It's easy being green

I have had a long love affair with a color. Well, to be more specific, a shade of a color...a shade of green that I can best describe as "mod green" or perhaps a tad cheerier than olive. Avocado, perhaps? You see it a lot in home accessories these days, yet few are bold enough to go for it on their walls (though Pottery Barn did feature it as a wall color not too long ago). When Jeff and I first met, I had one wall of my apartment painted this color. And here we are, 7+ years later, and I still love the color. So using it, even on a prominent place like my walls, feels like a safe bet. Trouble is, Jeff is not a fan (to put it mildly) of this color. He does like what I would consider this color's orange sibling -- and thus the school bus color that adorns our kitchen walls.

But my green -- what I have come to call "beloved green" -- had to wait until I had a space all my own.

And with the completion of our basement renovation project last week, which included a carve-out for my own office, that space has finally come to fruition. So here, I proudly present the transformation of an ugly former storage space in our basement into my own slice of green heaven.

before:

...during...

{closet in progress...we removed a set of very 80s-looking mirrored doors}

after!

{come on in! or stay out -- i've got a door now! with a lock!}

{la-la-la-love the green}

{new closet doors and a new broom closet to the left of the original closet}

{if you need me, i'll be here}

{a re-purposed antique desk...great for storage)