Emily McDowell Studio: telling it like it is

Antidotes to Inspo quotes

February 29, 2016

Sometimes, checking Instagram on a particularly depressing Monday morning, I will catch sight of an inspirational quote. And suddenly, my Monday isn’t quite so bad. It’s much, much worse.

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Amara Interior Blog Awards IBA16 Best Newcomer winner The Pink House

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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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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 🏳️&zwj;🌈). 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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