Pretty in Pink

I am sure many of you are familiar with the wildly popular blog Making It Lovely. But if you are not, the charming and inspiring site is written by fellow Chicagoan and graphic/interior design maven, Nicole Balch, and it proudly showcases the author's not-so-secret love affair with the color pink. Her home office, studio, living, and dining rooms are saturated with the feminine hue and make me embrace my inner-girly-girl (which admittedly is quite notable as it is). And because it's Monday and I know you all enjoy a good before and after as much as the next design junkie, let's take a look around Nicole's uber girly living room...

Before

(wide doorway on right wall leads to dining room)

After

Notice how the iconic Eames lounge chair and Madeline Weinrib zig zag rug add a contemporary flair to this otherwise vintage-styled room.

Before

After

I spy a bit of Anthropologie here and a touch of Anthropologie there.

Before

After

Perfectly pink.

So riddle me this, readers. Would anyone else's husband/boyfriend mind a pink living space? I know Nicole gets asked this all the time, and the answer is, her husband doesn't care. That's right. A man lives in this home, too. Bet ya didn't see that one coming.

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