Green is trending on The Block 2022, here's how to make the colour work in your own home

If you didn’t already know green is one of the top trending colours for 2022, you’d know it after seeing the colour featured in room after room on The Block this year.

Tom and Sarah-Jane went big and bold with olive green in their House Decider challenge bedroom, while Dylan and Jenny and Ankur and Sharon also chose green for the same spaces.

Then Rachel and Ryan picked green for their feature wall and wardrobes in their guest bedroom, and they are going with green again for the feature tiles in their master ensuite.

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Green will also star in Tom and Sarah-Jane’s master ensuite in their wall tiles and heritage pattern floor tiles. So clearly we haven’t seen the last of this colour on Season 18 yet.

Though green is naturally suited to the country look featured on The Block this year, judge Neale Whitaker said the colour is making an appearance in other interior styles too.

According to Neale, green started trending a few years ago when people were spending more time at home because of lockdowns.

“Green is definitely having a moment in style and design generally throughout the world. It’s kind of taken over from [millennial] pink, it’s definitely all about green now,” he told 9Entertainment.

“A lot of that I think was born during the pandemic when it was difficult to get outside or to be outside, so people were looking for ways of bringing the outside indoors and to use green, and to use botanical prints, and things that referenced the outdoors was an easy way of doing it.”

Darren Palmer, who is also a judge on The Block alongside Neale and Shaynna Blaze, said this is part of the biophilic design trend. This concept is based on the idea that humans are innately drawn to connect with nature, and living spaces are being designed with elements to reflect that.

But it’s not just biophilia that is influencing The Block contestants to choose green, it’s also the stunning country landscape that surrounds the Gisborne properties where the show is set this year.

“All those different hues of green have a place in these homes because of their environment,” Darren explained.

“Those colours that are immediately outside [the homes], from the grass, the eucalyptus and all the other trees around – and there’s some really amazing majestic trees on those properties – as well as looking into the Macedon Ranges and the way that the greys and blues change those greens in the distance.”

When it comes to using green in your home, first you need to decide which of the many shades of green you’re going to use. Some shades of green can clash when used together, and some hues work better with different colours than others.

For an easy way to work out which green you should go for, Darren recommended choosing shades found in the landscape and plants.

“My rule is, if you see it in nature and they work together, they’re going to work in a home,” Darren said.

“So if you think about green moss on a grey slate roof, for example, or the colours of purples in an artichoke heart, and how they blend into greens. Or any colour from any tree that you can grab a branch off, those nuances of colour are going to work together,” he added.

“Nature gets it right. If you’re in doubt, look at nature.”

Anyone worried about green clashing should avoid bluey greens according to Neale. Instead, he recommended using emerald and peacock greens if you’re trying to make a statement in a room.

“If you want the green to work with other colors, then I would opt for the greyer side of the spectrum. If you stick to the more subdued green shades: olive shades of sage, going right through to khaki at the darker end of the scale, you are pretty safe because those shades of green almost work like neutrals,” Neale said.

In terms of how you add green into your home, you can start simply by adding some indoor plants for natural green colour. Décor is the next best option for adding colours because cushions, throws, vases and rugs are much cheaper and easier to swap out than big pieces of furniture.

Paint is another affordable way to bring colour into the home, and it can easily be painted over when you’re ready for a change. You could do a feature wall using green, but Darren encouraged Block fans to be brave and do the whole space.

“I think a full room of any colour is better than one wall generally, unless you know that you are using that color to either make the wall recede or jump forward visually, and that’s the only reason why I ever do one wall or something. I think you get a much better impact with a bit more courage of the application of colour,” Darren advised.

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This article was originally published by Nine.com.au. Reproduced with permission.