Photo courtesy of Kathryn N. Ireland
A kitchen with butcher block countertops, open display shelving, white cabinets…purple is perfectly added into the decor in the roman shade above the kitchen sink and the purple wicker dining chairs.(above)
Hmmm….this week seems to be about color for me… This is the second COLOR WATCH of the week. Not planned of course. Hard for me to plan anything these days for some reason but it coincidentally happened nonetheless. I shall embrace color again today!!
I did a little browsing around and happened upon lots of spaces with purple accents so I thought I would share.
My grandmother loved purple. It was her favorite color. She had purple shirts, purple pins, cute purple dresses, purple aprons…whenever I see this color, associated with royalty and nobility, I think of my grandmother DS!
Anyhooo…here is some posh purple for you on this Thursday!
Photo courtesy of Angie Hranowsky
Love this living room. Modern and clean. A simple white marble fireplace with no mantel is center stage. Purple gets the best supporting role here in the rug, pillows, flowers and art. (above)
Photo courtesy of Amanda Nisbet
A posh purple bedroom features a headboard and roman shade in a lovely color of violet with dark ribbon accent trim. (above)
Have you or would you use purple to decorate in your home? If so, where? If not, why not?
xo
Coco
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Just love purple! So nice pictures!
I’ve used purple with a few clients….mostly darker, more aubergine than lavender. We did a nursery in lavender, gray and green with white that turned out really well. It takes a bold, out of the box client to go the lighter version, I think
The living room are great with the Denmark Furniture.Love he pictures regards
So gorgeous. I would definitely use purple in my decor!
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I loved all images, but the first is fantastic!
Sorry, my english is horrible!
XOxo our beijos in portuguese =)
Gorgeous! My favorite color. =)
Purple can be tricky, but oh how scrumptious when it’s done right! By the by, I love butcher block. I’m very done with granite!
Lovely….isn’t it funny, you are one of many people I have heard that remember their grandmother’s favorite color….my grandmother’s was RED! smiles.
I used a dark purple from Martha Stewart’s paint line called mollusk on my guest room accent wall. Everyone thinks it’s black! Wish I had gone a bit lighter, but I still love it!
Very pretty! I was given a design project in a class with just that color (as in pic 2&3). I was a little worried at first. I chose a beach house theme and used the lavender with pretty shades of green, yellow and white, with cane furniture, barkcloth, ticking stripe, etc. Came out great!
Totally love the second photo – such a great room!
2 years ago, I had a 76 yr. old client, he was down sizing from a home to a condo, and I gave him a shelter mag. to peruse. Well, we went from browns & reds to PURPLE. He noticed the trend in advertising, so we used Phillip Gorivan’s collection for Duralee, and even painted 2 walls n a lavender with a linen texture on the walls. The neutral that we used with it was grey. You might be able to see the finished rooms at the Amelia Islander magazine Aug 2009 edition. It is very smart & forward , especially for a gentleman his age.
already decided my next bedroom will somehow feature this color! got the initial inspiration from this west elm bed: http://www.westelm.com/products/b340/popup/more-views.html?active=2
this post def confirms that purple does indeed reign! xo-a
Love the 2nd picture – that woman has a great color sense!
Just finished painting my dining room a deep chocolate brown purple. I never liked purple until I saw that color… I don’t kmow what came over me but it is now my favorite room 🙂