In my recent post about the dresser that I painted yellow and white, I mentioned that as soon as I saw that dresser I wanted to paint it yellow. But I was a little nervous. Yellow doesn’t always sell well. To help convince myself that yellow was a good choice, I went to pinterest to seek out a little color pinspiration. I just typed “yellow dresser” in the search field and my screen was flooded with beautiful yellow dressers. That led to my creation of a pin board devoted to yellow. And then one devoted to green. Then aqua.
Seeing all of this color based pinning, one of my followers suggested I write a blog post about how to organize your pinterest boards. Although your idea inspired me Victoria, I decided to go in a slightly different direction. I decided to create some color based blog posts using my own photos, and it was far easier than I thought it would be! Clearly there are certain colors that I am drawn to, and today we are starting with green.
An easy choice for my first color focused blog post since I have always loved green, maybe because my eyes are green!
Or maybe because it’s the color of money 😉
This toolbox is painted in Dixie Belle chalk paint in a color called Kudzu.
My initial thought was that I’d have to take a bunch of new photos of green stuff around my house, but then I started looking through my past blog photos and realized I already had a lot of green!
This green depression glass canister belonged to my grandmother.
These pretty green depression glass sherbet cups were a garage sale find.
I sold this green birdhouse at my Carriage House sale one year, and I kind of regret it. I should have kept this, it was so cute.
This green ‘french farmhouse’ dresser is one of my favorite pieces, but it still hasn’t sold. Perhaps no one else out there loves green as much as I do? The chippy finish on this one turned out perfectly. Anyone need a green dresser?
This farmhouse table is painted in the same Sweet Pickins’ milk paint color called In a Pickle and it did sell.
Goodness gracious, I do love me some green, don’t I? I have a small collection of vintage scales in green.
This is almost too easy. I feel a little bit like I’m cheating. Who knew I’d find so many greens!
This little table wears an undercoat of Miss Mustard Seed’s Boxwood, with Luckett’s Green over it. This one also sold quickly.
Apparently I’m even drawn to green ribbons.
And obviously green vintage ornaments.
I found these green doors in Budapest. I love me some graffiti doors.
Two years ago my front window box was monochromatic in green and white. I loved this combo up close, but from the street it was a little bland. I’m still debating this year’s window box design. I’m thinking about a pink and chartreuse combo using caladiums, lime green potato vines, and maybe some coleous in pinks and greens.
I posted about these sweet green outfits that my grandmother knitted for my Barbies way back when, you can revisit it {here}.
Of course, I use my vintage green garden tools and books in many of my photo shoots.
Naturally I have a green clock on hand for photo shoots as well.
Fusion’s Lily Pond is another great green. If you are looking for paint in the color of Jadeite, then Lily Pond is a great choice.
How do you feel about green? Is it your favorite? In your top five?
And as for that yellow dresser, it did sell quickly … as a matter of fact, it sold quickly twice! I put it on Craigslist and had a buyer in less than 24 hours. But once they got it home, it didn’t fit up the staircase in their vintage home. I could totally relate to that problem. I also have a staircase with a turn at the top and have found myself in the position of having to return furniture that didn’t fit up the stairs. The buyers brought it back and purchased a smaller dresser from me instead. Meanwhile, another of my blog readers had expressed an interest in the yellow dresser, so when I mentioned that it was available again, she called dibs on it and picked it up a couple of days later.
Not only that, but two separate furniture blog parties chose the yellow dresser as a favorite! First Terry at The Curator’s Collection and then Lucy at Patina Paradise.
So, it turns out that yellow is far more popular than I thought!
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