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Favorite of-the-moment green: Quick notes

It’s the end of the year, and this week we’re taking a look back at nine of the top stories of 2025, like this one:

Noticed recently: a distinctive spectrum of green emerging in the latest interior spaces. This unexpected hue, a chic, deep pistachio shade, has become a favorite among architects and designer both stateside and abroad. Here, we profile the variants and explore what makes this unconventional green so compelling.

Above: Danish architects Mentze Ottenstein designed the kitchen of the Dinesen country house with Aqualinum paint from Linolie & Pigment in shade Fangussi/8.
Above: London-based designer Jill McNair applied Farrow & Ball’s Cooking Apple Green No. 32 to the walls in her own home office. Photograph from Italianate Modern in Full Color: Interior Design Jill MacNair’s Own Renovation in London.
Above: Designer Heidi Lachapelle prefers Benjamin Moore Spanish Olive. “We love this color because it’s a bit stealth—sometimes it can look taupe-y and other times very green. For that reason, it can often pass as a neutral without feeling bland,” she explains.
Above: In the kitchen of Highbury Flat by Architecture for London, plywood and ash veneer kitchen cabinets were finished with 2 coats of Rubio WoodCream in Forest Green. Photography by Titas Grikevičius for Architecture for London.
Above: In the guest bedroom of a Cobble Hill townhouse by Shapeless Studio, the designers chose Farrow & Ball’s Castle Gray No. 092 “for it’s cool, muted tone; a blue-green that feels both grounded and airy,” explains architect Andrea Fisk. “It’s a shade that invites calm without feeling cold, and playful without tipping into the overly sweet or juvenile.”
Above: French interior architect and designer Astrid Houssin favors green, overall, and integrated both Little Greene’s Windmill Lane 296 (walls) and Ho Ho Green (ceiling) in a project in Fulham, England.
Above: Nickey Kehoe opted to coat the living space in a New York City loft with Benjamin Moore’s Feather Green 625. Photograph by Haris Kenjar for Nickey Kehoe.
Above: Designer Lonika Chande used Farrow & Ball’s Breakfast Room Green on the trim and joinery in a Hackney bedroom. “It’s energetic and vibrant without being overpowering,” she describes. “The neutral walls knock it back. I love the character that painted woodwork brings, particularly to period projects.” Photograph by Milo Brown for Lonika Chande.
Above: Painted floors transform the indoor porch of a 1920s Minneapolis Craftsman by designer Anne McDonald who used Farrow & Ball’s Green Smoke for the project.
Above: In a project by Daab Design, co-founding architect Anaïs Blehaut opted for Farrow & Ball’s Bancha No. 298. “Contrary to misconceptions, this dark color works wonderfully in a north-lit or indirectly-lit lower ground floor,” she explains. “These shades are often associated with magic and a connection to the unseen—adding magic to any space!” Photograph by Jim Stephenson for Daab Design.