12 Best Purple Room Ideas

Delicious plum lacquered walls mark the private family quarters of Emily Eerdmans’s gallery-in-residence in the West Village. Inspired by her design mentor Mario Buatta, Eerdmans leaned into the idea of using “pretty” decorations such as the flirty florals covering the plush sofa. The flower-basket oil painting is by Jean de Botton.

For Leontine Linens founder Jane Scott Hodges, it was important that her dramatic boudoir had enough secret storage spaces to hide away all her treasures. Here, the purple Fortuny damask draws up “like a ball gown” and stores more of Hodges’s extensive linens collection behind its draping.

The color scheme for this Yellowstone living room by Palmer Weiss all stemmed from Pierre Frey’s captivating Mortefontaine linen. Weiss covered two swivel chairs and several pillows in it, then distributed its nutty purple, soft brown, and olive tones around the room on ottomans and loveseats. The 19th-century portrait of Pocahontas is by Victor Nehlig

For an immediate rush of joyous color, Colette van den Thillart placed a contemporary painting by Jame Lahey right in the heart of her Toronto living room. The designer created the geometric sculptures on top of the garden table herself.

Melanie Turner proves it’s all about subtleties in this Atlanta living room designed for a young couple. Lavender and deep lilac shades repeat throughout the room in the whimsical wallpaper (de Gournay) and on the dining chair (fabric, Schumacher). The dreamy hues give the entire space a youthful verve.

To make his guests truly feel like royalty, Juan Pablo Molyneux covered every inch of the guest suite in his France chateau in a lavish, indigo fabric (Watts 1874). The sofa is from the Louis XVI era.