AFTER: the finished bedroom!
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…
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Here it is! My pretty-much-finished kitchen, in the South East London house we bought last summer. I can hardly believe how different it looks now compared to before the renovations, especially considering we didn't actually change the main kitchen cabinets…
Read More“There are two things I definitely don’t want in our new bedroom,” said the Pink House Husband last summer, “And that’s pink walls and patterned wallpaper.” Read on for the tale of my bedroom renovation, AKA how I stuck to the PHH’s brief but still ended up with the pink, patterned bedroom of my dreams…
Read MoreWhen we bought The Pink House London it was a vision in shades of beige, which at least makes for some striking reveals as I colour it in, room by room. The kitchen is no exception. So here you go – before/after shots of the first stage of my renovation of this room…
Read MoreNever ever letting go of this wow-factor Jonathan Adler vase
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...
Read MoreErica Davies: you'd never know her home even HAD roomwreckers in residence
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.
Read MoreThe Pink House basement before: an ugly, oversized sofa bed, threadbare carpet and not much else
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.
Read MoreBEFORE: When we bought The Pink House, the kitchen looked like this (before we knocked through to the living room)
If you've read about The Pink House's current kitchen, you'll know it's one of the rooms we haven't really changed that much since buying our house more than five years ago. But now it's had its final makeover, we're ready to reveal the After photos, and how to get the look...
Read MoreAFTER: Better bathroom, better photography/Photo: Susie Lowe
Of all the rooms in The Pink House, this is the most radical makeover. Basically, we ripped the shit out of the previous shabby, uninspiring bathroom, and, in its place, created my dream bathroom from scratch.
Read MoreThe Pink House living room; the colour scheme was inspired by the James Hawkins painting/Photo: Susie Lowe
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...
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It took a lot of effort, but I finally convinced the Pink House Husband that, along with the house’s exterior, we should paint the bedroom pink.
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Since we knocked down the dividing wall between the living room and the kitchen, the two rooms need to work together.
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