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However, it’s important to note that though known as “Mamie Pink”. These days pink
pink is certainly having a moment right bathrooms and kitchens are making a
now, this isn’t the first time that the perky comeback, with modern touches such as
shade has popped up in homes. Here we gold hardware and unique tile patterns.
take a look back through the decades of Statement pieces within these very rooms
rose-tinted interiors and discuss the ever are proving popular, so if you’re on the hunt
changing face of pink in home style. for a pink bathroom basin, Mode Orion
have a fantastic selection.
Throughout the 1950s the world was in a
So, where has this obsession with pink
come from, and why does it seem like more
of a staple than a 10 minute-trend this
time around? If we look to science for the
answer, the psychology behind the colour
pink is extremely interesting. If you’ve ever
heard of the saying “everything is rosy” then
you’ll know that pink is seen as a positive
colour that inspires warm and comforting
feelings, associated with feelings of hope.
Because of this, it comes as little surprise
that millennials and other generations alike
are swaying towards the colour when it
comes to creating a welcoming and inviting
space at home.
post-war recovery, but the outlook for the Throughout the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s
future was certainly positive. The colour pink made several reappearances. Social
palette during this time truly reflected the revolution and the rise of counterculture
feelings of optimism, with cheerful shades brought drastic change in home décor
such as seafoam green, chartreuse and in the 60’s with vibrant, psychedelic
pastel pink all being popular. If there’s and colourful home décor becoming
one trend that really stands out from this increasingly popular. By the 1960’s
time, it’s the pink bathroom (and kitchens technology was finally able to create
as well sometimes!). Across the pond brighter more eye-catching pinks. Both
back in 1953 when Eisenhower became neon pink and acid orange were a
president, the first lady redecorated the favoured pairing, often appearing on garish
white house’s private bathroom to a pretty wallpaper with both psychedelic and floral
pink shade. Little did she know at the time patterns. In a 60 year switch-up, floral
that this move was set to kickstart a trend wallpaper is once again a big trend for
that swept across America and eventually 2020, with some unique and authentic 60’s
found its way filtering over to the UK. The replica wallpaper on the market currently.
pretty pastel shade of pink would become