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Pink Rooms That I Don't Hate

A while back, Annie shared with us her dislike of purple. I feel the same way about pink so I too, decided to challenge myself to find pink rooms I actually sort of liked.

 
 

I noticed that with the exception of one, the rooms that appealed to me the most had interesting architectural elements to them or a cool piece of furniture that made the room interesting. Don't you just love the tile floor in the first image?

(Images: 1 vtwonen, 2 Jordi Canosa, 3 Living Etc, 4 via Nibs, My Points of View, 5 The Rug Company)

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two of those rooms are white with pink furnishings

posted by Lady J on October 20th 2009 at 1:16pm
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I love pink. I loathe white coordinated with pastel pink, as all of these pics present it. Pink can be as strong and energetic as red when mixed up in rich saturated hues and combined with other strong colours like orange or ultramarine, as is common in India and Morocco. This washy pastel pink almost always looks self-consciously 'boudoir' to me, no matter what kind of room it's used in.

posted by amed studio on October 20th 2009 at 1:24pm
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I like the bathroom...it stops there. I just can't stand Prissy Pink.

posted by clampers on October 20th 2009 at 1:24pm
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I am always surprised when I like pink anywhere, though I confess I don't like it in any of these rooms.

posted by Joan A. on October 20th 2009 at 1:37pm
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I like the first two spaces - but not so excited about the last 3.

posted by bepsf on October 20th 2009 at 1:39pm
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I like the first one, it helps to have beautiful tile and molding any color would look good in that room. The bathroom is pretty the rustic wood plays well with that stone wash pink.

I love this all pink tiled bathroom, it was post here before-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44713708@N00/4029143919/

This pink rug too-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44713708@N00/3900732479/in/set-72157622103111178/

posted by LoriSF on October 20th 2009 at 1:46pm
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Yep. Still hate pink.

posted by rexrayfan on October 20th 2009 at 1:57pm
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I love pink in the right conditions. The only photo in this group that I could stand is the last one, but it's only got pink accents.
You should check out Making it Lovely
http://makingitlovely.com/
She has painted half the rooms in her house a pink, and I do not despise any of them. They are all gorgeous. She manages to make them warm and cozy without being to girly or look like Valentine's Day threw up in the room.

posted by Rolen the Great on October 20th 2009 at 2:09pm
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Love the chairs in the first photo.

Anyone know where they are from?

posted by teacupcake on October 20th 2009 at 2:32pm
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in contrast, examples of pink rooms that have balls:

http://www.designspongeonline.com/2009/03/sneak-peek-david-alhadeff-of-the-future-perfect.html

http://www.warymeyers.com/interiordesign.f.html

posted by Antonine on October 20th 2009 at 2:37pm
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I love pink.

posted by KWorld on October 20th 2009 at 3:10pm
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I hate this kind of candy pink. If you are going to do pink, go BOLD. None of these rooms apealed to me at all.

posted by cliokitty on October 20th 2009 at 3:14pm
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I'm not crazy about any of these rooms. I prefer a bolder pink as opposed to the Hello Kitty pink.

posted by suzy8track on October 20th 2009 at 3:21pm
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Faux no.

posted by LBhirise on October 20th 2009 at 3:21pm
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I'm not a fan of pink rooms, in general, but I'm starting to see more that I like...
Here are a few other rooms on Opaline that I liked... I thought I'd hate hot pink, but Betsey Johnson's house makes it look tolerable.

http://www.opaline-sucasa.com/2009/08/trend-spy-pink-rooms.html

posted by suby on October 20th 2009 at 5:36pm
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Anyone for pepto-bismo? Yes, you can add me to the despise pink list. I don't wear pink either.

posted by citygirlincountry on October 20th 2009 at 6:56pm
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I like pink, mainly as aan accent color though.. I've got a cool origami pillow cover in pink paisley for sale at www.wharfsisters.etsy.com if you wanna take a gander!

posted by inti on October 20th 2009 at 7:33pm
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I love pink. That first room is great, I adore the paint effect on the pink wall. Paired with white, or a soft green or yellow, pink is a great accent color too.

posted by kuroneko on October 20th 2009 at 9:05pm
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I like the first and the last. The bathroom would make me feel ill every morning.

posted by kelleyk on October 21st 2009 at 8:35am
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I love the tile or linoleum on the floor in the first picture. My favorite pink is the bold color in the third picture. Yummy!

posted by aj on October 21st 2009 at 3:44pm
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I do NOT love pink. I'm sorry, but I still don't like these. The last one is alright. I think the way for me to swallow pink in interior decor is a really dark pink. And maybe even coupled with red to be complete antithesis to "pink-ness".

posted by MODERnestS on October 23rd 2009 at 3:12pm
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