Inspiration: Gold and Green

Moolah, cash, duckets - it's all the same, and it seems to be on the collective minds of the whole world right now. So let's paint the walls, bureaus, etc in memory of the green that seems to be slipping out of everyone's pockets. And while we're at it, do it up in gold, too. We're taking our latest color inspiration from the inside of Scrooge McDuck's vault.

We can't see purchasing a golden toilet like the one we saw on Cribs, so instead we'll be glamming up our Ikea media stand in gold paint, which should set off the mustard green walls quite well. We also like the look of this deeper or, shall we say, richer green shown above. What say you? Too St. Patrick's or fat cat central?

Image: Rearranged Design

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I think i will dig this bold and beautiful green but i'll be careful not to use it too much.

I love your inspirational pic..where did you get this from?

posted by AyeshaZ on October 23rd 2008 at 11:52am
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As a side note, I wish the media would find something OTHER than the economy to totally fixate on and scare us to death about in every friggin' newscast.

Isn't it time for a good toy recall, just in time for Christmas?? C'mon, SOMETHING!

posted by patrick (the other one) on October 23rd 2008 at 11:53am
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I like gold with softer greens, although it risks being very 70's.

posted by whytephoenix on October 23rd 2008 at 12:00pm
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I love the photo above...
...tho it would be even better with pink & white fretwork wallpaper.

posted by bepsf on October 23rd 2008 at 12:07pm
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I love this shade. It's almost the exact shade I've painted my dresser and nightstand.

posted by lurker2209 on October 23rd 2008 at 12:12pm
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That's my mother's dining room - in the 70's. The green over the brown and the ornate gold framed mirror.
Ugh - why must we do that again?

posted by Trii on October 23rd 2008 at 12:48pm
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If you're not really here, then I don't wanna be either. I wanna be next to you. Green and Gold. Green and Gold. Green and Gold.

Colours I have always loved, the Aussie Olympic colours!

posted by venus_thames on October 23rd 2008 at 1:46pm
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Pretty green!

posted by LilyC on October 23rd 2008 at 2:29pm
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http://rearrangeddesign.blogspot.com/2008/10/house-tour_20.html

posted by Ana on October 23rd 2008 at 3:32pm
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I'm so inspired by this pic I'm gonna hit my mom up for her 1972 buffet table in exactly that shade of green. How exciting...thanks for the idea!

posted by genjenn on October 23rd 2008 at 5:01pm
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Green and gold together make me think of Oz.

posted by nausved on October 23rd 2008 at 5:06pm
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ooh, good catch Ana.

posted by *heather leaf* on October 23rd 2008 at 5:10pm
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This is actually my entry way. Ana featured it over on her blog, Rearranged Design. The buffet was my grandmother's, and when she passed away, I received both it and a china cabinet. My aunt got ahold of it back in the 60s or 70s and painted it that avocado green. I've always meant to repaint it, but it's really grown on me.

You can see more at my blog at http://rachelshingleton.wordpress.com or at my Flickr stream, http://www.flickr.com/photos/rachelshingleton

Thanks again to Ana for the writeup.

posted by MalibuRachel on October 23rd 2008 at 5:34pm
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Ducats not "duckets"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducat

posted by Charlotte on October 23rd 2008 at 9:14pm
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but also sometimes "duckets"

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=duckets

posted by sflily on October 24th 2008 at 6:04am
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