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Color Play: The Power of Purple

Go Bold, Soft or Glam With Shades from Grape to Lavender

Shoshana Gosselin June 18, 2011

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The power of purple is turning heads in home design. It is a fun color that can look very grown up and chic when infused into adult living spaces. Purple is associated with royalty and nobility. Some think is has mystical powers to calm and sooth you. There are so many shades of purple between magenta and violet that you can go as bold or as slight as you like, picking from the more pinkish tones to the blueish. Here are some ways to add purple to rooms in your home.

Julianne Kelly interiors

Add a dose of purple love through an accent chair upholstered in an eggplant shade — and in leather, now that is glam. Purple works really well with shiny tones. The chairs in front of this shimmering wallpaper create a very rich feel.

Transitional Living Room Transitional Living Room

Spice up a room filled with blue and white pieces by layering on a bit of deep purple through an accent chair, throw blanket and pillows.

Beckwith Interiors

Warm up the floor in purple using a Madeline Weinrib Atelier Grape Otto Rug. I love saying "grape."

TINEKE TRIGGS

Apply a light or deep tone of a more pink-purple violet shade on the wall behind a built-in. Wall color is an inexpensive change you can make again and again.

Peggy Braswell

Work in purple through the trim work. This bedroom is all about the gold and a wisteria shade of purple. Painting the trim adds to the Old World charm.

LDa Architecture & Interiors

Adding purple in your bedroom can be as simple as changing out the pillows. You can also paint the walls the slightest lilac color for a relaxing look.

Rachel Reider Interiors

Add purple simply by draping an eggplant shade throw over a chair. It is such a regal color in its boldest form.

The Lettered Cottage

Purple works with all styles including this French-country scene-stealing bed.

This bedroom is soothing using very pale lavender shades from the walls to the upholstery.

Case Architects & Remodelers

Turn a bathroom into a romantic retreat using a blue purple wisteria shade on the walls.

Do not be afraid of this dark shade of aubergine. This intense side of purple really pops out the streamlined cabinets in contemporary style.

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Another kitchen using a wisteria shade in a more traditional kitchen setting. Very bright and cheerful.

Glenn Gissler Design

An inexpensive way to change the look of a dining area is to refinish the chairs. These benches now become pretty focal pieces in a coat of purple.

Rachel Reider Interiors

Another deep shade of purple. And used with reds! Together they create a very warm dining area.

valerie pasquiou interiors + design, inc

Here is another red and purple combination. Rich and bold.

More ways with purple in home design

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I think of deep purple as a neutral, it surprisingly goes well with most colors and adds so much warmth. Thanks for including our work!

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tea

Purple is definetly a favorite color for me. Two summers ago I decided to style my bedroom. The finished product was a lavender duvet and shams, grey sheets, a green accent pillow and a shimmery grey accent pillow. The windows were also covered in shimmery silver/grey curtains. That was the base since then I have added a few more touches.

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