How to Decorate With Olive Green

Tie your room together with olive green accessories.

When decorating your home, it is important to consider your color palette or theme to create a cohesive and polished look. Olive green is an intense color with high saturation, yet it lacks brightness, making it a grounded and earthy color at the same time. It offers a variety of options for color combinations, including other greens, neutrals and brights. To use it in your home as a main color theme, try to incorporate it into your room designs in multiple ways to establish it as a recurring motif.

Things You'll Need

• Paint
• Textiles and linens
• Home accessories

Instructions

1. Paint an accent wall in olive green for a bold update. Combine your accent wall with neutral walls for best results. Paint the whole wall solid green, paint stripes over one of the neutral walls or create a textured wall with a specialty paint product like glaze or crackling.

2. Dress up a drab sofa with olive green accents. Pair an olive throw pillow with another pillow featuring a bold, bright color or a large, graphic print. Use the same strategy to add flair to chairs and beds around your home.

3. Pick out textiles and linens with olive green patterns. Pair a white and olive print comforter with olive sheets, choose olive green striped drapes or shop for tablecloths, napkins and kitchen towels with your featured color. Olive green is a bold, saturated color so use it only in addition to lighter neutrals to avoid making your room too dark. It can be combined with another accent color, such as orange, for a brighter or more whimsical effect.

4. Accessorize with olive green decor. Candles, vases, lampshades and other accessories can all be found in olive green solids or prints. Make or buy artwork that features olive green somewhere in the composition to pull that color out of the rest of the room. Just a few small accents around the room are enough to make this rich color pop.

References

• Good Housekeeping: Cheap Decorating Ideas