Oh so pretty, found through sfgirlbybay. She has lots of purple there, but this one is my favorite.Love this living room. Anything with lilacs gets my heart, but also, I love that black chair... although I don't usually like black leather furniture... too oppressive. But this one looks good. Maybe because it's a small chair. I like the patterned rug. I like the piles of books. That's another thing I find calls me. Books. A room needs books in order for it to feel finished. At least for me. I also like the art. A room needs art. And strangely, I really like that radiator. I know everyone wants to hide them, but maybe radiators are nostalgic for me, growing up in NYC. Or maybe I like the graphic pattern. The stripeyness. The industrial feel.
Now let's talk about purple. I really like purple and have found it is great on walls. I used a darker shade than this in my living room once, Benjamin Moore Tropical Dusk. And my kids had a lighter shade from the same paint chip in their nursery. That was an amazing color. So warm and light and fresh. Not girlie at all. I wish I could remember the name of it.
The best thing about those shades of purple were that they were not that purple. They were muted and had a great deal of gray in them. Like shadows. I would definitely use that paintchip again. Maybe not as dark as Tropical Dusk, because that has to fill a need, but that light color was wonderful. Not as pink or as bright as the picture here.
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I love the stacks and stacks of books and the sunlight. I am good at decorating with stacks of books!
I agree, the radiator really does seem to add a sort of charm to the room. I love the patterned rugs too and as someone with a degree in marine biology, that ginormous print of what appears to be the dissected inards of a mollusk is pretty freakin cool.
P.S. I've also been drawn to lavender/lilac colored clothing lately, I think it's going to be one of this spring's signature colors :)
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