It all sounds wonderful to me Igloochic. I love an amethyst color so I'll be watching the progress you make. I found a bed and breakfast that had a lavender room, check it out.
http://www.bedandbreakfast.com/photo-manhattan-ny-inn-brand_bed_and_breakfast_chelsea-photo.html

Oh that sounds yummy igloo. Here are some pics I found.

Had to throw this one in...now that's my kind of decor...LOL

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Go for it...should look awesome. :-)

This is not victorian but it gives three purple colors. Check the ceiling out in constrast to the walls.
This room is REALLY purple, yikes.

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Igloo, if you like purple check out this amazing toile on ebay. I have been thinking about getting it to cover two wing chairs but may not be enough.

Here is a link that might be useful: Antique purple toile

Sounds wonderful to me! Go for it. :-)

Your room has been popping into my mind all day since I read your post this morning.
Please send pics when you're done. It sounds fabulous!

I love that last picture.. wish my husband would let me go with purples!

Sounds like a great idea! I recently started liking purple. I'm excited to see how it turns out.

We stayed in a lovely purple room in a bed and breakfast in the Poconos. It would have benefitted from the blacks and greys you plan to have kept it from being so feminine. Everything was purple and white and lace and knicknacks. Over the top for sure! I kept thinking that I'd hate to dust that room! LOL!

I'm sorry to get back to this so late....hard day in toy town (which is what DS calls our house lately). I adore the samples posted :) And live wire....that comment about needing the black and grey is a biggie....thanks. I don't want any of our guest rooms to scream "chic" :) I actually love this victorian because it's masculine and so many aren't. It's so easy to take them into the lacy hell we call B*B land LOL

I'm a big plaid and stripe lover so most of my wonderful fabrics are those, and I also have some gorgeous ivory silk with black monkeys and palms or something...fun stuff that I can dress up but also keep manly at the same time (hold back on the lace LOL)

Some of those plums are fabulous. I love deep rich color and despite the low ceilings in these rooms (they're the old servants quarters in the attic) they're beyond light with big windows and this one room I want to do has skylights as well (yes they're not victorian but they're there so I'm leaving them).

I would toy with a soft lilac ceiling, rich plum trim (it's already painted and I'm too lazy to strip it) and gray walls....Black floors.

I have to tell you...I'm planning this in my head because I'm trying to avoid finishing the dining room which I'm painting after removing the wallpaper. The ceiling is a deep and old gold (almost a green gold if that makes sense, it's a made up color). The walls are between avacodo and olive :) (another made up color LOL) and the picture rail dado is in deep brick/burgundy? Ok I'm just odd LOL

I have to finish this week...and inbetween finishing I need to adopt a child, buy a refridgerator, clean the house and umm do 400 loads of laundry (we moved the laundry room to the house this week...I'm so excited LOL).

Purple and black is so much easier to think about LOL thanks for the beautiful inspiration. I have it in my head and it always helps to pull it out here on GW :)

Does this fabric do anything for you?

Here is a link that might be useful: Purple & black toile

Here's a picture that maybe someone could tweak in PS to experiment w/ better shades of purple & add some black & cream elements:

Igloo, here's a site that has pictures of purple rooms, some with black and white accents:

Here is a link that might be useful: Alkemie -- The Color Purple

igloochic-Look at BM Aura Wenge. It is a dark brown/black with a purple undertone.

The rich, dark plums are stunning. If you are looking for a lighter violet that leans toward grey... our dining room is Benjamin Moore 1447 Amethyst Sky. It kind of changes color (more or less purple) depending on time of day. We really like it.

It's at the far end of this shot but I think you get the idea:
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My bedroom is a lilac (looks pink in the picture) with black furniture and toile bedding (from JCP).

Here's the small master bath in the same color.

Next time we paint I think we will stay with purple, but chose a darker shade.

Easter Ribbon BM

DriftScape BM

Grape Hyacinthia Pratt and Lambert

Raging sea Behr

Purple Haze Benjamin Moore

Carolina Plum Benjamin Moore

Igloo, was hoping to have input from you on HT re: the BP mess. Someone mentioned you there today.