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Garden Room

Lush and layered

A home where the garden walks inside and every breeze is welcome.

Lush, vibrant, paradise-inspired. Bold botanicals, natural materials. Resort living — rattan, palm fronds, saturated color.

Brighter and more exuberant than Coastal; more resort-driven and polished than Bohemian.

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What sits closest

The styles nearest to yours, measured the same way the quiz measured you. A room of yours that does not quite fit this style often fits one of these.

BohemianBold & Statement
MountainWarm & Rustic
French CountryCoastal & Sun

How pattern works here

  • Pattern comes from the garden, and it is printed big.
  • Palm, banana leaf and fern wallpapers cover a powder room or a whole hall, on a light ground for air or a dark ground for drama.
  • Fabrics stack on top: florals and botanical prints, stripes on ceilings, and batik or ikat on pillows and curtains.
  • Color is saturated and green led: leaf greens and yellow greens, with pink, coral, sunflower yellow and turquoise as partners, set against warm white and natural rattan.
  • Tile and paint carry color too, so pick one loud field per room and let the woven texture of rattan, cane and seagrass calm it.
  • If it turns into tiki or cartoon monstera, it has gone too far.

Surface by surface

What this style asks for on each surface, and what pushes it into a different style entirely.

Flooring
  • Floors stay cool, plain and hard.
  • Palm Beach Regency houses can take terrazzo.
  • The island house calls for wide plank dark wood, or rough pine painted many coats of gloss white so it bounces light.
  • Kitchens and baths take encaustic cement tile in a pattern, or dark terracotta tile in island modern houses.
  • Bamboo flooring is an option.
  • It is a grass glued into strips, and many installers glue solid bamboo with urethane because it can be moisture sensitive.
  • Avoid: gray wash plank, wall to wall carpet, glossy porcelain wood look tile.
Tile
  • Tile carries color.
  • Palm Beach rooms take hand painted Turkish or Mexican tile on fireplace surrounds, powder rooms and wainscot, often in a luminous green.
  • Island baths take cement tile, large format or patterned, and hexagon tile banded in two colors from floor to shower wall.
  • A custom glazed tile run to the ceiling works as a kitchen backsplash.
  • Avoid: plain white subway alone, glass mosaic, gray stone look porcelain.
Cabinets
  • Cabinets read as woven furniture or as a plain painted run.
  • Cane or rattan panels set in solid wood frames are the signature front.
  • Pre woven cane sits in a routed groove with spline and glue, and works on cabinet doors.
  • A painted island in one saturated color, such as Benjamin Moore Shenandoah, adds the resort note.
  • Plain white painted cabinets, oversized to hide the fridge, suit the island cottage.
  • Avoid: high gloss slab, dark espresso stain, handleless flat fronts.
Plumbing fittings
  • Brass is the metal.
  • Unlacquered brass fittings form a living finish that darkens with use, and vintage style exposed brass shower sets suit cottage baths.
  • A claw foot tub or a marble topped vanity keeps the bath simple.
  • Teak slat mats go inside or outside the shower, and outdoor showers can be fenced in bamboo.
  • Avoid: matte black square spouts, chrome minimalist sets, vessel sinks.
Lighting
  • Light comes through a weave.
  • Rattan pendants, cone, petal or tiered, hang over tables and in halls.
  • Palm Beach rooms add brass sconces such as the Wildwood Fontana by Meg Braff, and rattan table lamps.
  • Scalloped wicker pendants soften dining rooms.
  • Bamboo pendants and palm frond sconces fit too.
  • Natural rattan does best in dry rooms or under a covered porch, not in rain or long direct sun.
  • Avoid: recessed can grids alone, crystal chandeliers, sleek chrome track.
Windows
  • Windows are for the breeze.
  • Louvered interior shutters give privacy while air still moves; plantation shutters have wider blades and let in more light and air.
  • Exterior shutters are operable and often painted, green in the Bahamas or a bold blue on a white house.
  • Matchstick shades and white curtains filter sun in bedrooms.
  • Coastal houses can need impact rated windows.
  • Avoid: heavy lined drapery, blackout roller shades alone, fixed faux shutters.
Stone
  • Coral stone is the lead stone.
  • Keystone is a coral limestone from the Florida Keys, and coquina is a soft, porous shell limestone from Florida's east coast.
  • It shows up as exposed block walls and a kitchen hearth.
  • Baths take a simple marble topped vanity.
  • Travertine and limestone can etch from vinegar, citrus, wine and bleach, and many need more sealer than granite, so they suit floors, walls, vanities and backsplashes more than a busy counter.
  • Avoid: polished black granite, white quartz waterfalls, stacked stone veneer.
Interior doors
  • Doors open whole walls.
  • Island houses take mahogany sliding doors to the porch, or huge sliding floor to ceiling glass onto a lanai.
  • A rattan and wood sliding panel can screen a bedroom from a kitchen.
  • Mahogany varies in durability with density, and Honduran mahogany is CITES listed, so ask where it was grown.
  • Avoid: hollow core flush doors, barn doors on rails, solid doors that block cross breezes.
Wallpaper
  • Wallpaper is where the garden walks in. Martinique, the hand printed banana leaf from CW Stockwell, is the resort hotel original, with a large 40 inch half drop repeat.
  • Cole & Son Palm Jungle suits a bold powder room, and reads more dramatic on a dark ground.
  • Schumacher Zebra Palm and Ananas mix palms with stripe or fruit.
  • A fern print such as Soane Scrolling Fern is the softer choice.
  • Palm Beach rooms also put stripes on the ceiling.
  • Avoid: tiki prints, cartoon monstera, peel and stick vinyl.
Paint
  • Color is saturated and garden green, set against warm white.
  • Farrow & Ball Breakfast Room Green No. 81 is striking on walls and woodwork together; Benjamin Moore Savannah Moss 385 and Wasabi AF-430 make bold yellow green walls.
  • Fireball Orange 2170-10 can sit with deep greens and plants.
  • Warm whites like Benjamin Moore White Dove OC-17 go on wood cladding.
  • Exteriors can be soft pink like Benjamin Moore Pale Pink Satin, or white with bold blue shutters such as Bahaman Sea Blue 2055-40.
  • Avoid: cool gray, greige, stark blue white everywhere.
Ceilings
  • Look up.
  • Palm Beach rooms treat the ceiling as a fifth wall with raffia, a striped wallpaper, or a pale blue paint such as Benjamin Moore Ice Blue.
  • Island houses show their structure: high exposed beams painted white, or native pine plank left natural.
  • Loggias and porches take a ceiling fan.
  • Avoid: smooth drywall with heavy crown, popcorn, faux foam beams.
Wall details
  • Walls are wood or stone.
  • Pecky cypress paneling clads Palm Beach living rooms, and plaster palm trees and shell friezes are the Palm Beach Regency flourish.
  • Coral stone left exposed, inside and out, is the island wall.
  • Plain wood cladding in a warm white suits the cottage.
  • Avoid: shiplap as a trend panel, faux brick, gray accent walls.
Furniture
  • Rattan, cane and wicker do most of the work, mixed with a few dark antiques.
  • The Albini Margherita, 1951, is a malacca frame bent by fire with rattan cane woven by hand.
  • Peacock chairs, rattan palm frond chairs, rattan headboards and a rattan canopy bed set the resort tone.
  • Porches take caned teak chairs; bamboo etageres and director's chairs add a lighter note.
  • Mahogany dining chairs or a British Colonial settee keep it from reading as bohemian.
  • Keep natural rattan indoors or under cover.
  • Avoid: matched rattan sets in one finish, gray resin wicker indoors, lacquered modern suites.
Textiles
  • Pattern is big and printed, and much of it is performance cloth.
  • Schumacher Citrus Garden, a 1947 print, comes in an indoor/outdoor version.
  • Batik and ikat from China Seas go on pillows, sofas and curtains.
  • Sunbrella is solution dyed acrylic.
  • It can resist fading and stains, and it is sold for indoor upholstery as well as porches.
  • Linen curtains and Martinique printed linen keep it fresh.
  • Avoid: shiny polyester, heavy velvet in hot rooms, dark tapestry.
Rugs
  • Floors take natural fiber or a colorful hand made rug.
  • Seagrass matting comes in squares joined to any size.
  • Sisal looks good and costs little, but it stains easily and can be rough on bare feet.
  • Bedrooms and living rooms take colorful hand made rugs, and loggias take a durable braided rug.
  • Avoid: shag, gray broadloom, printed synthetic palm rugs.

