Trend setting interior designers have already added shades of purple back into their color schemes. New York-based designer, Amanda Nisbet created a dramatic bedroom in purple, brown and white. Loving the Louis XV chair and foot stool in white with brown and white contemporary upholstery! And the throw pillow pulls the color scheme together perfectly.
The master of color, Jamie Drake designs a stunning Manhattan bedroom in magenta, fuchsia and purple. Creating a focal point, Drake adds a dramatic custom button-tufted headboard wall in chenille from Cowton & Tout called Brasilia Lilas. The floral brocade bedspread is also from Cowtan & Tout.
Designer Phillip Sides creates a soothing bathroom in the North Carolina home by using white subway tiles and painting the walls a soft lavendar - Classic Lilac (1002-5C) by Valspar. The cafe curtains in Manuel Canovas Suzon by Cowtan & Tout are hung mid-window to allow for natural light while still giving needed privacy.
Charleston South Carolina's Angie Hranowsky designed this ecclectic dining room with striking walls in plum. It work beautifully with the white accents - table, chandelier and table lamp and hints of blue - vases.
As we head into 2010 you will see more textile and furniture designers launching lines with shades of purple, but here are some trend-setters available today.
Osborne & Little's richly colored pomegranate and grapevine wallpaper - Maharani W6022/01-07
Designers Guild - Darnley in Heather - silk velvet with classical motif in Heather
Large raffia storage boxes/coffee table with embroidery in purple
Thomas Paul - Broderie Pillow in Violet
Pair of black Louis XV chairs in contrasting Madeline Weinrib's Purple Luce
Will you be welcoming purple back into your home in 2010?
Ooh, I love these images! I have been working on...and postponing a post on purple design, but what you have here in simply lovely. The Louis XV chairs are my favorite!
ReplyDeletei was never really a purple gal but recently i have started to try it again. and i am starting to love it. these pics are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI'm not a super huge fan of purples, but I am a fan of this post! Beautifully put together and such great images.
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I have been a long-time fan of purple, but I tend to go more for dusky plums and/or eggplant tones rather than the full-on shade.
ReplyDeleteI love it, am delighted to see so much of it (back) in the shops, but to be honest, find it just a bit hard to get an accent color that works with it, without being overwhelming. I suspect it's a color you have to commit to 100% !
I'm glad purple is making a comeback! I've got my study in a deep plum and I'm loving it, especially with white accents. Very dramatic.
ReplyDeleteDo hope to see more accessories and fabrics incorporating the color come out in the next few months. You wouldn't believe how much trouble I've had trying to find fabrics with purple in them that I like!
It's so funny you posted about this today, because I was just wondering if I'd get sick of purple if I painted my dining room a light shade!
ReplyDeleteI love the purple in that bathroom! Thanks for supplying the paint info!
never thought I would go for purple, but these images you picked are really great!
ReplyDeleteHurray! I adore purple! Especially plum and eggplant (or aubergine as we say in England - more appropriate for describing decor, don't you think?). That pale gray-lilac in the bathroom is also lovely. Now if only my other half would let me decorate the place in shades of purple...
ReplyDeleteOoh la la. So pretty! I especially love the dustier shades of purple...like plum.
ReplyDeleteWe are on the same wavelength. I really like the bedroom and dining room pictures you found. Need to buy some purple!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the Louis XV chairs!
ReplyDeletePurple is one of my favorite colors and I love when it is incorporated into interiors!
ReplyDeleteI love the images of the girls' rooms.
ReplyDeleteWondering if you could give me some design tips for my little girl's bedroom?
As of now, the headboard, night stand, and dresser are all slightly off-white wood (shabby chic style). The trim and book shelves are white. I just bought Raspberry and Cream Damask bedding and made a matching valance of same fabric. So now I'm left with that "3rd" color dilemma? Don't know what color to paint the walls nor what 3rd color and pattern to add in for the bed accent pillow and room accessories. I'm stuck!!!!
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