I’m not the kind of person who follows trends. When it comes to fashion and music and home decorating, I march to the beat of my own drummer. But purple is one trend that I’m all over! Pantone recently announced that Radiant Orchid is their 2014 colour of the year. And soon after after, Sherwin Williams announced that its colour for 2014 is Exclusive Plum.
“This dusky, filtered violet is refined without being stuffy, elegant yet easy, and layered with romantic potential.”
Jackie Jordan, Sherwin-Williams director of color marketing.
It just so happened that I had been thinking of repainting the ocean-inspired gallery wall in our hallway purple. The perfect spot to try out Exclusive Plum! What was charcoal grey…
…is now pretty in purple :-)
Oh yeah, feelin’ the purple love! In fact, I was so in love with the colour, I needed more of it! But where… no way was I painting the whole hallway. I did that a few years ago and just about peed myself painting the front entry on wobbly scaffolding with only the chandelier to grab onto if I went down. Nope, not happening. Hmmmmm… there’s no reason why I couldn’t paint one end of the hallway purple…
And now all dramatic and sexy in Exclusive Plum :-)
I love how the purple works with the dark brown doors and the flooring and the colour at the other end of the hallway. And it’s totally satisfied my need to have more purple in my life :-)
What’s your colour of the year for 2014?
Love this colour Kelly.
ReplyDeleteIt came out pretty. The art pops on it. XOXO
ReplyDeleteIt all looks amazing. Happy New Year to you and the pups xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a perfect place to indulge your purple passion. I bet it makes you smile just coming and going daily.
ReplyDeleteI'm thinking a light purple shade will look terrific in my office. First comes some de-cluttering, exactly what many of us do every January!
Happy New Year!
I love the hallway colour now. And I see you did what I did last fall and painted your interior doors black - love it. My colour of 2014 is simply to enjoy all the painting from this past year, and to continue my recovery. May 2014 be a colourful year for you!
ReplyDeleteOooo! Very pretty! I like the change!
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