One of our favorite ways to update a home is through inexpensive thrift store finds (and then painting the bargain piece a fun color). Liz, of Mabel's House does a great job by selecting solid pieces and updating them in one of our most-loved colors--seafoam green. Plenty of inspiring ideas incorporating seafoam green into your home's decor after the jump.
Inspiration: Seafoam Green
A hutch used for storing books gets an upgrade with a coat of seafoam green. We love the antique typewriter and red bins below for extra storage.
A roadside find, Liz removed the cabinet doors and painted the table seafoam green to use as a landing strip.
A light shade of aqua, this old water jar twinkles with a strand of christmas lights.
Incorporate a seafoam colored blanket into your bedding combo (it goes great with red, blue, green and yellow).
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I extremely love this. Typewriters! Just before seeing this, I found a large bottle on the porch all dirty and washed it thinking Christmas lights would be pretty inside it. Where is the plug? Does this bottle have a hole drilled in it?
view Kate (NC)'s profile
Seafoam green is a little too Martha Stewart for me.
view suez's profile
I want that quilt.
view BambiJo's profile
BambiJo - I feel you. I want the quilt and the sheets.
I'm not for painting much so most of the rest I can deal without.
view ChrisGal's profile
Sea foam green is my favorite color. Mainly because of the sea foam green fender I've always wanted. But I painted the trim on a 1950's kitchen hutch sea foam green, and just painted a small side table a couple days ago to match. Our dresser top I also painted is like a dark sea foam or robin's egg. I tend to lean towards these colors a lot.
view cassielynn's profile
I definitely feel at home in Liz's world (similar to mine in color choices). She discovered a smart trick: paint otherwise undistinguished finds from thrift stores, attics, etc., a uniform color, and suddenly there's cohesion! That it's like living inside a Deruda ceramic piece makes it even better.
view krister's profile
It seems seafoam green is making a come-back. It's a great soothing color that blends in so well with any style of decor.
Love the mix of colors in Liz's home.
view baileyb's profile
What a great color and a beautiful quilt, I LOVE it!
view kimmiller's profile
It is a very pretty quilt indeed. The pattern is called "Grandmother's Flower Garden". My own grandmother made one for me when I was a baby, and I'm sure you can find lovely commercial versions by searching for the pattern name. :)
Lovely photos. Lovely ceramic pieces on the shelves!
view swingjingle's profile
Seafoam green. Very 1950s. Nice on accent pieces. Less charming on walls. I was there, and it was everywhere. Schools, hospitals, department store dressing rooms, and gas station restrooms.
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