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Laurie Smith from Laurie Lee Leather's bookshelf 

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.

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In Expert Advice, Living Rooms Tags Colour confidence, Books, Living room, Not for kids, How to
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Emily Murray from The Pink House in The View From My Window in The Herald Scotland

The Pink House in The Herald

February 15, 2017

Cheers to The Herald for featuring me and my massive face in their The View From My Window section. I loved chatting to the lovely Fiona Reid all about how I'm the opposite of green-fingered, meaning I'm pink-fingered...

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In Press Tags IBA16, House hunting, Edinburgh, The Pink House tour, London
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Prepping for a Little Yellow Couch podcast on a Big Green Sofa/Photo: Katie Lee

Prepping for a Little Yellow Couch podcast on a Big Green Sofa/Photo: Katie Lee

The Pink House on the Little Yellow Couch podcast

February 13, 2017

This week the fabulous ladies from Little Yellow Couch popped my podcast cherry 🍒  (despite my own couch being both green and rather large) - have a listen, at the bottom of this post...

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In Press, Inside The Pink House, Opinion Tags Podcast, Personal style, Living with kids, London, IBA16
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Kitchen design: Jessica Buckley Interiors/Photo: Douglas Gibb

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...

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In Opinion, Kitchens, Living Rooms, Bathrooms Tags Pink, Colour confidence, Gender neutral, Jessica Buckley, Country house, Kit Kemp, Lisa Dawson
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Farrow & Ball Railings front door with Bumblebee wallpaper

The Pink House on Design Sponge

January 30, 2017

Design Sponge is that rare beast: a site about interiors and design, which has real soul and character - masses of credit to founder Grace Bonney for featuring homes belonging to people you really want to get to know.

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In Press, Inside The Pink House, Opinion Tags Design Sponge, Edinburgh, Home tour
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The Pink House in Scotland on Sunday Homes & more

The Pink House in Scotland on Sunday

January 29, 2017

Woohoo! The Pink House made the front page of Scotland on Sunday's 'Homes & more' supplement! Inside there's the inevitable interview, this time with the lovely Fiona Reid (who herself has an excellent interior blog called Copperline...

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In Press Tags House hunting, Edinburgh, London, The Pink House tour
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In Valentino Rockstud flats/Photo: Katie Lee

In Valentino Rockstud flats/Photo: Katie Lee

Why I've ditched heels for flats forever

January 25, 2017

It's been revealed this week that there are still loads of sexist employers who force female employees to wear heels. So this seemed a good time to make a stand (!) in flat shoes, and explain why I've chosen never to wear heels ever ever again, like, ever. 

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In Opinion Tags Fashion, Shoes, Party
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Jacket: from Zara/Trophy: from Kelly Hoppen

Jacket: from Zara/Trophy: from Kelly Hoppen

The Pink House meets The Great Interior Design Challenge winner Daniela Tasca-York

January 20, 2017

Want to know what REALLY happened in this series of The Great Interior Design Challenge? I chatted with winner Daniela Tasca-York - and you might be surprised by what she had to say...

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In Expert Advice Tags GIDC, Kelly Hoppen, Neutral decor, Sophie Robinson, Pink
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Kelly Hoppen judge on The Great Interior Design Challenge BBC2

10 minutes with Kelly Hoppen

January 16, 2017

We might disagree on our favourite colour, but I'm delighted to announce that the very fabulous GIDC judge Kelly Hoppen has shared her thoughts on all things interiors, toilet roll and taupe with The Pink House. 

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In Expert Advice, Opinion Tags Neutral decor, Kelly Hoppen, GIDC
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PHH and I: compromise is a 'c' word/Photo: Andrea Thomson 

PHH and I: compromise is a 'c' word/Photo: Andrea Thomson 

The Pink House Husband Chooses Art

January 13, 2017

The Pink House Husband and I always talk about adding to our art collection, but life, Netflix and a complete inability to agree tend to get in the way. Not this time though! 

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In Inside The Pink House, Art Tags Affordable art, IBA16, Rise Art, pop art, Compromise
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The Pink House's Emily Murray in The Times

The Pink House in The Times

January 13, 2017

It's not every day your house is The Times newspaper's House of the Week - in fact it's logically impossible. But THIS day, Friday 13th January 2017, was a surprisingly lucky one for The Pink House, as we did indeed pick up this accolade...

