The dining room I designed for OKA/Photo: Nick Pope

How to design a dining room

November 16, 2018

When OKA asked me to design a room - any room - using their products, my first thought was, “where is the bar cart going to go?”. I bloody love a bar cart, me…

My Edinburgh bathroom/Photo: Susie Lowe

Pink House Helps...in the bathroom

November 14, 2018

This is the first in my Pink House Helps series, and I’ve decided to start with some popular questions on bathrooms. Hopefully this post will help make your littlest room into the loveliest room in your home.

Pink adults Halloween party drinks tray styling

Styling an adults-only Halloween party with Sainsbury’s Home

October 18, 2018

This year I’m determined to reclaim Halloween; why should the kids have all the fun? So I’ve teamed up with Sainsbury’s Home and used their excellent Halloween décor range to help me style up a scary drinks party at The Pink House, with absolutely NO kids allowed…

Hush Homewear winter florals feature by Emily Murray from The Pink House.jpg

The Pink House X hush

October 17, 2018

My wardrobe is full of gorgeous Hush clothes, so when they asked if I would write a piece for the Hush magazine and blog about bringing the winter floral trend into your home I was delighted…

“If Mummy had only remembered to pre-book tickets I’d be at the top right now”

The dos and don'ts of Paris with kids

October 12, 2018

I don’t speak French, but 48 hours in Paris with an eight-year-old has qualified me to share my dos and don’ts of a (mainly) successful avec-kid trip to this sexy city…

F*** You Cancer, a brilliant new book by Deborah James; click HERE to buy

Why I’m not qualified to write about cancer (but I’m going to do it anyway)

October 2, 2018

Until I met Deborah James AKA @Bowelbabe, Cancer was pretty much pink ribbons and park runs. Now, thanks to my inspirational friend, I’m starting to learn a little about what it’s like to be on the other side of Cancer.

The Pink House’s peachy family room, decked out in fabulous Shrimps for Habitat decor

The Pink House family room reveal!

September 26, 2018

In the same way that most families have an awkward uncle, stubborn aunt or uncooperative cousin, most homes have a room that’s just plain difficult to decorate. In The Pink House’s case, this room is the Family Room…

When Painthouse met The Pink House

The new paint company rewriting the colour rules

September 18, 2018

A couple of months ago I got a mysterious email about a paint brand called Painthouse - a brand so new their website didn’t even exist yet. They sent me the 72-colour paint chart…and I was sold straightaway. These are some seriously mood-lifting colours…

Sexy AND practical - what more could you want from a (otto)man?/Photo: Susie Lowe

Why you need an ottoman in your life

September 12, 2018

Wherever we live, we all wish we had more space. Especially if - like me - you live in London, where property costs an average of £7000 per square metre. Eek! And so we need to be making the most of every inch.

"Oh yes - it's TOTALLY to his taste..." Photo: Architectural Digest | Design: Drake/Anderson

QUIZ: Are you winning the interior war?

August 24, 2018

The first rule of any fight? Know thy enemy. This quiz will help you understand your interior design opponent and your personal fighting style, and I’ve included some useful hints and tips to help you overcome your nemesis…

Any brand that has you serving up pink champagne is fine by me | CREDITS: Jacket, hat, tables, all QVCuk.com; ice bucket Kalinko; skirt, Hush | PHOTO: Jane Looker Photography

How brands should work with bloggers - a case study

July 20, 2018

I made myself a solemn promise when I started The Pink House that I'd only work with companies that fitted the following criteria: 1) I loved their stuff, 2) they loved my stuff…

The Pink House in the Evening Standard

June 24, 2018

It's an odd feeling, standing on the Tube, watching people stare at your kitchen and read you being quoted as saying, "It was important to me that my kitchen didn't look like a kitchen"…

Me with fabric designer Emilie Georgia (L) and Zoe Anderson from W.A. Green

Oh what a night! The Pink House X Sofas & Stuff launch party

June 21, 2018

You know when the stars align, your dreams come true and your husband says, "I can pick the kids up, no problem"? The fabulous launch party for The Pink House X Sofas & Stuff, which took place in Shoreditch on 13 June, was one of those times…

