Pretty in Pink
All week my inbox has been filled with emails regarding the pink color of my living room.
It’s a lovely shade of pale/barely there pink that took quite some time to find. Pink can be a difficult color to use in a room as a grown up, because so many of the available shades look too kid friendly.
Of course Martha Stewart always comes to the rescue and in her new paint collection I was able to find a shade of pink that was pink enough for me, but neutral enough for Jon. Ah compromise. 🙂
Another shade that I love and has a teeny bit more pink to it is Italian Villa by Behr:
Also Nicole from Making it Lovely aka the Queen of Pink has a great post rounding up her favorite shades of pink!
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My living room is one of the rooms that evolved drastically from when we first moved one. Originally I painted the walls chocolate brown and did accents of white, blue and orange. That lasted maybe 2 years.
Our dining room sat empty for months. Okay maybe it was empty for just a handful of weeks and then we couldn’t take it anymore and put in a folding table and plastic outdoor chairs, but in my mind that was still empty.
On the main floor of our house we have a Florida room. Being that it’s a Florida room it is a considered a 3 season room, because there is no heat in the room. The previous owners used it as an indoor patio with outdoor furniture and it looked like this when we moved in.
We just painted our daughter’s room pink, not because they are two little girls but because the fabrics in the room demanded it. We didn’t want to be cliche, so found the perfect pale pale pink with a hint of coral from Sherwin Williams–“Angelic.” I knew I got it right when an out of town (male) friend saw the space for the first time and said: Awesome! It’s pink and I don’t want to puke!
Your living room color is gorgeous. So ethereal. Love all the punches of bold color, too!
Heather
I love your living room!
I just love your blog!
This room is SWEET!
I may be wrong but wasn’t the wall with the couch brown? The pink opens the room up and definitely creates the look of a bigger room.
Wendy, it use to be brown a while ago. We have a cottage and we were going for a cottage type feel in the room with warm browns, teals and oranges. I lived with it for about 2 years, but then the addition of a new fabric in the space turned into a complete re-do. So out went the brown and in went the pink!
I love your room, it makes me smile !
your living room is amazing, seriously girl you killed it!!!!
Wow so pretty. What a great pick.
Such a fantastic and understated color. I love your choice.
So jealous you have a pink living room! I love it, it looks so fresh. Nice work, as usual my dear!
You picked the perfect shade of pink to anchor the room’s bold colors. Daring and very well done! Love the room.
I love the room! I am trying to search for shelving and I love that white number you have going on. What are those called? where can I get one???
hi,
I just stumbled upon your blog..It’s fabulous.I admire your style and your DIY ideas…..will look out for more from you.
Regards,
Rohitha