Sure, emerald was the 2013 Color of the Year and Pantone has since moved onto Radiant Orchid. But you seriously cannot visit a blog, shop or designer’s website these days without coming across some sort of vignette incorporating stunning statement-making MALACHITE. In the event that you’d like to impress your friends next time you see this magical malachite in action, malachite is one of the more common semi-precious stones and is usually referred to by gemologists as carbonate hydroxide. Malachite is characterized by the wide range of vibrant greens from dark to light forming rings within the stone.
The good news? Malachite is abundant and, as a result, inexpensive. The even better news? It’s so darn popular that manufacturers and designers have featured and emulated this stone’s aesthetic properties in a vast array of home decorating resources. Textiles, wallpapers, abstract art– you name it. You can decorate with malachite in countless ways…
The first photo is the living room of my friend in Houston who was fortunate enough to have the fabulous Sally Wheat help her out! I live for utilizing malachite in a large and in charge manner (read: malachite walls/ ceiling!). And do you love that last image of the malachite desk? Believe it or not, that is a DIY paint job by my all-time DIY hero, Jenny Komenda of Little Green Notebook. Get her step-by-step instructions here. Into malachite yet? Get the look with our top picks in malachite home decor:
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Definitely adding some malachite home decor to my Christmas list this year. What about you?
xx, Alana
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