pink rooms

Purple Bedroom to Ooh La La on a Budget

by Susan on March 17, 2011

in Bedrooms,Before & After,Decorating,Kids & Play Rooms

My five year old articulated it well when she first saw her new room.

“It looks like Barney threw up in here.”

The walls and doors were dark purple, and all the trim was dark pink. Seeing how we would be the ones painting it, I thought I would throw up too. That’s a big job!

mls photo

MLS photo

Before we could chicken out, we quickly started priming, thus committing ourselves to the project. And oh yes…the closet was dark purple too. Oh joy.

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Rethink Pink

by Susan on June 24, 2010

in All About Color,Decorating

Pink is a beautiful, joyful hue that has been engrained in our minds as a “little girl color” – much as a dad’s favorite sports team becomes his son’s favorite teams. Do you think pink is most little girls’ favorite color because they organically love it, or because they caught on pretty early that it’s the “team” color that represents little girls?

With two daughters, we’ve had our share of pink rooms in our home. My older daughter loved pink, but “grew out of it” (whatever that means) as shown here. My younger daughter, however, associates strongly with the hue as shown here. As for me, I like pink, but doubt I’d ever convince my husband to live in it. Doesn’t mean I can’t try and sneak in a few accents. ;)

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