Scallops for the Bathroom

Todd Romano - Veranda

This beautiful chinoiserie bathroom is in Todd Romano's own home in San Antonio, Texas with chinoiserie wallpaper, bamboo matchstick blinds, and an Imari porcelain platter above the door. I love the lilac trimmed scalloped towels - a pretty and unexpected pop of color.

Lilac for Spring

Lilac Floral Lace Clarise Dress

 

This is such a pretty color. Lilac is a pale pink with purple in it. It is of course named after the color of lilac flowers. Whenever I think of lilacs, it reminds me of the famous poem "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" by Walt Whitman. When I was in fifth grade, we each had to memorize a portion of this long poem and recite it. It is about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Grab This!

Collection Santorini Bag with Feathers in Vintage Lilac

 

Feathers are a big look this holiday season. Adding this bag would instantly dress up any holiday outfit.

Lavender

Stubbs and Wootton x Lycette Monogram Slippers

I am not a purple fan at all, but I love a soft orchid or lavender. That was the color of my study in NOVA.
 

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Lilac Bedroom Walls

Miles Redd

 Lilac walls have a modern feel while still maintaining that sense of spa/retreat/sanctuary that we love in a bedroom.

McMillen, Inc. /Elle Decor

2014 Color of the Year?

I have posted several times lately about how I am seeing more and more shades of purple used in interior design and how beautifully purple combines with Chinoiserie. I especially like lilacs and lavenders and soft purples with gray or blue undertones. I have a Pinterest board on the subject here. I remember being at a Farrow & Ball party a few years ago and asking one of the F&B executives why there was not lavender or lilac in their color range. The response was, "We don't do pretty colors." Farrow and Ball has now added a lavender gray I love called Calluna that they describe as "a much requested pretty heather colour." I guess they changed their minds.

Above is another wonderful example of combining purple and Chinoiserie - Nicolette Horn's master bedroom in Oslo in violet. I suspect that we are about to see colors in the purple family named as hot colors for 2014 and perhaps even as color of the year by someone. We shall see. For lots more inspiration on combining purple and Chinoiserie, don't miss my September Houzz Ideabook here.

Farrow & Ball Calluna

Trending - The Color Purple - My New Houzz Ideabook

Charlotte Moss

I see the color purple as an emerging trend in interior design. No longer relegated to the rooms of tween girls, it is popping up in stunning dining rooms, living rooms, master bedrooms, and powder rooms as a modern and sophisticated choice. Purple ranges from very soft gray with a hint of purple, to lavender, lilac, amethyst, all the way to deep plums and aubergine. The combination with Chinoiserie is amazing - purple is especially wonderful with blue and white Chinese porcelain. I also love it with Chinese red and coral. Please check out my new Houzz Ideabook for more inspiration on this very chic duo. And thanks to Houzz for featuring my Ideabook on "Chinoiserie to Put You in the Pink" over the Labor Day weekend. You can find it here.

Suzanne Kasler

Katie Riddder

Audrey Curl

Amanda Nesbit

Kelli Ford and Kristen Fitzgibbons

Kimberly McCluskey

This new colorway lilac/purple/cream in China Seas Trellis Background is going to be a big hit -

Purple and Chinoiserie

Suzanne Kasler - Veranda - Gracie Wallcovering

I must admit that purple was never a favorite color of mine in fashion or interior design, but, as with most things, combine it with Chinoiserie, especially lavender or lilac and I love it. This bathroom by Suzanne Kasler with its Gracie wallcovering is absolutely gorgeous. Here is more inspiration on combining purple and Chinoiserie and my Pinterest board on the subject.