I'd consider siding in a more nuetral color- maybe a grayed green, and use the eggplant color for your trim and door.

I love it! It goes with the style of the architecture and it is not over the top. It is subtle. I really like the trim and the window detail colors with the purple. Will your house have gray stone?

The home above is lovely. It will be very important to get the colour perfect. I could see this going sideways if not

I am not a fan of purple in exterior. It is too girly. If only some combo. I like muted green as the mail color.

Or

what if, instead of purple siding, you did a deep sage w/the eggplant trim, along w/a cream, and eggplant door and plantings?

Something like this, but where you see that red, make it the eggplant/aubergine color

Farrow and Ball Pelt.

then bring in the front door color, porch steps, this shade of cream (on the posts) and all the different shades of purple plantings. (like the purple flax and lantana)

This house combo,, but instead of black, use one of those eggplant colors. and a cream instead of Loggia

If you want an actual purple siding (which I like, but not w/this bright white trim) then you'll have to get paintable siding.

and go w/a purple black, not a Barney purple.

Black Swan would be pretty

In fact, I think that color would look fabulous painted on the exterior like this one. with a natural wood door? wow.

Domino is also a nice shade.

similar to this coloring. bring in bright green foilage in the yard. stunning.

Craftsman homes in the ARt/Crafts era were about nature and blending in w/the surrounding landscape. These were coming off the Queene Anne period w/their "painted lady' homes. Now those welcomed bright colors. Build a Victorian home if you want bright bold colors. Craftsman homes? think deep forest colors

The key to pulling this off will be a very period correct looking Craftman. IMO you can't pull this off without an architecturally correct home -i.e. no builder plans. You need the kind of attention to detail and massing that your inspo pic has.

It's stunning. Hi risk - Hi reward - but the bones HAVE TO BE right.

First, I just want to thank everyone for their helpful responses. I browse Houzz a lot, but I rarely post anything and this has all been incredibly helpful.

Second, I love the suggestions of a green or grey-green siding with purple trim; it's visually interesting and pops without being too much. We had originally chosen a muted green siding with wicker accents, but the neighbor to our build site just redid their siding (they were finishing it up right before Christmas) in almost the exact same colors we had originally chosen. We're not super close (we have 4.25 acres of land), but we're still within eyeshot and don't want to look like we match/copied them. We've also considered blue siding with orangey/cedar accents, if anyone has any opinions/suggestions there.

We just want something that's interesting and stands out without being obtrusive, and yes, we want to stick more within the craftsman palette of natural colors/tones (we both love the craftsman style for that intrinsic, homey feel which comes from both the design and colors). And our house is being custom designed by an architect who is very familiar with and fond of the arts and crafts/craftman style, so as far as the color palette lining up appropriately with the architectural detail, I don't have many worries about that.

Though I feel very fortunate to be building a custom home, I'm finding that I keep getting design fatigue and analysis paralysis for all the options available. I want to build a classic home that has lasting style and functionality; covering all the bases is difficult, to say the least.

The purple color is gorgeous. So is that sage that @Beth H. :posted. I hope you keep us updated if you can find a colored shingle that works. Could you post the plans or tell us more about your house? Is it a builder plan, or do you have an architect?

I can bet it is painted siding so get a siding you can paint if you love that . We have purple house near us and honestly not anything I would want to live with long term . I need to see your house plan

but I have yet to find a company that makes siding in any shade of purple

You buy primed, but unpainted siding and have it painted the color of your choice.

Purple sounds scary but it does look pretty good on the inspiration house. :)

Of course that house has real wood instead of precolored faux wood siding so if it didn't work out, it would just require more paint.

@Sueb20 on the decorating convo side has a gorgeous dark plum Victorian with a dark gold trim . It is stunning. You can post over there or search for her pics. i would do it in a heartbeat. We did Kendall Charcoal with white trim on a 1910 Foursquare. But I have BM Kalamata walls inside :)

Hi we are looking at Black Hyacinth Hardi Plank siding. It's in their Dream Collection. Online it doesn't look as plum but the sample is. Samples are not free for the Dream colors. We plan on using Marin windows with black frames and black trim. Ours is a small cottage and we'll use lap siding on the bottom with the shake in the gable ends. Share photos when you're done.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/181903272424873029/

Use smooth hardie siding and paint it any color you like.

What a gorgeous house! Love the ideas posted as well.

Did you ever find a good company that will do a purple hue? I am interested in the same color for my house.

Hardi board has some purple family but we are doing a small cabin so i think theres a minimum order for their designer colors