How to Decorate a Room With Lavender Walls

Use a complementary, opposite shade from the color wheel to paint a feature wall that goes with your lavender walls. Opposite colors “go” together without matching, so opt for the warm glow of yellow-orange across from cool lavender, or a cool and collected, yellow-green diagonally from warm lavender. Choose the same hue saturation or color “weight” for balance.

Continue the decor palette from across the color wheel; introduce complementary color on countertops and in ornaments, throw rugs, chair seats and artwork.

Incorporate monochromatic, heavier and lighter purples in the form of linens, fabric trimmings, pillows, a table runner and lampshades.

Pull analogous -- next-door-neighbor -- wheel colors to use sparingly for natural looking decor. If your lavender leans to the bluer side of the chart, choose maroon that sits on one side and blue from the other to use in curtain pinstripes, fresh flowers and other small-quantity touches. For a pink-lavender, work with red and purple.

Explore the triadic scheme by picking three evenly spaced colors from the wheel for decorating versatility. For your cool, blue-lavender, a Kelly green and citrus-orange provide a visually stimulating, yet subtle effect. The warmer purple blends well with yellow-orange and aqua.

Steady a cool lavender room with a warm and rich, cherry, ebony, maple or charcoal-tone floor to avoid a "sterile" feel. Equalize the warm space through cool blonde, golden, cream, tan or light brown hardwood, carpeting or tiles. Walls and floors are the largest decor features in a space -- use them for balance.

Slip in quiet, neutral shades of white, black or gray in furnishings, cupboards and window treatments. Neutrals provide a blending background that does not disrupt your color scheme.