Walls in Nancy’s Blushes by Farrow & Ball/ Photo: from Farrow & Ball How to Decorate by Joa Studholme & Charlotte Cosby, Mitchell Beazley 2016

How to choose the perfect pink paint

May 1, 2019

Want to paint the town - or at least a room - pink, but struggling to find the perfect shade? The Pink House is here to help! We caught up with Charlotte Crosby, Head of Creative at Farrow & Ball, and Annie Sloan, queen of chalk paint, to get their top tips for using pink in your home, whatever vibe you’re trying to achieve…

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…

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…

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…

Super sexy pink velvet curtains by The London Curtain Girls in The Pink House/Photo: Susie Lowe

2018: Year of the Sexy Curtain

December 17, 2017

“Our curtains are like couture for windows,” says Mary Walsh, co-founder of bespoke curtain company The London Curtain Girls, and a subscriber to the curtains-as-fabulous-home-clothing concept. Together with business partner Laragh Bohn, she made my – yes – my SEXY pink velvet curtains, and I still can’t get over how much I love them...

Never ever letting go of this wow-factor Jonathan Adler vase

The Pink House London sitting room - big festive reveal!

November 17, 2017

Amara's Kitschmas trend ticks all of my Christmas decor boxes: Pink - tick! Irreverent - tick! Luxurious - tick! Shiny and sparkly - tick! Confectionary-as-Christmas-theme - tick! This made choosing from the wide selection of decor deliciousness very difficult, as you can imagine. But choose I did...

Nicola and her famous green sofa

How I won the interior war: Nicola Broughton, The Girl With The Green Sofa

August 18, 2017

During the day, Nicola is a high-flying business woman - an investment director investing in high tech businesses - but at night/weekends she's the driving force behind The Girl With The Green Sofa...

Wendy's Enchanted Wood rug in The Pink House's living room/Photo: Susie Lowe

Choosing the right rug with Wendy Morrison

June 23, 2017

Read on for exclusive info on the inspo behind Wendy’s beautiful rug designs, plus tips on choosing the right rug for your room, decorating when you have little floorsplashers, and her next big project for John Lewis…

The Pink House's Style Room at the House & Garden Festival/Sketch by Anita Brown 3D Visualisation

How I created my House & Garden Festival Style Room

June 10, 2017

When the good people at the House & Garden Festival asked if I'd like to be one of three UK interior bloggers creating a Style Room at the event later this month, I was all, HELL YES!

Colour coded books on Stylophile's shelf

Confessions of a colour-coder (part 2)

March 11, 2017

Continuing my fascination with people who colour-code their bookshelves, I bring you part 2 in my 2-part series. This time I'm having a quick chat with interior blogger, ex-music industry professional and all-round cool person Fiona from StylophileUK...

Laurie Smith from Laurie Lee Leather's bookshelf

Confessions of a colour-coder (part 1)

February 19, 2017

Until I started this here interior blogging, I never knew a colour-coded bookshelf was a thing. Turns out, not only is it a thing, it's a very popular thing among very stylish (and witty) people.

Kitchen design: Jessica Buckley Interiors/Photo: Douglas Gibb

6 rooms that rock pink

February 10, 2017

Pink is not just for bedrooms. Or bathrooms. And it no way needs to have 'girly' or 'starve yourself' (thanks Kendall Jenner) connotations. I hope this post inspires you to add a bit more rose-tintedness to your life, whichever space you're renovating...

Erica Davies: you'd never know her home even HAD roomwreckers in residence

Me & My Roomwreckers: Erica Davies

January 7, 2017

It's time for the next instalment of Me & My Roomwreckers...this time we welcome Erica Davies, fashion, interiors and lifestyle blogger at The Edited, and her gorgeously colour-filled home in Essex.

The Pink House basement before: an ugly, oversized sofa bed, threadbare carpet and not much else

From Grot to Glamour - The Pink House Den before and after

August 18, 2016

Before the renovation, The Pink House's basement was used as a kids' playroom, with a large sofa bed for guests to sleep on. There was a threadbare carpet, dirty beige walls, and a random selection of furniture, most of which I hated.

The Pink House living room; the colour scheme was inspired by the James Hawkins painting/Photo: Susie Lowe

The Pink House Tour: Living Room

February 29, 2016

When it came to renovating The Pink House, the first job was to knock down the wall between the kitchen and living room, to make a big family room...

