36+ Purple Living Room Ideas
When done right, a purple living room is incredible. Depending on how you style it, purple can be luxurious and fancy or soothing and feminine.
If you’re considering filling your space with a violet shade, this post is exactly what you need! Read on to find the most fitting purple tone for your personality.
Give These Soft Purple Tones Living Room Ideas A Shot!
Lighter purple shades are easier to pull off as they’re relaxing and feminine. These colors tend to work best with darker purple, pink, white, gray, orange, and olive shades. Plus, your room will feel a little bigger, making them ideal for small spaces.
1. Soft Purple And Pink
This room makes excellent use of the softer shades of purple and pink to generate a calming and soothing ambiance. Small details like a vase filled with lavenders on the coffee tables and the white cabinet, along with the floral wallpaper, further add to the feminine feel.
2. Lavender, Gray And White
Stylish and serene are the most fitting words to describe this contemporary-style living room. To achieve this modern and luxurious look, gray, white, and lavender took the main stage while touches of golden decorations acted as the cherry on top.
3. Mauve And Blue
Mauve strikes a balance between pink and violet and is a commonly used color in modern fashion and home decor. This color can instantly give your living room a warm and somewhat exotic feel, especially when combined with splashes of blue here and there.
4. Pastel Purple And Gray
In this living room, the pastel purple carpet provides a dynamic contrast to the slate gray wall and tan floor. This is one of the most effective ways to add a carpet to your house’s living room.
Additionally, lighter tones of purple are also utilized to the fullest, which results in a modern and elegant look.
5. Dusky Violet Wall And Turquoise
Dusky violet provides a relaxing and indulging atmosphere whilst maintaining the aristocratic nature of purple. Statement pieces like the vibrant purple sofa and occasional turquoise details are added to the picture to highlight and liven up the room.
6. Shades Of Purple And Beige
From the plum wall, orchid door to the lilac shelf, and couch, almost everything in the room is bathed in glorious violet color, with the exception of some beige furnishings and flooring.
By combining different shades of the same color with dashes of a neutral tone, the owner has given the room a unifying appearance that’s eye-catching and calming at the same time.
7. Romantic Lavender Paint With Cream Furnishings
If you want to have a purple wall but are afraid that it can be a bit too much, then lavender is the color for you.
Being lighter in tone means that this color will complement virtually everything that you choose to pair it with, take the deep purple couch above for an example. You can also combine lavender with cream – a complementary color, to elevate the feminine feel.
8. Purple And Golden Glamorous Living Room
Purple has always been associated with royalty and luxury, which is why it pairs so well with glamorous golden color. With an abundance of shiny purple and golden furnishings, this room screams nobility and power.
9. Purple Wall And Brown Leather Sofa
This IKEA inspired living room proves that you don’t have to spend a fortune to have a beautiful purple-themed space.
Apart from the leather sofa, other furniture is very budget-friendly and can be found in the living room section of IKEA, craft stores, or thrift stores.
10. Fancy Purple Living Room
This fancy-looking room uses a mixture of light and deep purple tones. While the wall is a relaxing lilac, the ceiling and other accents come in rich violet shades. Together, these details form a uniform yet complex and stylishly decorated living room.
11. Purple And Tan Interior Design
Purple and tan are made for each other as the neutral and subdued nature of tan works excellently as a backdrop for purple to shine. Here, the masterful combination of subtle purple tones with tan and white brightens up the room while not being overwhelming.
12. Striped Purple Wall And Violet Sofa
This room is covered in a striped, light purple wallpaper that’s both comforting and playful. The star of the show, however, is the sofa upholstered in daring purple velvet. The classic complementary combination of gold and green is also utilized to add a lively flair.
Essential Ideas For A Dark Purple Shade Living Room
When you’re ready to make a statement, darker purple shades are here for you. However, these tones require a bit more finesse since they can sometimes be overpowering. To get the best effect, try pairing them with gray, mint-green, pale-yellow, turquoise, or brown.
13. Ultraviolet And White
Many people don’t realize that a living room ceiling has many design possibilities. In this room, the vibrant hues of the ultraviolet sofas and ceiling are balanced out by the easy-on-the-eye white wall.
By making good use of the ceiling, the owner has found a way to add more color to the space without over-accessorizing. If you’re not ready to fully embrace the boldness of purple, this is a great way to create a more laid-back look.
The best way to make use of the immensely popular ultraviolet color.
14. Navy Blue And Saturated Purple Wall
Create a truly stand-out room with a lively violet wall, plum couch, and sophisticatedly designed patterns. To give the room more depth, navy blue and brass details such as the bookshelf or the coffee table are added to the picture.
15. Dark Mauve Wall With Teal Sofa
Another purple and blue combination, but this time, dark mauve and teal are in the limelight. The best thing about these two colors is, they are the middle ground between muted and overly saturated, which results in a soothing yet dynamic color palette.
16. Rich Violet And Golden Velvet Couch
When a room has wooden tiles flooring, people often associate it with a more old-school decor style. But the vibrant violet wall and golden velvet couch cannot be further from what is generally considered classic. Talk about an artful twist!
17. High Gloss Purple Paint And Playful Decor
This gorgeous room is the fruit of an artistic arrangement of color and whimsical decors such as the multicolored painting or the sporadic red accents. The designer doesn’t shy away from flashy colors as the walls and ceilings are painted in brilliant, shiny purple and red.
18. Royal Purple Sofa With Turquoise Blue Pillows
As you’ve already known, blue and turquoise tend to work well together, and this arrangement is another great example. While the royal purple sofa itself is a stunner, the turquoise pillows are the finishing touches to take its visual appeal to another level.
