Thinking Pink For Your Home?

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Pink NEVER used to be a color to consider for me but now, I really like it. As far as room color, I love the warmer, softer pinks, similar to the one I've highlighted on my “Hue 2 Have” by Pratt & Lambert. When it comes to fashion, I like the brighter pinks very much like Pantone's Honeysuckle. 

Project Nursery

The only problem I have with pink is that every time I see pink, I think of a nursery or a young girl's room. 

QUESTION: How do we break the persona that pink is strictly just a girls color and how can we incorporate it into hour homes?

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Beautiful “Bridesmaid Pink” but it's still a feminine color and still,  associated with women. 

Schumacher Wallcovering

Here you see it with greens and lighter tints of pink but still very delicate and feminine.

… just a little too much.

ANSWER: Pink can look beautiful in our homes as long as we pair it with other colors that will either tone it down or distract our eyes from noticing it. It might be easier to show you what I mean with specific paint samples. 

Blending but not focusing.

Teal is the dominant color here, not focusing on the pink.

Masculate? (I think I'm inventing a word) a pink theme.

Love this one and it actually can be used in a mans room but use the pink VERY sparingly, maybe as a trim color.  

Distracting away from pink.

Now here is a color scheme that is just so unusual that either you'll love it or hate it. I think the pink will be the last color you notice.

What colors would I choose if I HAD to have pink in my house?

Well here they are:

I don't actually have an official pink but I have what's known as a “pinky beige”. It's the top left color and it's called Pebbled Courtyard by Behr. To explain these colors a bit, the colors on the left are in the front part of my house. The colors on the right are in the back end of my house and the burgundy is an accent color on 6 columns that connect the two sections of my home. 

Odd layout, but pretty! Would I choose these colors for a clients home? NEVER - for too many reasons to mention but, as a Color Specialist in Charlotte, it's my job to choose colors based on the needs of a client. In the case of these colors, it's been nailed and exactly what the client wanted :-)