Collection of Tips & Tricks for Decorating with Purple from 90+ Years of Better Homes & Gardens Magazine

Tips & Tricks for Decorating with Purple

Learn how past experts and editors at Better Homes & Gardens decorated with vibrant hues of violet. Whether you’re just adding a splash of purple or diving head first into this trend, there’s something here everyone can appreciate.

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Better Homes & Gardens from 1926 | Adventuring In Color

Adventuring In Color

LIKE some far distant land of romantic lure, color holds the promise...

February 1926
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1939 | Color-IS THE THEME

Color-IS THE THEME

COMBINE A KEEN enthusiasm, a nose for news, a down-to-earth apprecia...

September 1939
Bloomer on the Shady Side
Better Homes & Gardens from 1940 | Fuchsia

Fuchsia

From South America come the marimba, the carioca, and most exotic of...

March 1940
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1948 | Dyeing for a new color scheme?

Dyeing for a new color scheme?

IF YOUR living-room draperies are looking dejected, the slipcovers t...

June 1948
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1952 | Color schemes with a future

Color schemes with a future

There's an idea for you in the clean-cut, simplified color schemes w...

October 1952
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1959 | Six rooms--dozens of ideas!

Six rooms--dozens of ideas!

Lively colors and carefree furnishings make this little-used porch a...

April 1959
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1967 | 29 IDEA COLOR SCHEMES!

29 IDEA COLOR SCHEMES!

Color is constantly changing, and therein lies its power-- and its c...

January 1967
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1983 | A NEW LOOK FOR Traditional Furniture

A NEW LOOK FOR Traditional Furniture

Traditional 18th-century furnishings never go out of style. Their un...

October 1983
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1991 | Comfort never looked so good

Comfort never looked so good

Remember when you grew up and had to put your crayons away? Get them...

November 1991
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Better Homes & Gardens from 1998 | Starting over with Style

Starting over with Style

No matter what the divas of daytime talk shows say, starting over af...

February 1998
Getting Personal
Better Homes & Gardens from 2002 | Oh là là

Oh là là

Call it French. Call it Glam. Even Kim Salmela's not sure what to ca...

April 2002
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Better Homes & Gardens from 2006 | Better Homes and Gardens presents the BETTER HOME BETTER LIVING HOUSE

Better Homes and Gardens presents the BETTER HOME BETTER LIVING HOUSE

Our project house easily transforms when the needs of a family chang...

March 2006
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Better Homes & Gardens from 2015 | Lemon+lavender

Lemon+lavender

Talk about a breath of fresh air--there's no way this combo will fai...

February 2015

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