25 Pink Room Ideas to Satisfy Your Barbiecore Dreams
There’s no time like the present to think pink!
If there was ever a time to banish the black, bury the beige, and think pink as Kay Thompson famously pronounced in Funny Face, it’s now. Pink—in all its blushing variations—is everywhere, from Cardi B’s OTT Met Gala look to Barbie’s blockbuster bubblegum marketing blitz. We’re not the least bit surprised. Color experts had long been predicting this rose-colored revival in interiors, with 2023 colors of the year ranging from Pantone’s electrifying Viva Magenta to Sherwin-Williams’s romantic Redend Point. And according to Behr paints, pink shades in its portfolio saw year-over-year sales increases up to an impressive 32 percent. It’s easy to understand pink’s popularity, owing to the range of hues its palette offers; its warmth; and, of course, its inherent sense of fun. Still not tickled by the idea of a fuchsia foyer or salmon salon? Thankfully, interior designers in the ELLE DECOR archive have proved the hue’s versatility, whether it’s dressing a peach-tinted changing room or in a bold floral adorning an entry. Read on for 25 of our favorite pink room ideas.
Bubblegum Everything
This dreamy house, in France’s famed Grasse region, was renovated by Lancôme as a celebration of its favorite flower: the rose. The designers responded by dousing everything inside and out in the same rosy hue. Talk about striking us pink!
Pink Mural
Pink gets even more whimsy in the elegant Portuguese home of Filipa de Abreu. Here, a mural, hand-painted in Jaipur, India, depicts tigers and a giraffe prowling across a bubblegum backdrop.
Painterly Pink Lounge
According to architect Frank Webb of the design firm White Webb, the owner of this Woodstock, New York, home wanted her office to channel a “girl-power vibe,” from the Barbie artwork by Mark Hogancamp to the painterly wallpaper by Glamora. A backlit display case showing off a collection of vintage glassware adds even more rainbow brights.
Dusty Rose Sitting Room
This room graced our September 2022 cover, and it’s easy to see why with its blush-tinted walls (Portofino by Portola Paints) and curvaceous Vladimir Kagan sofa. In fact, homeowner Mara Brock Akil calls it her “rosé room.” Let the good times flow!
Vivid Pink Passage
Fashion insiders Michel and Sally Perrin decamp to this sherbet-hued villa on Mexico’s Pacific coast, where open-air passageways and palapas are doused in electric shades of raspberry. “There’s a word in French, ludique, which means whimsical, clever,” Sally says. “I think that’s what we were trying to accomplish with this house—to keep it light and playful.”
Pale Pink Bedroom
Sweet dreams are made of this! In shoe designer Minna Parikka’s Helsinki home, pared-back Scandinavian design meets fun. The bedroom, shown here, got an entirely pink treatment, from the lacquered walls to the shutters to the bedframe. “I love creating worlds that are filled with fantasy and escape from the mundane,” she tells us.
Soft Peach Dressing Room
Could there be anything more glamorous than a blush-hued dressing room? Studio Shamshiri coated this colossal closet entirely in pink, but it doesn’t go saccharine owing to organic forms and bespoke timber storage.
Pink Appliances
If you’re looking for ways to bring pink into your home beyond a coat of paint, consider your appliances. When New York firm Le Whit designed this fun pad for a local accessories designer, “We were deliberate about the pop of ultrafeminine with the stove,” principal Liza Curtiss says of the La Cornue cooktop. “It was our client’s dream stove—she’d discussed it with her family years before, actually!”
Scene-Stealing Pink Sofa
Kicky pink furniture can also achieve the impact of a pink-painted room...without the commitment. This puckered pink sofa from Ligne Roset brings just the right hit of color in this New York apartment designed by Nina Barnieh-Blair.
Magenta Moments
We couldn’t possibly leave out this Barbiecore-fabulous Canadian mother-daughter residence from our archive. And though it relies on a soft blue to ground the overall palette, the designers from Plaid Fox incorporated pops of magenta and mauve in the accessories.
Maximalist Pink Wallpaper and Bedding
Twinning and winning! This bedroom, in the Hudson Valley home of Perifio’s Matt Bidgoli and Raphael Portet, is covered in an energetic crane-patterned wallpaper from Milton & King. Pink bedding on the antique twin beds makes it extra maximalist.
Surreal Scene
Both Barbie and Salvador Dalí would be swooning over this lip-themed teen bedroom in a Houston home designed by Elizabeth Young. Even the wall is covered in pink puckers!
Monochrome Terrace
We had to do a double take when we saw this rooftop terrace, in Lancôme’s pink paradise in Grasse, France. Everything—furniture, railing, and tile roof—is coated in a single bubblegum shade.
Rosy Office
In the New York apartment designed by Le Whit, the kitchen wasn’t the only venue to be viewed through rose-colored glasses. The home office received pink cabinets, pink wallpaper, and playful pink accessories.
Pretty in Pink Entry
Consider bringing in a pop of pink via a blooming floral wallpaper, a favorite of ELLE DECOR style director Parker Bowie Larson. Touches of blue keep it from feeling like too much.
Pale Pink Exterior
This Georgian home may be stately in every sense of the word, but that doesn’t mean it shies away from fun. The homeowner, designer Antony Todd, coated the entire building in a pale tint with an olive-green door for extra contrast.
Ballet Slipper Walls
Pink can serve as a neutral when mixed with the right furniture and accessories. In designer Ramsey Lyons’s happy (dare we say hoppy?) abode, a pale ballet slipper hue adds just the right dose of fun to the living room alongside traditional and contemporary silhouettes (and the two adorable pet bunnies, of course). “I’ve made a space that is about joy,” she says—and we couldn’t agree more.
Pink Painted Floor
The palette of this San Francisco artists’ residence was inspired by the sweet pastel colors Wayne Thiebaud’s French Pastries. We, of course, especially adore the Pepto Bismol–pink floor.
Blush Bedroom
Textile designer Lisa Corti is not one to shy away from color, especially in her joyful Milan home. “It’s not just that I see color combinations, I actually feel them,” she tells us. Corti’s pink bedroom has us especially smitten and is painted in her favorite hue, Light Pink by RAL.
Pink Powder Room
Come fly with me! In designer Summer Thornton’s Chicago home, jubilant herons on a petal-pink backdrop (a design from Gucci) add punch to the powder room.
Anna Fixsen, Deputy Digital Editor at ELLE DECOR, focuses on how to share the best of the design world through in-depth reportage and online storytelling. Prior to joining the staff, she has held positions at Architectural Digest, Metropolis, and Architectural Record magazines. elledecor.com
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