Purple: It's not just for Prince and Vikings

Old folks' furnishing catalogs and decor magazines tell us that purple is all the blow one's top, and top designers have been filling clients' homes with everything from purple wallpaper and furniture to purple lampshades and up pillows.

It can be a tough sell, says Betsy Burnham, initiator of Burnham Design in Los Angeles, who has used purple frequently this year. Clients sometimes blanch when they learn "purple," envisioning garish, overpowering hues, she says.

"Sometimes it takes putting the color up on the rampart or buying a couple of yards of the fabric to convince them," she says. They're as per usual thrilled with the elegant results.

"I've done walls in a gray-purple and it's wonderful-sophisticated," Burnham says.

It is true that purple has to be used wisely. "Too much purple can seem Austin Powers-ish or way too babyish," says Brian Patrick Flynn, founder of decordemon.com .

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