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Chelsey Bowen

Chelsey Bowen is a Decorating Editor for HGTV.com and contributor to Design Happens

Sep 9

Fall Color Trend: Purple

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That’s right! The royal color in Pantone’s shade of Purple Heart is popping up everywhere this season. It’s decadent and refined, but most importantly it adds an air of creativity to any space. Whether you want a touch of purple or a full-on look, we’ve put together a fun list of purple products with our new styleboards. Click on the picture to get the details on each product.

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Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing some of our favorite finds for each color from Pantone’s Fall Color Trend report. Be on the look out for American Beauty (a lush red), Honey Yellow, Warm Olive and even Creme Brulee.

Chelsey Bowen is a Decorating Editor for HGTV.com. She is a lover of style, whether found in well-designed rooms or the latest fashion runways. Her obsessions include magazines, cooking, estate sales and her puppy, Baxter..

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  1. Wonderful post. Purple is one of my favorite colors. It's very helpful to see how you can use vibrant colors like purple within your home. I love when people have strong style and move away from the "safe" colors.

    sarah on September 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM

  2. I painted my half bath a purple and then color washed a pewter color glaze over it. It looks fantastic! The pewter added a subtule glow to the beautiful purple colr. We love it!

    wendy on September 11, 2009 at 6:38 AM

  3. Beautiful!!! I LOVE purple. I want that bedroom :)

    anna on September 11, 2009 at 11:57 PM

  4. I have found that Purple and green, of the same shade type work very well together in decorating. They really complement each other!

    Sam on September 12, 2009 at 5:38 AM

  5. Love it! Painted my laundry room lilac and goes great with my pale lime kitchen next to it!

    Rose on September 12, 2009 at 2:34 PM

  6. Purple is great, I did my bathroom with glass subway tile and purple accents and towels and rugs, looks great!

    Jimmy on December 14, 2009 at 7:18 PM