitchen/keeping room
But outside is the best. New green pot and nature.
Gardenia:
View from deck:
And anniversary gift from DH that made me rethink this marriage-ha
ugly and stupid, headlight light up at night. Sheesh. I think it hurt his feelings that I told him what I thought of it, waiting to be able to hide it under a shrub where I will never see it.
Rita / Bring Back Sophie 4 Real
6 years ago
IdaClaire
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI've been a little under the weather and a little overwhelmed with a work transition, so haven't "played" the last couple of days. Surely I have a house picture on my computer that features something green in it though ...
OK - here's our master bedroom, where I've used some green "seaglass" shades.
Green figured in big in my previous home's décor. Almost all of the walls were painted Guilford Green. Here's the kitchen:
Boopadaboo
6 years agoIt may seem crazy (it does to my DH) but I actually really love the dark green carpet in our stairway! (and the little oil paintings that you all helped me with picking out the frames)
Entry · More InfoI also am pretty happy with the rug in it's new spot and the pictures above them. I am thinking of moving the green vase though.
Entry · More InfoAlso love the summer view out of our upstairs - you can't see the farmland, but we have seen a few rainbows since we moved in!
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Lars
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoI don't have a lot of green in my house, but I do like it. Like Martha Scott, I used to have a green living room, when I lived in San Francisco at one address.
Celedon ceramic horse, which I inherited from my grandfather, who loved horses. He taught me to ride when I was four years old.
This is one of a pair that he used as bookends.
Green velvet drapes that I made for our patio doors in the art studio, to block glare from the TV:
I made these to replace the hand-painted drapes I had before, which needed to be relined. I thought it was easier to make new ones, and I used fabric that I got from work.
This mask is mostly green, although I posted this photo before:
Here's part of the green walls in my kitchen:
My kitchen is not photogenic at the moment, and so I just combined these two photos of the outer walls. My countertop has green specks in it. Maybe you can see them in this photo, if you ignore the red mixer:
Bonnie
6 years agoaprilneverends
6 years agoLars
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Sueb20
6 years agoGreen overload!
Green sofa, green art.
More green art, green pottery.
Green plant, green kiddie chair.
Green giraffe...and yard.
dedtired
6 years agoBonnie
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torreykm
6 years agoI posted part of my dining room already, but here it is again. I picked this green color from the drapery fabric and have loved it ever since. BM Woodland Hills Green. I call it a "happy" green.
gsciencechick
6 years agoVintage sofa again, but our LR walls are SW Halcyon Green.
I painted the guest BR SW Celery, but now I am not particularly fond of it. After reading that it is a color that is used a lot in baby and children's rooms, I lost interest a bit. I do use another bedding set for every day, since it ends up being a cat bed. We have thought about taking out this guest bedroom since we've had guests 3 times in 11 years and use it for either a workout space or music listening (and DH for guitar). It just seems like a bad use of space since we never use it.
dedtired
6 years agoUser
6 years ago@ Caroline: "...she had the most vile, evil temper to ever be contained in a bird-suit. LOL We all loved her; she hated everyone and everything! She lived a long, healthy, indulged life, too, in spite of herself...." For some reason this is a description I wouldn't mind if someone attributed to me! You know, someone you can't help but want to be around!
Anyway, here are my green contributions:
My living room chairs - armless, but sooooo comfortable
...and a collage of Parisian items. I've loved lilies of the valley since I was a pre-teen and collected the container, the Lalique perfume bottle, and the Limoges tray on various trips to France. The print is a birthday card from a friend acknowledging my love for all things French (my first college major) and my completely unruly hair.
aprilneverends
6 years agomojomom
6 years ago
Again, we are in the process of building and living in a emprary rental, but I can she some of the green views from our new house.
jakabedy
6 years agoI didn't get online until this evening, so no chance at getting a shot outdoors. Instead you get my pottery collection. It's Brush-McCoy New Art Vellum from the 1930s. I think I have 21 or 22 forms. I try to keep an eye out for forms I may not have, but I believe I may have them all. Sorry for the poor quality photo on the second bunch. My iPad camera is sub-optimal.
Lars
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoJak Perth
6 years agoprobookie
6 years agoDH and my brother removed a 1950s air conditioner from the wall in our dining room. Small wonder none of the previous owners took it out; it was rusted in place and weighed around 100 pounds. DH handily framed the hole inside and out, installed plain glass on the outside, and put a stained glass panel (from eBay) on the inside. Major improvement!
rockybird
6 years ago
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