Home Tones: Mauve

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Mauve is French for mallow, an edible plant whose flower the colour is named after. A pinky grey shade of purple, mauve is warm, peaceful colour. Team it in interiors with dark grey, white and other complementary shades on the purple spectrum. It also looks great with various types of wood, both light and dark – beech being particularly successful in rooms we’ve seen.

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Mauve roll top bath with marching towels and window blindcredit

L-shaped kitchen with mauve Aga and floating shelvescredit

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mauve upholstered bar stools in a black & white open plan kitchencredit

Lavender Lamp

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detailed view of a lavender coloured vintage rocket lamp

We’ve had lots of these 1960s rocket lamps over the years… usually orange or cream.

lavender coloured vintage rocket lamp in Picture House Antiques

This is the first purple one.

detailed view of a lavender coloured vintage rocket lamp showing its pink bulb

The lamp has teak legs and a spun fibreglass shade in lavender/lilac.

lit up lavender coloured vintage rocket lamp in Picture House Antiques

It was added to our Picture House Antiques pitch at the weekend… it’s perfect for that funky bachelorette pad!