Tickled pink

Today’s post is about my fleeting obsession with pink. Not the singer.

After weeks of pondering I finally bought an elegant little set of drawers on legs from the local junk pusher. Delightfully, having got it home (that’s another story) I found that what, in the gloom of the junk-a-teria, I thought was off-white, turns out to be a lovely pale shade of blush pink. It fits perfectly the alcove in my bathroom and houses the towels. I love it – I keep nipping in there to check it’s as nice as I remembered. I also find myself wondering what else in the flat I can paint pink…

Pink crockery pink walls pink wallpaper

Above, pink picks from Bloesem, Yvestown and Interior Divine. And just to clarify, this pink I’m thinking of is soft and subtle, not the full-on Cartland pink exhibited below. Although, hello, isn’t her place looking rather chic? A discussion for another post, perhaps.

Barbara Cartland

Image: Stephen Shepherd

3 Responses to “Tickled pink”

  1. Jess
    August 17, 2010 at 5:03 pm #

    I love pink! It is such a happy colour, I’m sure it has been proved that it makes you happy although when I tried to look in Google, I didn’t find a thing!

  2. Hannah Walker
    August 17, 2010 at 6:36 pm #

    Loving the subtle shades of ballet shoe pink… but you tantalise us by not showing your actual cabinet! I want to see it!

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