The Pink House X Sofas & Stuff

Introducing The Pink House X Sofas & Stuff limited edition collection

June 10, 2018

It's here! I'm incredibly proud and excited to introduce The Pink House's first ever retail range, a limited edition capsule collection I designed in collaboration with my favourite sofa company, Sofas & Stuff…

Photo: Susie Lowe

The Pink House London kitchen renovation Part 2

June 8, 2018

Here it is! My pretty-much-finished kitchen, in the South East London house we bought last summer. I can hardly believe how different it looks now compared to before the renovations, especially considering we didn't actually change the main kitchen cabinets…

Amara Interior Blog Awards IBA16 Best Newcomer winner The Pink House

Winner Pinterest UK 17 Best Wow factor interior The Pink House bathroom

Best of Pinterest awards best use of colour 2017

"Fabulous family living!"

Emily Murray founder of The Pink House Living

"Hello! I’m Emily Murray, founder and editor of The Pink House. I’m a lifestyle journalist who has written and edited for loads of different publications, including Stylist, The Guardian, Grazia, Cosmopolitan, Conde Nast Traveller, Brides, and Mother & Baby. Here I am in the bricks-and-mortar Pink House in South East London, where I live with the Pink House Husband (PHH) and our two small, semi-feral boys. Our fabulous Christopher Farr sofa is covered in marker pen and chocolate, and the Eames rocker has a few suspicious stains. Come in and make yourself at home. No need to take your shoes off."

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✨FAUX FUR AND DIAMONDS ✨I might live in London now (here I am hanging with the skater bois at the Southbank skate park), but I’m an Edinburgh girl born and bred. And like so many other Edinburgh lasses (or ‘aw fur coat nae knickers’ as the Glaswegians like to call us 😳), I used to love accompanying my mum into luxury jewellers @hamiltoninches magical George Street store. I was in awe of the sense of history I felt – Hamilton & Inches was established in 1866 and have been holders of the Royal Warrant for over 120 years – and would gaze in reverence at the timeless, exquisite jewellery. Which is why, when my wonderful grandmother left me a beautiful citrine stone in her will a few years ago, I went straight to Hamilton & Inches who reset it in gold so beautifully, so sympathetically, that it did not only the stone, but her memory, justice. So I’m incredibly proud to be working with H&I and wearing this drop-dead-gorgeous dewdrop diamond millgrain necklet in rose gold from their collection by @fope_gioielli . For more info on the Fope dewdrop collection, and a closer look at the jewellery of dreams (you didn’t need my 40-year-old face any closer to the camera 😂) head to the @hamiltoninches website and search ‘dewdrop’. Then start paging* Santa, pronto! 🎅🏼
*does anyone outside the medical profession actually even own a pager anymore? #AD #myhi #cherishandinspire #fopejewels

One of the things I love most about running The Pink House is working with incredibly talented creatives who are passionate about what they do. Such as the fabulous florist @hayfordandrhodesflowers who are responsible for these beautiful blooms in my Christmas sitting room mantel scene from last year, which also happened to appear in last week’s @graziauk 😊. This year’s festive mantel is a work in progress (to be revealed next weekend) but if you fancy a bit of @hayfordandrhodesflowers in your life before that then skip back 2 posts for the AMAZING competition I’m running with them (which includes a gold teapot necklace from @alexmonroejewellery - I KNOW!) - you have until Sunday to enter. Happy evening everyone! 💖😘 Photo: @susielowephoto #tbt #pinkchristmas

