Kerry Washington's Green Apartment Makeover

Environmental designer Danny Seo gives actress Kerry Washington's apartment a makeover that's spirit-lifting (those colors!), life-smoothing (that office!), and planet-friendly.

By: Stacie Sutkin
O, The Oprah Magazine | May 12, 2009

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She immediately went on the road to campaign for presidential candidate Barack Obama. Before she left, though, Danny convinced her to let him give the apartment an "eco-makeover." Since he had decorated the apartment Washington shared with her fiancé, she knew he would not only make her new place functional and beautiful but keep it economical (she's no spendthrift) and use materials that were aligned with her eco-conscious values. "She basically handed me the keys and said, 'Have fun!'" Danny recalls.

He injected color into the living room by draping one wall in vibrant red and white organic cotton fabric from Rubie Green and adding pillows made from recycled materials (grain bags, burlap).

Lamp, Style de Vie. Sofa, JCPenney. Pillows, Vintageweave Interiors, Vagabond Vintage, Jiti Bedding, and JCPenney. Coffee table, Baker. Rug, Vintage Textile. Paint (throughout apartment), Benjamin Moore Natura.