There’s something about the color green…
Green is one of my favorite colors. I have it in my wardrobe and decorate with it in my home. I even lived in the Green Mountains of Vermont!
As the long dull month of March finally comes to an end here in Maine and spring is just around the corner, the forest behind our house is still very brown and gray. I miss seeing the color green outside my window, so I created these terrariums of moss, ferns and ivy to bring some green inside.
For many people color can evoke a strong emotional and physical response. Are you drawn to the same colors over and over again? There’s quite a lot of information on the web discussing color theory and the psychology of color. A quick easy read on one of my favorite websites, Apartment Therapy, discusses what colors say about us.
Vintage colors evoke a feeling of nostalgia. Different era’s have their own color palette that we recognize and relate to. The California Paints website has a great retrospective of 20th century American color palettes arranged by period. A very helpful guide if you’re decorating.
These mid-century olive green planters add an earthy and vintage feel to our house.
Green is said to have the following affects on us:
• Soothing
• Mentally and physically relaxing
• May help ease the symptoms of depression and anxiety
• Provides a sense of renewal and harmony
For more on how color affects us and the color green visit Sensationalcolor.com
A vintage bike in green was an eye catcher at the flea market.
“Green is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.”
–Pedro Calderon de la Barca, Spanish Poet and Playwright, 1600-1681
Do you have a favorite color?
Have a favorite vintage color you collect?
I’d love to hear about it.
I love your terrariums! I wish we could bring things like that into our office to make our cubicles look nicer.
In German schools the chalk boards are all dark green because it’s relaxing for the eyes. I’d like to have more green plants in my house..but my cats always eat them. So now I bought a cactus 😉
Thanks Alex
I agree terrariums are great for cubicles and home…your kitties would not be able to get inside to eat the plants. I like that I don’t have to remember to water them very often.
Hi Victoria
I love green and the smell of the ozark forests as they come back to life. We have little green tree frogs that trill in the dark. Mossy wet places sequester roly-poly bugs and cushion the paths amongst the trees. A terrarium is a great thing to tied one’s winter weary soul over ’till all of this springtime exploration is possible. I have to admit I have it way easier here where I am so much further south than you are. Springtime didn’t creep in here, it exploded almost overnight! Last week we had a couple of days in the upper 80s’. Thanks for visiting me at my blog http://theglitterdragonfly.blogspot.com/. You are my first non-family commenter! You encouraged me.
Thankyou, Cynthia
Hi Cynthia
80 degrees? sounds lovely as I sit here by the wood fire again! I’m really looking forward to spring and summer which means fun at flea markets and yard sales. Thanks for the comment also…sometimes as a new blogger it seems pretty quiet…but I’m having fun doing it and it looks like you are as well! Looking forward to reading more about your booth at the group shop – we are new at that type of re-selling so it’s nice to read what others have to say.
Victoria