July 2009

I absolutely adore all of your comments on pink walls, I feel so encouraged and excited! Are you ready for more pink? Today I have rounded up a collection of photos (all are from Living Etc.) of gorgeous rooms using pink as an accent color, which – oh, just shoot me – I also love! But can I have soft pink walls and pink accents in the same room? What if the walls are just the faintest hint of pink? Oh dear. Well, let’s look at the photos and then I would love it if you would weigh in with your thoughts at the end. Only 30 days to go till we move into our first house!!!

This is one of my favorite spaces – the black and white feels very crisp, but the little bits of pink and deep raspberry are just enough to make it feel feminine and inviting. And oh my goodness, what I wouldn’t give to have a giant etched mirror like the one propped against their wall! Gorgeous!!

I am really drawn to modern Moroccan/Indian rooms like the one above: white and silver, rosy pink and deep fuchsia, exotic treasures collected from around the world… Somehow I don’t think my main living space will end up looking like this! But one day, I would love to have a little room like this with white floors and gorgeous light, where I can sip tea and listen to music.

Okay, so this room is a little much. I know. A chartreuse table with milk chocolate brown walls and a raspberry chair? I probably wouldn’t do that in real life, but I wanted an example of pink living with darker, more saturated colors. I would like to turn the second bedroom in our new house (which is off the living/dining area) into a salon-style office, and I’m looking for a nice rich paint color that will look good with lots of art hung on the walls. Ideally, I could bring a few berry-pink accents into the room as well, to connect it with the living room.

Berry, magenta, fuchsia, mm… I do love those strong pinks as accents; but I don’t want to OD on pink! So, what do you think: yea or nay on the pink accents? Is it possible to use deeper pink accents in a room with pale pink walls? What other colors would you use? I would love to hear from you!

And p.s., there may just be a third part to this mini-series next week, about pairing pink with other colors: Thinking Pink, Part 3: Palettes; so stay tuned for that!

{images: Living, Etc.}

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