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In Press Tags House hunting, London, Edinburgh, Home office, Instagram
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Erica Davies: you'd never know her home even HAD roomwreckers in residence

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.

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In Me & my roomwreckers, Expert Advice, Living Rooms Tags Bloggers I heart, Fashion, Colour confidence, Living room, Kids, Before and after
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The Pink House Den, as seen on A Beautiful Mess/Photo: Susie Lowe

The Pink House Den, as seen on A Beautiful Mess/Photo: Susie Lowe

The Pink House on A Beautiful Mess

December 26, 2016

A Beautiful Mess is, by its own admission, 'a lifestyle company focused on creating happiness through a homemade lifestyle'. Now, anyone who knows me will be aware that, although I can fold an origami animal or two, my lifestyle isn't exactly what you'd call 'homemade'...

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In Press, Inside The Pink House, Opinion Tags Edinburgh, A Beautiful Mess, Interior blogger
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This is where I'd rather be/Photo: JML Garden Rooms

This is where I'd rather be/Photo: JML Garden Rooms

Why we all need a she shed

December 14, 2016

Yes, there are benefits to working in the basement office. Namely, that it’s close to the utility room. But despite this huge bonus, what I really really want, with Geri Haliwellesque fervor, is not just a room, but an entire tiny HOUSE of my own. Yes; I want a She Shed.

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In Shopping, Expert Advice, Opinion Tags Home office, sponsored post, Work, Mum boss, Investment, Add value
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"What? You think it was indecorous to ask Santa about the size of his sack?"/Photo: Mawi

"What? You think it was indecorous to ask Santa about the size of his sack?"/Photo: Mawi

The dos and don'ts of seasonal socialising

December 8, 2016

I don’t know about you, but when it comes to Christmas, with its parties, presents and pitfalls a-plenty, the least of my worries is wondering what to buy Auntie Margaret (yup; shortbread again). Instead, the biggest stresses of the season are social...

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In Expert Advice, Opinion Tags Christmas, Party, Advice, Socialising
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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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📚6-BOOK GIVEAWAY!📚 This is my bedroom as it appears in my book, Pink House Living ⚡️. If you‘re a lover of a luxurious coffee table book, complete with tactile cover and loads of interior inspo, how do you fancy winning not just my weighty to
My FABULOUS new bespoke trapeze just arrived from @flingo.and.swollop and it’s giving me ALL the Glastonbury Festival feels (plus it would be PERFECT for a Pride parade 🏳️‍🌈). I’ve actually only been to Glastonbury once, in 2000, wh
We sacked off home school and went to Whitstable for the day. It was glorious. I swam in the sea, ate oysters (though not from this #pinkpilgrimage destination sadly as Wheelers isn’t open on Tuesdays), watched my son gleefully throw stones int
🍾I now declare The Pink House Deck officially...OPEN! Swipe for mini tour and see stories/Garden highlight in bio for last night’s deck launch party details, including my attempt at becoming the Athena poster tennis girl 🎾, and what happens w
10 FACTS ABOUT ME My mum called me yesterday from Edinburgh to say her old school friend, who now lives in the US and follows me on Instagram, had contacted her to ask if I was ok, as she “hadn’t seen you on Instagram for about a week!&rd
🥂Sweetie dahling! 🥂I’m proud to be working with @johnlewisandpartners and the @britishfashioncouncil to share my (rather unconventional 🤸🏼) catwalk moment and support the very first digital-only, gender-neutral London Fashion Week! Swipe to
💖PINK DECK DEBUT!💖
Who needs foreign holidays? 😬 If you’re looking for me this summer I’ll be chilling out here with socially distanced friends and a bottle of pink fizz, ignoring small person pleas for ‘just one more ice cream&r
💖PINK LADY💖 I’ve been on many wonderfully colourful Instagram journeys over the last few days, discovering gorgeous accounts belonging to creatives from a diverse range of backgrounds. I found this beautiful artwork by über-talented fell
I hereby pledge to use my white privilege - and any other privileges I enjoy - to stop being part of the diversity problem and start becoming part of the solution. The lack of diversity in the interiors industry is shocking. Things must change, and t
As part of the work I’m doing to be actively anti-racist and diversify my account, I spent time today and yesterday researching non-white interior designers and influencers. Along the way I was reminded of some incredible creatives I already fo

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