Where to start

Real paint colors and products, so you have something specific to take to a paint counter or a showroom.

Wall paint
Farrow & Ball Breakfast Room Green No. 81Cheerful green, Slipper Satin trim
Benjamin Moore Savannah Moss 385Bold yellow green
Benjamin Moore Fireball Orange 2170-10Accent with deep greens
Benjamin Moore White Dove OC-17Warm white on wood cladding
Benjamin Moore Ice BlueCeiling
Benjamin Moore Pale Pink SatinExterior body
Tile
Hand Painted Turkish TileGreen wainscot, powder rooms
Clé Large Format Cement TileBath floors and walls
Hardware finish
Unlacquered BrassLiving finish, darkens with use
Lighting
Soane Rattan Hanging Cone LightHand woven rattan pendant
Currey & Company Antibes PendantTiered rattan pendant
Wildwood Fontana Sconce by Meg BraffTwo arm sconce

The architecture underneath

A lot of what makes a room read as this style is in the architecture, before any furniture comes in.

Wood Clad WallsPecky cypress paneling or painted wood boards
Painted ExteriorSoft pink or white body with colored shutters and rails
Louvered ShuttersOperable shutters inside and out, privacy with the breeze
Deep Porch, Loggia or LanaiCovered outdoor rooms with a fan and furniture
Coral Stone WallsExposed fossil coral or shell limestone, inside and out
High Exposed BeamsBeams and plank ceilings, painted white or left natural
Walls That Slide OpenMahogany sliding doors or floor to ceiling sliders

What to know about the materials

A few materials this style uses need more care than they look like they will. Worth knowing before you choose them.

TravertineTravertine is a poor fit for a busy kitchen counter. Acids like lemon or wine can leave dull marks, and many kinds soak up oil and wine. It does well as a backsplash, on floors, on walls and outside.

If you are working on a house and want to see what this style would look like in it, set up a time with Jeid Studio and we can go through it with your answers in front of us.

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