I love pale pink---especially ballet slipper pink.

I love the shades in #4 and #6 in particular.

Personally I think there's an ugly underside to the pink backlash. Yes, pink is associated with femininity, and you think that's a good enough reason to hate it, I think that may say more about you than about pink.

Love it.

Almond Joy may have a point, but I'm a Boomer-age woman who has always loathed pale pink--most pale colors, in fact, but especially pink (in terms of gender cliches, I dislike light blue, too, unless it's paired with a rich, chocolate brown or natural linen). Now, dashes of raspberry or fuchsia, or even seriously hot pink, OK. Just can't jump on the pastels bandwagon, or the recycling of grandma's twee florals that I'm starting to see here and there. On the other hand, home decor is--and should be--a matter of personal taste expressed as fully as possible within whatever budget constraints exist, not what a catalog or blog tells you is "in." You have to live with it; you should love it, whatever it is. And it that's palest pink, surround yourself with it and smile.

...make that "and IF that's palest pink.

I want the pink couch in #1. Can't get enough pink.

I have pink in almost every room in my house. Three rooms are painted pink. I love how comfy and relaxing, yet grown-up, my rooms feel.

Love, love, love. As long as it's more peachy than Pepto.

This is great! I just moved into an apartment with pale pink walls in the living, kitchen, and dining rooms. It's a new color for me to work around so I have been a little overwhelmed but these pics are great inspiration.

Every single one of these rooms is beautiful. And every single one would look better in almost any other color than pink.

Pink isn't a girl color everywhere. For instance, an Indian friend's little boy (newly immigrated to the US) was taken to the store to choose a new bike, and chose the bright pink "girl" bike. The meanings of colors are purely cultural.

As for me, I use pink decoratively only to offset or tone down something else. I have a bathroom done in a stone that has an orangey-gold undertone, so I painted he walls shell pink. Against the stone that pink reads as a warm vanilla. By itself, however, pale pink sets my teeth on edge.

I like the first one most of all. I'm not a huge fan of pink. I find it too hard to coordinate with when it's a huge part of a room. I'm fine with splashes here and there, but pink rooms would be overwhelming.

In a recent issue of House Beautiful, a designer described pink as being a very flattering color to be in. The designer suggested thinking about how room colors made people look.

While an all-pink room doesn't appeal to me, I love pink with grey-brown because it reminds me of our beloved grey cat yawning. (That boy was grey all over--even his lips and *. So when he yawned, it was such a contrast!)

Pink is the navy blue of India.

I love it, although the hotter the better.

My daughter's room was painted a hot fuschia (and probably will be again). Our first apartment had a pink living room (I didn't expect to shock as many as I did) and pink bedroom, and in our first house, again a pink bedroom. (it was '89 and '91 respectively -- they were glazed 3 different shades, and were quite beautiful -- I went to art school, and so made a real project out of it).

I'm so tired of the parents who recoil at pink when their daughter's plead to paint their room, eventually "compromising" with a pink throw pillow or two. It strikes me as very inhibited.

Love the way the French, Dutch and Indians embrace pink -- with joy and passion.

Time for a new game.... let's guess the featured pastel color of the week for next week... I predict pale periwinkle.

Fabulous. The credenza is beautiful. With pink, you can do almost anything as you displayed so well.

Anyone that has seen my living room knows I have no problem with a little pink...
BUT, PINK to me is like the "sweetness" it evokes...it must be balanced with more "savory" items, industrial chic accessories, natural wood and other materials, it CAN be done, but BALANCE is the name of the game.

I'm not a fan of pastels, I prefer bolder colors myself, but the really pale pinks look quite nice in those photos.

For some reason I'm just not feeling the pastels this year. I have some very light steely blue that I use to offset some burnt oranges in my living room, but that's about as best as i can do. I need my colors to have more earthiness or boldness to them I guess.