It’s no secret that green has been trending in a major way lately. Not only does the leafy shade conjure the sensation of being outdoors after two years cooped up at home, it also is a versatile (and welcome) alternative to traditional colors like white and gray. Don’t believe us? Paint color juggernauts Benjamin Moore and Sherwin-Williams named tints of green as their top hues for 2022.
Interior designers have gone particularly wild for green kitchens—and it’s easy to see why, given the freshness the color evokes. Green is also mercifully easy to match with your existing finishes and fixtures, and a verdant coat on your cabinets is a surefire way to create a look that’s both trend-forward and classic. To kickstart some kitchen design inspiration, we’ve rounded up some of our favorite green looks, from the softest of celeries to look-at-me emerald lacquer.
ELLE DECOR A-List designer Fabrizio Casiraghi doused this
Paris apartment in a layer of glossy green lacquer. Follow suit by coating your kitchen cabinets in a high-shine finish.
What makes this elegant
Paris apartment extra striking? The green kitchen, of course! Designer Lorenzo Castillo painted the cabinets in Farrow & Ball’s Studio Green and papered the walls in a complementary covering of his own design. A sky-blue ceiling lends the look an alfresco feel.
Brother-sister design duo Ramin and Pamela Shamshiri chose Farrow & Ball’s earthy
Dyrehaven green for this laid-back kitchen in
Southern California. White shiplap walls and pale timber floors keep the look organic and effortless.
A shocking shade of
poison ivy green has been making the rounds lately, and we love this take on the trend, courtesy of
David Netto. He tempered the lime cabinets above with stainless steel and blue-gray cabinets below.
If acid green isn’t
quite your style, consider a deeper, moodier shade, like this deep green in the
Hudson, New York, home belonging to the founders of Perifio.
Fashion designer Chris Benz coated his kitchen in the palest of greens, a move that feels fresh and timeless. Here and in the rest of the house, he opted for Farrow & Ball’s
Teresa’s Green.
If you’re not ready to commit, paint a single zone of your kitchen in green. We love this
scheme from Los Angeles firm LAUN. Instead of sticking with a single material, the firm specified stone and brass alongside the sleek lacquered volume.
An elegant, understated shade of green boosts this Connecticut kitchen’s style factor. Design by
Rachel Reider Interiors.
In this kitchen by
Maureen Stevens Design, mint green cabinets create an attractive contrast to the brass hardware and Moroccan handmade tiles.
Soft green, thanks to Benjamin Moore’s
Chantilly Lace, offers a sense of balance to the pops of crisp white in this kitchen design scheme.
A windowless kitchen designed by
Blythe Home benefits from deep olive green cabinetry.
Michele Plachter Design experimented with rich olive green cabinetry in this sophisticated kitchen featuring gold accents and mirrored subway tile.
In this Brazilian-inspired kitchen owned by
the Bucket List family, bright green touches, including cabinetry and a patterned rug, serve as focal points.
In a kitchen from
Haver & Skolnick Architects, Shaker-style cabinets in a mellow pistachio tone provide a cool complement to red vaulted walls.
In this
Bedford, New York weekend retreat, the kitchen counters and backsplash are a deep green stone, the range is by Wolf, and the two mint pendant lights are by Muuto.
In this farmhouse kitchen by
Haver & Skolnick Architects, traditional paneled cabinets are washed with a slightly transparent rich sea green.
A soft green tile backsplash in this rustic
Montana guesthouse kitchen pairs with evergreen arrangements around the windows and exposed beams. The kitchen range and hood are by Thermador, the custom island is of cherry with an oak butcher-block countertop.
In this earthy
Greek island home, the kitchen’s doors, window frames and custom cabinetry are all splashed with a custom green color that is reflected in accent pieces throughout the home. The kitchen countertops are poured concrete.
In a colorful,
contemporary Houston home designed by J. Randall Powers, the kitchen’s lower custom cabinets are painted green in a strié effect.
In a 19th-century Northern California home, green leaf wallpaper by
Pierre Frey brings the freshness of the outdoors inside.
Cameron Diaz’s
Manhattan home, designed by Kelly Wearstler, features a show-stopping green and brass kitchen. The backsplash, counters and sink fittings are all unlacquered brass while then brass-trimmed cabinetry is lacquered in a custom color. The wood floors were treated with an ebony stain and then cerused.
For the soft green, wood-paneled
breakfast nook of a farmhouse outside Stockholm, fashion designer Sanna Kvist and her husband, interior designer Lars Henriksson, painted vintage chairs red and covered the seats with sheepskin.
In this
Manhattan apartment, a pocket-sized kitchen becomes a jewel box thanks to a stark accent wall in emerald green, and counter-top canisters in a contrasting kelly green hue.
This wide-open
Australian kitchen makes a bold statement with a curving sage green backsplash that climbs from countertop to ceiling. The glossy ceramic tiles were handcrafted in Spain.
Punctuated by a glossy wooden countertop, a refreshing shade of green lends quiet charm to glass-fronted cabinets, accentuating the glassware and fine china displayed inside.
It may seem like an unusual choice for a kitchen, but the
Benjamin Moore’s Bright Lime hue used in this cheery kitchen brightens and energizes upon first glance. Red accents pop against the green for a palette evocative of apple trees on a sunny summer day.
Amanda Seyfried’s cozy home in the Catskills, designed by Brooklyn-based firm General Assembly, is full of subtle, gentle color. The kitchen is defined by a geometric green backsplash and pale green cabinetry.
The delicate, barely-there green makes a quiet statement in an old-fashioned
Cape Cod cottage. The shade contrasts beautifully with the deep navy cabinets and antique Wedgewood stove.
In the Manhattan kitchen of event designer
Bronson van Wyck, deep green walls are accented by white trimming and backsplashes.
Anna Fixsen
Deputy Digital Editor
Anna Fixsen, Deputy Digital Editor at ELLE DECOR, focuses on how to share the best of the design world through in-depth reportage and online storytelling.
Monique Valeris
Senior Home Editor, Good Housekeeping
Monique Valeris is the senior home editor for Good Housekeeping, where she oversees the brand’s home decorating coverage across print and digital.
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