Adding a carpet is a quick way to update the look of a room with color, pattern or texture. With so many options available at a variety of price points, the possibilities are nearly endless. But among all those options, I don't believe I have ever considered a bright hue of spring green. While I love the green that houseplants bring to a room, a green carpet always carried with it connotations of off colored shag rug and wall to wall 1970s carpeting.
It wasn't until I came across a sleek, well proportioned version that my mind became open to the possibility that a green carpet, done right, can actually make a room feel brighter and add a natural type of beauty to a space.
In this example from the Swedish publication Hus & Hem ("House & Home" in English), a family added a green throw rug to an otherwise white room in their summer home to bring out the main source of decoration: plants and flowers.
Touches like this green carpet remind me that (almost) nothing is totally out of date. If done with a careful eye to style, nearly anything can look good in the right context, opening up a world of possibility.
See more of the home at Hus & Hem.
(Images: Hus & Hem)
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Fresh! I like it!
It reminds me of a golf putting mat.
nice -- reminds me of lovely plants
I think if I were to do this, I would go the full-on meta route and make it an area rug of lovely, plush Astroturf. Still fresh and summery, with a side order of kitsch.
But that's just how I roll.
It feels fresh. Who would uh thought...
I do think that a person has to have the correct style to pull this off. Good job!
Would this look be able to pass over into winter?
This look is right up my alley: clean, bright colours against an all-white backdrop. Sharp.
HOW to find that EXACT COUCH???? LOVE.
That room is just perfect - I love it.
Gah! Reminds me of moving into a new house when I was 11. My room had Pepto Bismal pink walls and grass green wall to wall carpet. EEK!
@thatkris
At the moment I don't have carpet or rugs, but if I'm in an apt that has nice think carpeting/rugs and they are clean and I get a chance to sit on the floor...I would love to lay down on the rug in the picture, soft and green, it would make my day. Laying down on astroturf, not as comfortable. And from my experience, they shed around the edges.
Its like an extension from the garden whimsically coming into the living room! I'm getting some ideas from this.
Where can I buy this rug? Thx.