Pretty!
I just saw
this refresh on Apartment Therapy and the
ikea lamps are just so cool. She repainted hers gold, but the silver is really pretty too. I LOVE the use for wall mounted lamps, and the wood "headboard/wall" feature is something you also could consider; it would look pretty nifty framed with the dark green wall accenting it. Especially if you found something that worked with the wood tones you have already in the room, but you also could consider something like a peelable wallpaper or even tapestry or one pretty curtain panel as a bed frame/accent to the wall - easy to changing things up when you're bored.
OH! Check out wallpaper samples because if you like botanicals - you likely could find some cool samples of stuff like this to frame as artwork if you'd rather just pop something into a frame. I've come across wallpaper sample books that even have the same print but in different colors and that would look cool as a duo or triptych of framed art on the wall. They can be cut down to fit and no harm really since they're WALLPAPER. :D
A few other ideas because I went down the rabbit hole on the IKEA site:
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/vaettloesa-wall-decoration-flower-silver-color-80473608/https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/kinnared-decorative-stickers-fern-flowers-40446829/^ find a large enough framed pic, paint the backing white or put in a big piece of white dollar store poster board, add stickers
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/bild-poster-up-close-vegetation-40498682/B/W three pack of pretty plants
Yes to large swaths of white for lightness and you totally could just do b/w photography or a huge b/w print canvas if you luck across one that you like, but depending on your color/energy vibes, you could add in accents/pops of contrasting colors. The following are just quicky suggestions to see if you like any of the combo ideas with your avocado green (lovely shade with much versatility). Oh - and depending on your taste, metallic gold is back in style for metals so you likely could find some lovely accent pieces that would work really well with that green. So the following is accents that I think would create a certain feel for things if they were used with the existing green. I like using 3 colors since it creates a color family to riff off of and looks more interesting to me, but you could literally just do one color (your green) and keep the rest of everything neutral and it would likely look lovely.
So anyway YOUR GREEN PLUS:
BOLD COLORFUL FUN:
Hyper Blue (6965) lovely bright blue
Lei Flower (6613) nice pinky coral
DREAMY CALM FOREST/SKY/SEA
Kismet (6830) soft dusky lavender
Calypso (6950) turquoise sea blue
Aquastone (9043) lighter softer aqua blue
QUIRKY MID/MOD
Obstinate Orange (6884) great BRIGHT orange that should really pop with that green but still look more mod than old (burnt orange was the old school version, but I think a brighter version works better for NOW).
Golden Plumeria (9019) same type of thing, softer than the old gold color of the 60/70s mod styling.
So if you want to get creative, what I'd do if it was me is find either huge cheapy canvas or a few odd sized canvas (3-5) for as cheap as possible. I often check my local thrift stores for stuff like this. As long as the image/painting isn't super gloppy, I can paint over whatever awful portrait/art that is there if the frame or canvas is in decent condition and most of the time can pick up HUGE ones for like $8. Sample size of white paint and a roller and depending on the coverage of said paint 1-2 coats, and boom - blank canvas.
Then get 1-3 colors you like in the little sample sizes. I know that Ace Hardware will do color matched and they have quart samples for $5 each on sale often. Or check the local painting stores/big box stores for oops paint that might be pretty. I found the COOLEST soft forest green in a metallic color (it cost like $30 for a itty bitty 12 ounce size usually, but I got it for $2!). (I'm an artist and I hoard paint for many projects so I like finding cheap pretty paint)
You can google a variety of how to do some quicky drip/splatter painting. It's actually really easy to get something cool if you're into abstract and don't want to invest tons of money into something generic - try making it yourself if you can get the materials cheaply.
Basics usually involve: go out in the yard, lay down a dollar store tarp or a bunch of newspaper then arrange the canvases in the general idea of how you want to hang them on the wall. Wearing some old clothing and using a few brushes and slightly thinned with water acrylic or interior water-based latex paint and then drip, drizzle, scribble across all the canvases. Less is more in most cases - you could do just a few loops or drizzles and have the canvas mostly white. Or you could get into a serious groove and like where its going - Jackson Pollock's stuff is pretty fun to stare at honestly. ;)
Let them dry, take a photo before you pick them up so you can tell how you had them arranged if you want them to match up and have more than a few, then put them up on the wall.
If you like any of the accent colors, you can repaint tables or even lamps with them too. Keep an eye out at the thrift stores for interesting shaped lamps or accessories and slap some paint on them pretty easy. Rugs, curtains, pillows, throw blankets, little planters if you do plants.
