I'm not going to lie: the fact that The Pink House was treated to a four-page feature in Grazia this month was pretty exciting. Here are Susie Lowe's fabulous 'Pink House home tour' photos from the shoot...
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The Pink House: tidiness is an illusion/Photo: Susie Lowe
4 shocking truths about interior photo shoots
What you see in those oh-so-perfect home tour pics is a loooong way from reality. Here, for the record, is what actually happens on magazine photoshoots…
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Amor large angular sofa
Introducing... #SOFAGOALS
There are three things I’ve always dreamed of having in my home: 1) a taxidermy unicorn; 2) a gold, freestanding bath tub; and 3) a massive-yet-gorgeous sofa.
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Whatever they're selling, we'll have it/Photo: Architectural Digest
Pink Alert: New York's Pietro Nolita
Hands up anyone who knows what The Pink House's favourite colour is? Yes - you at the back... That's right; it's blue! Only kidding; obviously here chez PH our favourite hue has to be rose-tinted, as per our outlook on life...
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The Fab Five: Bar Accessories
A few weeks ago River Island commissioned The Pink House to come up with a new concept for the bar in their flagship Oxford Street store. So we made mood boards, shopped/dropped - and this week styled that bar right up...
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The Tower Pool at Ushuaia, Ibiza, where we did drinking
The 3 Rules of Post-Party Parenting
I went to Ibiza with my girlfriends, and partied hard for four whole nights and days. And then I returned to the small Pink House Dwellers and got on with my life, (practically) hangover free. How? Well, read on and I'll tell you...
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The Pink House in EKBB magazine
Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom (EKBB) magazine is one of The Pink House's favourite interiors mags. Which is why it was a no-brainer when editor Ciara asked if I'd pen a piece from The Pink House for EKBB's September issue.
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Interior Bloggers predict 2017's trends
When Dulux this week announced next year's 'Colour of the Year', it got me wondering what else will be hot in the 2017 interiors world. Please be upstanding for some of the UK's top interior bloggers, and their so-accurate-it's-almost-magic forecasting tips...
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Pink House Husband, his errant wife, and a morsel of banana/Photo: Andrea Thomson
The Pink House Husband's Styling Challenge!
Last week, when PHH objected to my latest cushion acquisition, I had a lightbulb moment. Instead of ignoring/arguing with his interior design-based complaints, perhaps it was time to let him HAVE HIS OWN WAY...
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Zen Lifestyle non-terrifying Hanover Street salon
My first facial - a review of Edinburgh's Zen Lifestyle
When I was invited to experience a bespoke Murad facial at Zen Lifestyle’s Edinburgh salon, I jumped at the chance, especially as I’d just spent a week soaking up the sun on holiday and my face had turned into a giant freckle.
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The Pink House basement before: an ugly, oversized sofa bed, threadbare carpet and not much else
From Grot to Glamour - The Pink House Den before and after
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.
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Marriott Country Hall - the best view in London?
What’s your favourite London building? Mine is the Houses of Parliament. I might not always approve of what goes on inside, but the outside does it for me every time, with its fairytale spires and imposing, riverside location.
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Knightsbridge Hotel library
The Pink House Hotel Style Awards
A childhood spent holidaying under canvas was intended to awaken in me an unflinching love of the great outdoors, a thirst for the intrepid and a healthy disregard for material possessions. Surprisingly, midnight floods and cold baked beans for breakfast had the opposite effect...
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BEFORE: When we bought The Pink House, the kitchen looked like this (before we knocked through to the living room)
The Pink House Kitchen Makeover part 2 - The Big Reveal!
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...
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Cupcakes are for girls - right?
When I pictured having a daughter, I imagined our girls’ days out, bonding over pink, cupcakes-and-sprinkles afternoon teas in fancy hotels. It was fantasies like these that meant, when I had my 20-week scan and discovered I was having a second boy, I cried for a week.
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