Palette & Paints: 10 Paint Picks for the Perfect Green Shutters - Gardenista
Bold green shutters against a neutral-colored house is a look that has stood the test of time. The combination varies widely, so we sourced ten of our favorites. Swatch photographs by Meredith Swinehart. Photograph courtesy of Bellan and a Blog. Benjamin Moore’s Lafayette Green is a close approximation of the window frames and shutter doors in this tropically themed house. Farrow & Ball calls Green Smoke “an uncertain green/blue/gray color” and notes that it was popular in the latter half of the 19th century. We like it as a match for the color of these aging green shutters. Photograph courtesy of BlokkStox. The olive green shutter and demi-johns in this image make for the perfect French vignette. Photograph courtesy of Un Coeur en Provence. Ace Paints‘ apropriately named Shutter Green is our pick for these dark green shutters against a white colonial. Photograph courtesy of Brooke Ryan. Photograph courtesy of Architectural Digest. For the shutters on this Santa Barbara house by architect Marc Appleton, try Sherwin-Williams‘ Yew Hedge. The color has been discontinued but can still be mixed on request. These full-height shutter doors in the French Quarter of New Orleans are painted in a hue similar to Benjamin Moore’s Cedar Path. Photograph courtesy of Tara Bradford. Photograph courtesy of The French Tangerine. For the paler green shutters on this Mediterranean facade, try Benjamin Moore’s Central Park. Photograph courtesy of Mufidah Kassalias. Pratt & Lambert Clover could approximate these shutters in Monbazillac, in the Aquitaine region of France. Photograph courtesy of Southern Hospitality. We like Farrow & Ball’s Arsenic to mimic the tropical green shutters on this cottage at Carillon Beach on Florida’s Gulf Coast.