- Design Inspo
Interior Designer’s Guide: How To Style An Aubergine Color Palette
Roxanne Robinson
The color elicits either all-or-nothing approaches, or pops here and there. Celebrity designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard recently posted a photo of his bedroom in his Los Angeles home. The “Million Dollar Decorator” host added a splash of the hue to the black-and-white color scheme of the room via an Alicia Adams alpaca bed throw and a pair of MLB fabric-covered shades atop bedside table lamps.
Going all-in on the purple shade adds drama and mystique to entryways such as in this Victorian house. Though the foyer may recall the old days, aubergine looks thoroughly modern when popped with turquoise and a graphic black-and-white rug. Eggplant also gives an unexpected twist to Peter Pennoyer and Katie Ridder’s country home. A settee covered in purple velvet and an antique couch covered in ikat add bohemian flair to hexagonal Moroccan tiles.
Aubergine makes a strong statement for unique seating in a living room that eschews a traditional sofa. A Mies van der Rohe settee in the deep shade grounds this ’70s-mood sitting room. Set upon a patchwork floor rug in shades of orange, the color’s natural complement furthers the statement, though don’t mistake this for any hippie den. Same for the adjustable suede-covered daybeds in this Neapolitan palazzo living room, which pop against a black-and-white tile floor and walls covered in Londonart wallpaper. Multiple shades of purple combine in this ample cushioned seating in this Moroccan living room.
For a softer edge, try Jacopo Foggini’s J. Jungle tall vase in magenta or Nason Moretti’s Idra Ritorto vase with fine twisted grooves encircling its surface, both at Nest Casa. Moda Operandi suggests this handmade Stories of Italy crackled-effect tall vase, also made from Murano glass. Another option in the same famed Venice glass comes from Sonne Carlo Moretti, whose Murano contemporary mouth-blown oval vase contrasts eggplant with stark white.
