Mauve Drapes

Before the flood this is what our living room looked like.  We had the same mauve drapes I picked out with the JC Penny decorator the year after we got married in 1989.  I loved the drapes with traditional swags and a darker outline of pink.  They matched the floral couches we bought at Dillards.  I thought my room was complete.  However in the 90's mauve was not a popular color.  So it felt very outdated very quickly.  It seems like mauve became the oh nooooo word over night.  Yet in the 80's everyone decorated with mauve.

Lesson learned.  I grew to love my mauve drapes.  I pretended they were a flower petal.  They became different shades of pink in the light.  I could pull them shut with the cord.  My husband always said I think those drapes are just right every time I talked about changing them.  So I was excited when I found this floral print to blend with the mauve drapes.  My mother made matching pillows for the sofas.   Does anyone have any mauve stories?