If The Pink House had a hotel…
You might have noticed from the Pink House Instagram that the list of pink places on our bucket list (it’s pronounced ‘bouquet list’, of course) is growing ridiculously long. So in the interest of getting organised, we’ve decided to create pink travel guides for our favourite places. They’re like regular travel guides, but read through rose-tinted glasses…
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Image via Posh Frocks & Wellies Pinterest
Stripes, sequins, candy floss and friendly elephants - what’s not to love about the Big Top? Here are The Pink House’s favourite circus-themed interiors to help make yours…(cue Hugh Jackman voice…) THE GREATEST HOME ON EARTH!
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Paper Collective Amelie Hegardt Dancer, £45 from Selfridges
You’ve just moved into your brand new rented home, a blank canvas of white walls and cream carpets. You’re excited to make the place feel like home. But wait. What are the rules here? Are you allowed to paint the walls? Are pictures okay? Is blu-tac more annoying than banging a hole in the wall? Can the curtains come down? Can new shelves go up…?
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Look. At. Those. Tiles.
The Wing is a female only workspace – but much more than this, it empowers women to achieve in their careers and partners with non-profits to support the advancement of marginalised women and girls. It’s even been called a ‘millennial-meets-suffragette’ space…
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The iconic five: Sporty, Scary, Baby, Ginger and Bus.
It’s official: 2019 is the year Spice Girls-aissance. First Ginger, Scary, Sporty and Baby (Posh who?) announced their comeback tour. Then we found out you can legitimately stay the night in The Spice Bus. Here’s a sneaky look at the Spice Bus’ hallowed interiors. And yes, there’s a pink Girl Power neon sign, because of course there is…
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Soho Home sprinkles aesthetic fairy dust over the humble velvet armchair
I have a shameful interiors secret. It’s taken me a little while to admit it, but I’m just not *whisper it* very good at vintage. So I’ve deferred to the vintage experts at Soho House, The Old Cinema and Vinterior to get their top tips on vintage furniture shopping…
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Are you ready, are you ready for love?
Love Island is back, but we’re less interested in analysing the Pantone shade of the contestants’ tans (somewhere between Mango Tango and Atomic Tangerine) and more about rating the rooms inside the new villa out of 10. So pour yourself a tequila sunrise, put on your teensiest swimwear and decide if these interiors are 100% your type on paper…
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Eagle Mansions, sold by The Modern House, proves a pink wall can add desirability
We asked Rosie Falcon, Director of Home Sales at The Modern House, whether it’s easier to sell a minimalist beige house than a maximalist colourful one, for her quick wins to add £££ to your house price and whether we really do need to paint over our leopard print ceiling when it’s time to list the property…
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Pinterest, eh? We interior bloggers can get all excited about the room renovation possibilities, pinning hundreds of images of brass taps and tiled hallways, then promptly forget all about it for weeks. But the truth is, Pinterest is one of the most important tools out there for driving traffic to your blog and as such should be part of your regular social media strategy. It’s wayyyy more fun than it sounds, promise…
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Avocado and raffia have combined to form a super group
Bella Freud’s knitwear is instantly recognisable and effortlessly chic, transforming a chilly day into a bright one with a swift injection of her signature playful style. So when we heard she’d designed an apartment in the newly renovated Television Centre – also home to the utterly fabulous White City Soho House – we had to take a snoop around…
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Fifty Shades of Green – the more calming, interiors-based sequel
Nicola Broughton, better known as the wildly successful @the_girl_with_the_green_sofa makes the rest of us look like slackers. We spoke to her about juggling her online life with the real world, as well as the magical unicorn of Instagram – actually making hard cash from your profile…
Read MoreJane Mackay, the journalist who wrote this feature in Luxury Edinburgh (a glossy magazine published by The Herald), actually took the time to come to my Edinburgh book launch at The Principal Hotel in Edinburgh’s George Street, and interview me in real life…
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3D image of The Pink House, complete with the pink steel extension we’ve received planning permission for
A few months ago, when I told a neighbour we were applying for planning permission to erect a pink steel structure at the front of our house, she just laughed: “In Lewisham? You’ll be lucky!” But we DID get lucky, and ours was given the go ahead just last week. Hooray! Break out the pink champagne!
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Painting the town pink, room-by-room
Here at The Pink House, we unabashedly LOVE pink and everything it denotes – irreverence, playfulness, flirtation and yes, an unabashed celebration of the feminine (whatever gender you are). So we rustled up The Pink House’s most on-brand shopping edit ever. Here are 11 perfect pieces to pink up your pad…
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Just look at that drinks trolley…
We chatted to Shelley Carline, owner of amazing interiors shop (and Instagram account) Hilary & Flo. Shelley spoke to us about the blurred line between personal and professional when your social media accounts are your business, as well as that elusive question: how to grow sales by growing your Insta…
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