How Amy and I Decorate with Purple Transferware + A GIVEAWAY!!!

I love purple.  I always have but this year I've been pulling it into more of my tables and Fall decor than I usually do.  Purple is a mysterious color, representative of royalty it is associated with nobility and spirituality.  It is the marriage of red and blue.

Purple looks great with both jewel tones or soft pastels.  I usually mix my purple transferware with amber, sienna and deep greens with lots of brown, but my friend Amy, at Maison Decor, does just the opposite,  mixing  her purple with softer colors like pink or aqua with lots of white.  We both collect Rural Scenes though my collection is mostly the brown polychrome version.  Here, Amy's pulling out her purple collection of Rural Scenes and glorious vintage silver in preparation for her Thanksgiving dinner. 

  I'm sure many of you already know Amy or are familiar with her blog but if not, you'll want to go over and introduce yourself.

 I've teamed up with Amy for another transferware giveaway, a $60 credit to my online shop, English Transferware.   Currently, I have over 900 pieces listed so there is something for everyone and in every color! 

(photo, courtesy Stone Gable...Yvonne made this collage using photos from my shop!...thank you Yvonne!)

Amy likes purple transferware and has put together a lovely collection over the past year or so.  I'm proud to say she bought some of her pieces from me! ;-)  Below are pictures of the kitchen that she's renovated over the past year or so.  She took it from dark to light with lots of white and you know it, purple transferware. Go check out the before pics...what an amazing transformation!

Amy pulled cabinetry from above her vent and recreated this into a small hutch to showcase some of her purple transferware. 

 ~Swoon~

I love this vignette she's created with a sugar pot turned lamp.  And what about that silver tray!?!?  

 Amy designs and makes custom draperies and she made these pillows for her dining room not long ago.  I fell in love with this fabric when she showed it on her blog..isn't the combination of aqua and purple heavenly?  It's so Amy!  

 Of course I LOVE her collection of purple transferware platters and plates flanking the mirror above.  Isn't this room beautiful?  I love her romantic, traditional style.

 I'm a Bohemian of sorts when it comes to my style...I love Old World European whether it be French, Italian or English, English Country, Farmhouse, Victorian and French.  I like all things with traditional roots but could never choose or stick to only one style.  Like I've said before about men and dishes...I can be faithful to one man, but I'd never make it being faithful to just one set of dishes!    I recently took a design test and it seemed to pin me right on the head, stating "You would never use a matched set of furniture".  That is absolutely me.  I don't, I haven't, I wouldn't, I won't. No, I am a mix it up girl at heart, but I stick to timeless, traditional style when it comes to interior design.

Above I shared some photos taken from Amy's blog, with her permission, of how she's combined her love of purple with softer colors.

Below are some examples of how I've used purple with the darker colors that I am most drawn to.

 In my former master bedroom I grouped my collection of purple transferware platters over my bed into a large arch, framing the bed and nightstands. (yes, there's a blob of paint above the bed that I was considering when this pic was taken)

The seating area below is at the foot of the bed...

 ...directly facing this arrangement of furniture and purple transferware shown below. 

 I centered the wall with a painted armoire in rich sienna and rusty tones flanked by two dark green apothecary chests topped with miniature, hand painted, armoires pulling the colors of the pieces all together.  Either side is arranged with an arched grouping of purple plates. 

 This creates one large wallscape!

This area of the bedroom displays a wallgrouping of plates around a vintage jade topped box over pretty floral paintings.

In the Master Bath I used a combination of green and purple transferware over a 10' long mirror. 

I use some of my purple transferware to store things like make-up and jewelry.

 and one of my very favorite pieces, this huge soup tureen, holds washcloths.  There's a neat story that goes with this tureen...you can read it HERE.

My past few tablescapes have been with some kind of purple transferware or a blend of purple and another rich color. 

 Here's a peek at a Fall / Thanksgiving table with historical purple transferware I'll be posting this week or next.

Wouldn't you love to add to or start a collection of transferware, or pick up a gift for someone special this season?  Head on over to the gorgeous Maison Decor and tell Amy I sent you, and while there  enter to win $60 to my shop!  Her giveaway ends on the 14th.  There's also a special discount code at Amy's for 15% off all purchases at my shop for a limited time.

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