Earlier this month I conducted an unofficial poll on my Facebook & Twitter sites. ‘What is your favorite color to decorate with?’ The majority of the votes were greens just to name a few, Chartreuse Green, Sage Green, Fern Green, Nantucket Green and Hunter Green where all hits!

It came as no surprise when various versions of green were the winner! See when you examine the psychology of the color green, it represents growth, serenity, nature and money. In these ever changing times all four of these elements describe our needs and our lives! We need economic progress; and we strive for some sort of peacefulness both on our home front and in the world. We are more conscience of our planet, we need to return to the basics and we all love to have a little extra change in our pockets to go ‘jingalingaling’!

I thought I could celebrate ‘green’ as the winner with some of my favorite home design green design items!

So, if you follow my blog you know that my No. 1 Design must have is life! What a bonus, the plant life usually is in the green color palette. When I am selecting plants for spaces I am always on the look for interesting textures & shapes in the leaves. This creates exciting patterns as light penetrates the leaves.

Here’s another fav of mine! Granny Smith Apples! Yep, simple elegant accessory that transforms into a tasty apple crisp! Honestly the warm yellow green color gives a great punch to any center piece! Think outside of the box and use unexpected containers to showcase your delicious splash of green! A Stainless Steel Colander, get daring stack the apples on a cake stand, give the illusion you just picked the apples and display them in a basket or one of my favorites fill a tall wide hurricane!

I just adore painted furniture, especially pieces from the Somerset Bay line. This line not just stunning and beautifully crafted, the designers have a great sense of humor…..all the colors are named after food! My kinda line! This flip top table shown to the right is in ‘jellybean green’ Yumm!

Nothing satisfies me more than finishing a room with great art! Here’s one of my favorites by artist Aleta Gudelski. The soft green hayfield is so soothing……I could almost walk right into the painting!

I could go on for pages on great green design elements……..I would love to see some of yours please do share! By the way the runner up was red….I can’t wait to share my reds with you!