Archive for the ‘Purple’ Category
More pastel gorgeousness, via Nuevo Estilo, decorated by Luis Puerta. Pink, turquoise and gold, what a heavenly color combination.
I’m absolutely head over heels over for designer Ana Antunes’ amazing home. It’s light and modern, and chock full of amazing vignettes! What’s not to love about that?
I came across this amazing purple room on Pinterest, and immediately fell in love with the wonderful atmosphere and the endless glamour. After a little investigative journalism, I found it to be The Phene restaurant in London.
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THE PHENE via AN AMERICAN GIRL IN CHELSEA
A beautiful specimen of the sun mirror, layered on top of a floor-to-ceiling mirrored fireplace definitely constitute the focal point of the room. Apart from the gold ceiling, the room is decorated in a monochromatic color scheme of purple. Velvet fabric adds a heaviness and shine that I always find very glamorous. Here’s a tiny slideshow with a few more pictures; enjoy:
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This photo of TV personality Khloe Kardashian’s glamorous home office has been on my radar for some time now, and as I keep stumbling across more and more gorgeous photos, I feel it’s time to put them all together in a blog post :) Good idea, right?
images via HGTV, photography by Laura Joliet
This purple living room is the lovely work of interior stylist Emily Henderson of HGTV’s Secrets From a Stylist.
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She picked a lovely plum paint color for the walls. To lighten the overall atmosphere of the room, she installed white baseboards and light drapery.
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Aren’t the rustic elements in this living room just lovely? I think it makes such a cozy atmosphere.
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The paint color is BM Vintage Charm. (Looks so different on the wall, huh?)
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For more sources, visit Emily’s blog!
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Recognize the fabric? It’s called Swan Lake, you can get more info in this previous post ;)
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I love how Emily contrasts rustic finishes and natural elements with clean lines and shiny chrome finish.
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Love the antler, I recently brought home a pair from a flea market.
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The chrome and glass bar cart is fully stocked and ready to go. I’d mix myself one of these:
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Looks delish! Click here for the recipe ;) Have a great weekend my Friends!
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photography by Brandon Barré
If there is one thing to love about classic buildings, it’s definitely the wainscot. And just to cover all bases, wainscot is wooden panels, most often seen covering the lower part of a wall. It was originally popular for its insulationg property, but is mostly used as decoration these days.
A more simple and less costly variant of wainscot is the shadow box molding. It’s basically just thin molding, and the possibilities are endless. Let’s take a look at some great examples:
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Image via brides
The owners of this entryway added tall baseboards and shadow boxes on the lower half of the walls and even on the door, to make the space more interesting. It definitely worked!
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image via Style at Home
Although these shadow boxes looks to be recessed, this style can easily be recreated with thin strips of molding. (to see paint color suggestion for this room click here )
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image via Brides, design by Mary mcDonald
Another example of shadow box molding. Such a great way to bring contrast to a dark paint color. (To see more of this bedroom and paint color suggestion, click here)
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image via Apartment Therapy
But that’s not to say that shadowbox molding doesn’t work equally well on lighter walls as well. You can see a very different take on this in the teen bedroom of the same home as the one above ;)
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Burnham Design
A beautiful beige living room decorated with shadow box molding. I think this is a great example of the depth this molding can create.
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design by Kendall Wilkinson
The moldings may be in a color contrasting to the paint color, or painted the same color as the walls to add texture instead of a prominent visual element. (You can see more of this bedroom here).
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image via Horchow
Mix it up for a more modern take. Here the boxes are designed in a geometric pattern, using bamboo moldings.
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image via Sherwin Williams
Here’s a fun example where the interior of the shadow boxes are painted a color that complements the general paint color. Such a fun and pretty dining room!
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image via Sherwin Williams
Another variation is to paint the moldings a color other than white (not pictured ;).
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Or you can of course use beautiful wallpaper!
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Image via Apartment Therapy
And here’s a fun option for renters: metallic tape shadow boxes!
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