Do you remember the days when getting dressed was the best part of a festive night out? 👗👘👙Those leisurely hours spent drinking cheap wine with Radio 1 turned up LOUD, while you tried on every sparkly outfit you owned? ✨🍷✨No; me either - it’s all lost in the distant pre-kids fog. Now, assuming the babysitter hasn’t cancelled, my Christmas get-dressed routine consists of 5 minutes during which I simultaneously screech instructions to the hapless sitter (“Seven thirty - eight at the ABSOLUTE LATEST! AND SORRY ABOUT THE FRIDGE!”) while inhaling a bowl of cereal and dabbing unidentifiable smegma off this year's solitary going-out dress. But while I may be missing out on dressing MYSELF as I would like, I’ll be damned if I’ll let the kids ruin my rituals when it comes to dressing the Christmas tree. And so I’m proud to present this year’s ‘grown-up Christmas tree’, which I decorated leisurely over a glass of sherry while the kids were at school #sorrynotsorry. Look how I was able to stick to a creative concept (pink at the top, fading through blue to green at the bottom; an ombre rainbow, if you will) without the children screeching about their hideo...sorry; ‘delightful’ home-made decor not getting a look-in. With grateful thanks to @houseoffraser for providing such a gorgeous selection of beautifully bright decor so my tree could get luxuriously dressed. What are your thoughts on tree decoration - do you let your kids get involved? Or do you prefer a less, er, collaborative approach? 😅 #AD #houseoffraser #overtoours #cheatingonfashionwithfurniture

It’s the first of December. You may now officially crack on with Christmas 🎄👍🏻. Now we’re on the subject this pink ghetto blaster tree decoration is a timely reminder by @w.a.greenlondon that the 1980s did Christmas better than any other decade. That pink is the best Christmas colour clearly goes without saying. Though of course I DID say it - see three posts back 😂 #sorrynotsorry #80schristmas #pinkchristmas #ghettoblaster #cheatingonfashionwithfurniture #thepinkhouse

If anyone’s looking for me I’m hiding from the mayhem that is kids’ bedtime in my home office. If the Pink House Husband asks, I’m ‘working really hard’ on a ‘very important job’ and I’m definitely NOT ‘faffing about on Instagram’. See Stories for direct links to my latest picks from the lovely @riverisland Home collection (black ceramic vase, natural agate book ends, gold leopard) 📷: @megantaylorphoto #ad #rihome #cheatingonfashionwithfurniture #thepinkhouse

Although I firmly believe there’s no such thing as the ‘wrong’ colour combination, sometimes it can take a while to find the perfect colour combo for your own room. Take my sitting room for example. I have a rough colour scheme of blue, pink and green going on in here, though felt that perhaps more green was needed to match the emerald in my @christopherfarrcloth Carnival-covered sofa (just seen on the right of this pic). So when Zoe from luxecyclers-to-the-stars @mucknbrass asked what colour I wanted my vintage corner drinks cabinet to be painted I chose green, with gold trim. But although it looks really good I’ve never been sure it was quite the right hue for this space. But what was? PINK of course 🤦🏼‍♀️. So yesterday Zoe came round and collected the cabinet and I gave her a fabric sample of the pink/purple velvet footstool for colour matching - can’t wait to see how it’s going to look - watch this space! 💖💖💖 Photo: @megantaylorphoto #ihavethisthingwithpink #ijustforgotthatmomentarily

The day I realised I could ditch the traditional Christmas red and green in favour of pink and green was a truly liberating one 💖🎄💡. Not only did it mean I got into festive decor like never before, it also helped me realise I could chuck out a few more seasonal traditions that didn’t suit me...Slaving over an undercooked turkey? I’d rather head to a hotel for my Christmas Day feast 🦃❌. Struggling to find a babysitter for an overpriced night out on 31 Dec? Have a New Year’s Eve Eve party on the 30th instead. 👶❌ Fed up with the freezing conditions? Head to South Africa ❄️❌ (I wish!)
If you’re also dreaming of a pink (or multicoloured, non-trad) Christmas, I’d highly recommend @houseoffraser who has everything you could possibly need for fabulous festive decor, including these glitter flamingos and baubles, this pink star tree topper and an actual pink Christmas tree. I’ve added links on my Stories. #ad #overtoours

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My wardrobe is full of gorgeous Hush clothes, so when they asked if I would write a piece for the Hush magazine and blog about bringing the winter floral trend into your home I was delighted…

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The dos and don'ts of Paris with kids

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I don’t speak French, but 48 hours in Paris with an eight-year-old has qualified me to share my dos and don’ts of a (mainly) successful avec-kid trip to this sexy city…

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