19. Purple And Lime Wall
Rich purple and a lively lime green come together to make a bold and stylish statement! At the same time, the seemingly randomized patterns on the wall add to the room’s creativity and dynamism. This color coordination is undoubtedly not for the faint of heart.
20. Velvet Couch With Vibrant Purple Wall Art And Rug
Everything about this room is chic and fancy-looking. Instead of using neutral or monochromatic paint, the designer made a bold decision to incorporate a complex wall filled with magazine-like texts and embellish it with deep purple furnishings.
The beautiful reddish-purple velvet couch is not only a head-turner on its own but also further draws attention to the striking wall behind it. Plus, it’s much easier to maintain than you might imagine.
Don’t know how to clean your velvet couch? Here’s all you need to know.
21. Dazzling Amethyst Purple Room
Go full royalty with a magnificent room in jewel-toned purple. The amethyst ebony floor set the tone for the whole room with its glamorous beauty. The deep hue wallpaper and lamps cut through the vividness of other purple furniture to create a luxurious look.
22. Gleaming Purple Floors
This masterpiece of a room comes from the genius mind of Marcos Acayaba – a well-renowned Brazilian architect. Thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows, the room is filled with natural light, which gives the brownish-purple floor a beautiful glistening effect.
23. Gray, Purple, And Yellow Complementary Color Scheme
Purple, yellow, and gray are the primary colors used in this living room. The color trio is most prominent in the couch and coffee table, where bits and pieces of each color are combined beautifully to complement one another and create a retro look.
24. Grape Juice Purple Accent Wall
Sometimes, just a splash of purple accent on the wall is more than enough to make a room pop. Take this room, for example; the tasteful use of grape juice purple paint next to the gray wall creates an impressive visual effect while still retaining the overall mature vibe.
25. Plum Shade And Wood
Deep plum is an intense color that many find hard to pull off, which is why other details in this living room, such as the artwork or upholstery, are light and neutral in tone. Natural woods are also introduced to offset the overwhelming effect of the dark purple wall.
26. Chocolate Brown-Purple Tone
Chocolate-like hues are perfect for a cozy and timeless look. While neutral tones (such as tan or beige) are crowd-pleasing and easy to mix and match, deeper shades like chocolate brown-purple instantly add a sense of intimacy to your living room.
Still Hesitant? Start With A Few Purple Furnishings!
If you aren’t ready to dive head-first into a purple living room, it’s totally fine to start with a few furniture pieces or furnishings to see whether this color clicks for you or not.
27. Wine Purple Couches
The wine-like purple couch acts as a chic highlight to a bohemian living room. If you aren’t familiar with purple decor or simply don’t want to fill your space with too much violet, then a couch like this is a safe bet.
28. Lavender Pillows On Gray Couch
Many people love to put a gray couch in their living room since gray is such a versatile color. As you can see here, thanks to the owner’s skillful color arrangement, the room fully benefits from the occasional presence of soft, relaxing lavender and blue shades.
29. Patterned Purple Chair
These two chairs would be right at home in a farmhouse living room as they have a rather distressed and worn-out aesthetic. There are also countless ways to style their unique lilac upholstery.
30. Luxurious Purple And Golden Coffee Table
The glass base of this table comes in a glorious bright purple shade that will look all the more captivating if you go the extra mile and lavish your living room with a blue couch.
Honestly, I can’t find a more fitting addition to a luxurious, contemporary-style space than this purple and gold coffee table.
31. Dark Violet Wall Art And Sofa
Not only do the dark violet wall art and sofa act as a pop of color in this otherwise unsaturated room, but they also add personality and make it more unique.
32. Green Wall With Shades Of Yellow Furniture And Purple Rug
Speaking of colors, here’s an excellent example of how to integrate a triadic color scheme into your living room. The light green wallpaper creates a vibrant effect that’s further elevated by the large purple rug, while the more subtle yellow couch rounds off the look.
33. Vibrant Purple And Light Teal Rug
The apartment you’re looking at is designed by famous stylist Marcus Hay. According to Marcus, the key to tastefully utilizing bold accent colors is not to overdo them, which explains why he chose an elegant light teal rug with just enough splashes of purple for this room.
34. Abstract Multicolored Seascape Art
This artwork is an artistic blend of multiple colors, with purple being one of the most prominent shades. As a result, it’ll look especially spectacular in a violet living room as the purple tones match and complement each other.
35. Purple Accent Rug
Here’s another purple accessory for you to choose from. The rug mixes darker tones of purple with gray and silver to form a one-of-a-kind pattern and will work exceptionally as an accent piece.
How to elevate your living room with some purple accents.
36. Eclectic Gray Living Room With Purple Accents
You might think that since there are only a few purple items here, they must be trivial, but I beg to differ. If it weren’t for the seemingly small mauve accents, such as the pillows and rug, this room would be nowhere near as inspiring.
37. Dark Purple And Gray Glam Living Room
When you want to give your living room a glam makeover, look no further than purple furniture. Thanks to its luxurious nature, purple, especially more vibrant shades, will fit this extravagant decoration style like a glove.
In this room, purple appears in the form of uniquely designed chairs, lamps, and pillows. You can also find dashes of violet on the wall art.
Tips for creating a perfect glam purple living room.
Have Fun With Purple
No matter which tones of purple you choose, always remember to have fun while decorating, and don’t be afraid to experiment with vivid colors if that’s your cup of tea! Go bold or go home, right?
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