Here’s trendy little kitchen from the real estate pages in Malmo, Sweden. Featuring the color of the year – “honeysuckle” pink – coupled with my favorite white subway tile: (via and BrightBazaar) A striking color combination, isn’t it? The paint job does seem a little unfortunate, but it’s a valiant attempt to overcome that delightful ...
Everybody’s talking about the Pantone Color of the Year for 2011 – and if you thought I’d resist, well, I’m sorry, I just can’t. Pantone’s Honeysuckle looks like this: Or maybe more like this: The variation just shows how impossible it is to compare colors over the web – I’ve calibrated my screen with some ...
Pink in the kitchen – does it have to be tooth-decayingly sweet? Or garishly bright? I can’t see pink ever being rehabilitated as a manly color, exactly, but color psychology tells us it induces feelings of calm, protection, warmth and nurture. Isn’t that just what we want in the kitchen? And light reflected off pink ...
Did I come across as overwhelmingly negative when mentioned SUITE New York’s Pink Wishbone Project charity auction? (via) I certainly didn’t mean to, so I apologize, most humbly, if I did. In my defense, I can only say there is nothing like the thought of breast cancer to put me in a bad mood. Just ...
The power of paint demonstrated in Sophie Conran’s Bayswater kitchen – without that lipstick pink backdrop it wouldn’t be nearly as interesting – just another collection of eclectically cluttered open shelves and neutral colours. It’s interesting how the pink has stayed put (apparently chosen by Sophie’s daughter) while other changes have taken place – the ...
Aah, they don’t make bathrooms like this anymore, do they? (via Tula Jeng, of the fabulous Whorange) It’s probably a good thing, too. So convenient – with the shag carpeting on every surface it could double as a padded cell. And if this is your bathroom decor of choice, you’ll probably be needing one. Poor ...
I’m loving this image of contemporary soft geometry for the kitchen: fluid shapes and pink walls – you can’t get much softer than that: Though all the blissful stressless-ness is completely undone for me by the piece of art in the corner – I’ll think of that as some kind of warning, not to get ...