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Seeing in color {green}

Trust a LEED Gold building to feature eco-friendly art in its lobby. The Living Green Wall, which reflects my apartment building's commitment to a sustainable environment, combines jade pothos, philodendron brasil, and neon pothos plants. It offers a range of benefits, including natural air filtration, VOC (volatile organic compounds) removal, stress relief, and assistance in the building's thermal regulation, and it brings the vibrancy of nature inside. 

Seeing in color {orange}

A few years ago, I bought a $50 orange-upholstered vintage HON office chair at the Habitat Re-store. I loved it so much that I went on eBay and found another one, the same chair also upholstered in orange, though just different enough to make it an interesting mate for the first one. Since then, little bits of orange have crept into my living space. I don't have room in the house for this machine, spotted at mattress-recycling company Hand Up. It's used to separate mattress frames from the coils. Too big, too loud, but definitely my color.

Seeing in color {orange}

I have a thing for brightly colored trucks. This one (seen at a roadside stop in rural Fukui prefecture in Japan), with attachments and hoses here and there and everywhere, looks like it's ready to take on any task. I love the gold ladder on top, too.

Seeing in color {turquoise}

Turquoise, the color of stones in beautiful jewelry made by many Southwest Indian artists, seems completely at home on this old pick-up we saw in Raton, New Mexico. 

Foggy hues

As I sit at my kitchen table this morning, I see this view, and this color palette of foggy hues, out my window. Design Seeds captures the mood and the moment. See why it's my favorite web site?