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

Amara Interior Blog Awards IBA16 Best Newcomer winner The Pink House

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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Perhaps the most exciting thing about my ongoing house renovations is the fact that I’m going to have a big, beautiful hallway with BUILT-IN COAT CUPBOARDS AND SHOE STORAGE! It’s also the thing that got the clutter-fearing Pink House Husband to agree to the whole renovation process in the first place.😉
My previous Edinburgh home might not have had hallway storage but it did look very pretty with pale pink walls and an @alternativeflooring spotty stair runner in deep damson that I loved. In my new hallway I want practicality AND prettiness. I haven’t yet decided exactly how the stairs are going to look but this fabulous runner - as photographed by @pineconecamp with design by @puredesigninc - is giving me some serious inspiration...and I need more! If you know of any home accounts with drop-dead-gorgeous pink (or pink-ish) hallways please tag them below! 💖
#hallwayinspo

🚽BREAKING THE LOO TABOO 🚽
This is my Edinburgh bathroom that’s been seen by literally millions of people on Pinterest and Instagram. But while shedtonnes of people have admired my sexy shower, gold koi carp wallpaper and beautiful brass lamp, hardly any of them have seen my actual toilet. Swipe for the barely-seen loo side of this bathroom…
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The thing is, I’ve realised is that not talking toilets is crazy, given that finding the right loo for you is far more important than the colour of your tiles or the finish on your taps. Going to the loo might not be sexy, but it’s the main reason we use the bathroom. Truth be told, I didn’t really think about the loo when I designed this room. And as a result the bathroom may have looked lovely, but practically speaking it wasn’t that great (although I still stand by that sit-down shower 😆).
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Now I’m designing a whole new shower room in my London home I’m determined not to make the same loo-based mistakes again. Which is why I’m delighted to be working with loo experts Geberit to help break the loo taboo and get people talking about toilets. Geberit have created the gamechanger AquaClean toilets that wash you with water – click @pinkhouseliving then link in bio for my blog post on why they are the toilets of the, er, fLOOture 😬and which one I’m including in my new bathroom (spoiler: pink is involved). And see Stories for my face as I experience one of the AquaClean shower toilets in action, even if the Pink House Husband isn’t entirely comfortable with the video…😳😂
#AD #inspiredbygeberit #lootaboo #toilettalk #pottymouth

💖 NEW BLOG POST: SUITE DREAMS 💖
Could this be the most fabulous hotel suite ever? Designed by none other than @matthewwilliamson this is Suite 67 at the @belmondlaresidencia in Mallorca and it’s ALLLL the 💖💖💖. Over on the blog (click @pinkhouseliving then link in bio) there’s more on this heavenly haven, plus we’ve rounded up a few more of our hotel room favourites. There’s even a special style steal section to help suite-en up your own home...Don’t say we’re not good to you! 😉😘
📷: @elledecor
#suitedreams #pinkpilgrimage #cheatingonfashionwithfurniture

Half of Instagram is glittered up to the nines at @campbestival and the other half is on a lounger in Ibiza BUT who needs face paint, fabulous outfits and sunshine when you could be sitting in a central Edinburgh soft play with the parental population of Scotland, as it pours with rain outside 🌧😃. But I only have myself to blame: as we’re spending every last penny on having our house renovated we‘re left with no other summer holiday option than decamping to a place we didn’t have to pay for (my parents’ house in Edinburgh), and eschewing flights to far-flung sun-drenched destinations in favour of cheap thrills closer to home 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Mustn’t grumble though. The Edinburgh Festival is about to kick off and we’ve already booked ourselves a couple of shows, including one with epic biker @danny_macaskill 🚵🏻‍♀️ showing off his array of cunning stunts in the circus over the road 🎪. And I can always look at pictures of those corners of The Pink House I HAVE renovated, like Oscar’s bedroom here, to remind myself that it’ll all be worth it in the end! #firstworldproblems
BEDCRED(ITS): Special mention to this beautiful #gifted @sofadotcom Harlow bed upholstered in Twilight wool marl - the whole bed frame easily lifts up allowing access to masses of storage under the mattress where I keep duvets, bed linen and piles of other unseemly but necessary kiddie crap. Stylish, timeless and practical - basically the perfect single bed 💙
#pinkhouserenovations

I swear I don’t go looking for pink houses - THEY find ME! This rose-tinted cottage is on the grounds of the fabulous @fshampshire where we’ve been lucky enough to stay the last couple of days as guests of the hotel. And let me tell you: even one night here is enough to make you like your family 100% more than you did when you arrived. This is due to a combination of the following elements:
⭐️ One of the most relaxing massages I’ve ever had (the 90-minute-long Hampshire Herbal treatment. And no - it’s not THAT kind of herbal 😉)
⭐️ A family-friendly restaurant - @wildcarrothampshire - that truly caters for adults (proper delicious food, a genius sommelier and beautiful interiors) just as well as kids (buffet of dreams; acres of football-friendly grassland right outside; super welcoming staff)
⭐️ An entire swimming pool (Sharkie’s Reef) dedicated to children, complete with slide, water features and a pool the perfect depth for a 6yo who’s learning to swim)
⭐️ An entire outside spa pool and loungers in the gardens dedicated to grown-ups, which you can enjoy because of the...
⭐️ Kid’s cottage/games room with PlayStation, table football, air hockey, table tennis etc etc
⭐️ The high wire adventure which we loved doing as a family - just the right amount of scary to keep us all happy 😱
Loads more in my Stories and I’ll save them in a temporary Highlight in my bio for the next week or so. 💖
#presstrip #fshampshire #pinkhousetravels

