Tag: purple | Apartment Therapy

Quest for a Lavender Rug: Which One?

Dear Resourceful Readers, I am hoping you can help with this decision. Using the top left photo as inspiration, I have been trying to find a similar rug for my living room. It seems that lavender (o...

Elodie's Fun & Feminine Studio
House Call

Name: Elodie Location: Paris, France I'm a fashion blogger, designer and interior architect and I recently did took some pics of my very little home in Paris — it's a 26 square meter (280 squ...

A Riff on Harold and the Purple Crayon
ColorTherapy

PAINTS USED Fine Paints of Europe H00110, Farrow & Ball Clunch 2009 Whereas Harold had a purple crayon with which to design and demarcate the world according to his whims, I’m actually doing...

Purple Accents & Accessories for the Home
Roundup

We're at the end of our colorful Roundups and it’s time for purple. What can decorating with purple do for you? Think regal, dramatic. Purple is great for formal entertaining, like a dining room, ...

Mauve & Chartreuse and Other Variations on Purple & Yellow

My own personal color combination obsession lately has been lavender and the color of a bosc pear. It can't just be purple and yellow — which is a lovely combination, but not exactly what I am...

Inspiration: The Purple Staircase in "How to Steal a Million"

Annie's post yesterday on purple reminded us of the fabulous purple staircase in the film How to Steal a Million, with Audrey Hepburn and Peter O'Toole. The bold purple staircase runner and bannister...

Purple Rooms That I Don't Hate

A few weeks ago I wrote a little something called Purple Things That I Don't Hate, challenging myself to find purple decor items that I actually liked. It turns out that many of you have an aversion...

Purple Things That I Don't Hate

Purple is a big color in fashion for the fall, so naturally, all the big shelter stores are producing new items in its various shades. Unfortunately for me, I just don't get purple, and I've discove...

Storyteller: Repurposed Furniture by Isabel Quiroga

Promoting the ideas of creative reuse and the aesthetics of vintage furniture, Dutch designer Isabel Quiroga has repurposed various tables into Storyteller. This purple shelving and desk combo remin...

Eggplant, Lavender & Lilac: Purple Paint & Accents
House Beautiful

This week it's about PURPLE. We've pulled a diverse collection of purple paints and accents from the House Beautiful archives. Each one above is from a slide show below the jump. Enjoy! ...

ColorTherapy: Michelangelo’s Color Palette

The Torment of Saint Anthony, Michelangelo A rare treat was recently unveiled at the Met — a painting ascribed to Michelangelo and one of only four known to be of his hand. According to The N...

House Call: BlondeinBrooklyn on a Budget
New York

click to view more pics Name: BlondeinBrooklyn Location: Cobble Hill, Brooklyn My recent gut renovation of my kitchen was pulled together for less than $5000 (appliances included) proving that you ...

ColorTherapy: Purple Stripes

To All ColorTherapy Posts Every once in a while I report back from my forays into the field of decorative painting. This project in particular turned out pretty well, if I do say so myself. And colo...

Hot or Not? Faceted Credenza by Boca Do Lobo

Even though it's completely over the top, we're kind of in love with this limited edition faceted purple credenza (with gold interior!). Tell us what you think... ...

Hot or Not? Ami Seating by Francesco Rota

We are loving the use of texture in the new Ami seating by designer Francesco Rota. In this collection for Paola Lenti, Rota plays with extreme scale and texture with the arms and backs of these sof...

Purple Kitchen Cabinets
Paris

Not everyone is bold enough to paint the walls of their kitchen in purple. In this Parisian loft, it's the lower cabinets that got bathed in purple, giving the eat-in country-style kitchen a shot of u...

Look! Trend Confusion

The New Year brings a flurry of official declarations of what's hot or not and what's in or out. (Check out Mark's ColorTherapy post from yesterday for a roundup.) We loved this window display at Od...