It's 2013, it must be the year of Emerald Green!

I had an emerald green prom dress.

I must have been 20 years ahead of my time.  Because emerald green is projected to be THE IT COLOR of 2013.  Last year's projected IT COLOR was Coral. And it totally was. The previous year was AQUA, and we are still seeing the popularity of Aqua everywhere.

Emerald is a special hue, not just any old green...I keep thinking of the line in the Bare Naked Ladies song "If I had a Million Dollars". It goes like this:  "If I had a million dollars, I would buy you a green dress, but not a REAL green dress, that's cruel".  I've always loved that line because I think we've all seen and maybe even worn a  really ugly green dress in our time, but emerald green dresses are HOT.  Buy a green dress. Paint a dresser green.  Throw a green pillow in the mix. Infuse this bold green into a room, but do it in your accessories or as an accent.

Not just any green will do...I'm saying here and now, stay away from avocado and go for bright, fabulous, green with envy emerald!

silk-cotton by Madeline Weinrib

Emerald and White crisp chevron curtains, emerald  greek key pillow, floral silhouette pillow.

green curtains and hint of greenery in bowl table centerpiece

Bottle Lamp

emerald green carved door

Bold Green and White pillow

curtains and greenery

Retro dresser in Annie Sloan's Antibes Green Chalk Paint

Serena and Lily Bedroom.   "clover spade" fabric on chair and pillow 

green graphic rug

Serena and Lily bone jewelry box

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So if green jeans

{G.P.}

and green sweaters

{Boden}

 and green dresses 

{Anthropologie}

and green purses  

{Kate Spade}

 aren't enough for you, then you'll be thrilled that you'll be seeing quite a bit in decor land that is EMERALD GREEN this year!
 And I'd like to hope that with all this green on our minds, that maybe this will be a year with steps in all things GREEN, as in environmentally green.  I'll be sharing eco-minded posts throughout the year  to help us all along the path to having greener households :)

XXXOOO.