🌱What happens to indoor plants when you renovate your house? 🌱That’s what’s troubling me right now as we pack up half of our home in preparation for the grand knocking-down/building-on Pink House project that’s about to start. 🔨
Over the past couple of years I’ve learned I’m not as terrible at keeping plants alive as I’d originally thought. As a result I now have about 10 happy, healthy plants that won’t get any love or water for the next five weeks as we head to Scotland to escape the worst of the building chaos. What to do? Is it ok to give plants to neighbours to take care of for the entire summer? Maybe in exchange for wine? Or perhaps there’s another solution - such as giving/selling them back to the plant shop (@forest_london ) I bought them from in the first place? Or should I just accept my plant casualties as part of the collateral damage of knocking the shit out of your home? Trouble is I’ve grown very fond of my planty friends - I’m particularly attached to my trailing string of hearts plants, and this plant at the bottom of this macrame hanger is thriving and works so well in this space. It’s also a great listener.
Planty solutions welcome! 🌱🌿🌱 #pinkhouserenovations

[AD/gift] I love vintage furniture, but I don’t love the time it can take to source and restore. So any company that makes it easy for me to find the perfect patina’d piece makes it into my Little Pink Book of go-to interiors companies, pronto 💨 . Case in point: the wonderful @blueticking company, on whose website I found this beautiful vintage prep school desk and chair which is just perfect for my 9yo’s freshly decorated Urban/Jungle bedroom 🌃🌿 . I’ve been buying their expertly-sourced vintage children’s furniture for a few years now and they kindly offered to gift me this desk and chair in exchange for some Insta love when I fell in love with the desk’s turquoise legs and cleverly capacious storage. They even offered to spray paint the chair’s legs turquoise to match the desk (they will spray legs of their desks and chairs in any colour of your choice🎨). So now Oscar has ABSOLUTELY NO EXCUSE not to do his homework 📚✅. For more pics of this room and info on how the design came together, see my latest blog post - click @pinkhouseliving then link in bio.
GIFTED CREDITS: Paint @mylands_london | Carpet @alternativeflooring | Birdcage lamp @grahamandgreen 📷: @susielowestudio
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Aug 11, 2019

Help a sister out

Aug 11, 2019

What if there were some magical way of receiving delicious home goodies AND have that added moral superior rush one gets from the thrill of giving? These nine interiors finds look great and help to give back to charity – particularly women’s causes. It’d basically be heartless for you not to whip out your credit card.

Aug 11, 2019

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Breaking the loo taboo

Jul 31, 2019

When it comes to bathrooms, everyone’s happy to chat pretty taps, rolltop tubs and lovely lighting. But despite the fact that using the loo is the main reason we go to the littlest room, when it comes to designing a sanitary space, no-one really talks about toilets. How very British of us!

Jul 31, 2019

Jul 21, 2019

The 5 most O.T.T. homes listed on Airbnb Luxe

Jul 21, 2019

Airbnb’s come a long way from blow up mattresses on a stranger’s creaking wooden floor. With its recent acquisition of Luxury Retreats, the home rental service has thrown on a tux and entered the world of glamour with Airbnb Luxe. The villas, castles, kasbahs and private islands on offer all have one thing in common – they are luxury epitomised…

Jul 21, 2019

Jul 14, 2019

My 9yo son's urban jungle bedroom - room reveal!

Jul 14, 2019

My eldest son Oscar is a lucky little (insert inappropriate term of abuse here): of all the bedrooms in The Pink House, his has the best view. So when it came to designing Oscar’s room, its location, perched high above London, was a key consideration. I wanted to reference the city beyond his window, but balance the urban with the presence of nature…

Jul 14, 2019

Jun 30, 2019

Suite Dreams

Jun 30, 2019

The Pink House *loves* the unabashed luxury of a hotel suite, so we decided to round-up a few of our favourites, looking at exactly what makes them so fabulous. Now you can feel like champagne room service is just a phone call away (even if the reality is more like a mug of Earl Grey)…

Jun 30, 2019

Jun 26, 2019

#PinkPilgrimage to California

Jun 26, 2019

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…

Jun 26, 2019

Jun 23, 2019

The Greatest Home On Earth

Jun 23, 2019

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!

Jun 23, 2019

Jun 19, 2019

The rules of renovating a rental property

Jun 19, 2019

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…?

Jun 19, 2019

Jun 16, 2019

Everything you need to know about London’s hot new women’s members club (yes, the interiors are perfection)

Jun 16, 2019

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…

Jun 16, 2019

Jun 12, 2019

Spice Up Your Life: inside the iconic Spice Bus

Jun 12, 2019

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…

Jun 12, 2019