When most people think of the color pink, they usually associate it with a baby girl.
Many adults also like the color pink, but are afraid of using it in their homes for fear of it looking juvenile.
Here are a few interior designer tips & tricks for to decorate an adult room using the color pink and get an elegant & sophisticated look that obviously does not belong to a little girl.
Not Baby Pink
When decorating with the color pink, avoid using too much pastel baby pink or bubblegum pink that is typically used when decorating baby rooms.
If you like a lighter color, then use a pink that is mixed with a little gray to make more of a dusty rose color.
Other options instead of pastel pink are pinks with an undertone, meaning pink mixed with a little bit of another color. An example of pink mixed with a little orange is coral.
Instead of basic pastels, consider using bold & bright vibrant pink colors to get a sophisticated look. You can use hot pink, bright coral, fuchsia, or magenta.
An interior designer trick is to use multiple different pink colors in a room to get a unique and one-of-a-kind look instead of a kids room that typically repeats the same pink color throughout.
Several Values of Pink
A mature designer way to decorate with pink is to mix several different values of pink together in one room.
Values of a color refer to the lightness or darkness of that color. A lighter value is called a tint and a darker value is called a shade.
For example, a tint of pink is white with a drop of pink and a shade of pink is magenta.
Using different values of pink in a room gives it a mature look with depth of color that is typically not found in kid rooms.
An interior designer tip is to not be super concerned with colors being precisely alike and matching perfectly. Your room should look collected, not like a kit of matching pieces bought from a single manufacturer for a low price.
Other Bold Colors
Use other bold colors such as bright yellow, sage green, navy, orange, red, dark brown, and turquoise in addition to pink in your adult room.
The other colors will complement your pink and help make the color scheme look more mature.
Consider getting one large item, such as a rug or large piece of art, that has all of the colors that you want to use in your room. This large item will tell you what colors to repeat throughout your room. Select 3 or more colors in that large item and repeat those colors throughout your room in at least 3 places to create a cohesive color scheme.
An interior designer trick is to not use all of the colors in equal amounts around your room. One of the colors you use in your room should be the dominant color, another should be the second dominant, and another should be the third dominant, no matter what value of the color you are using. The dominant color should be used more than the second dominant, and the second dominant should be used more than the third dominant, in order to get an interesting and mature mix of color.
Add Dark Neutrals and Metallics
Baby girl rooms typically do not have many dark neutral colors or metallics.
Dark neutral colors include black and dark gray. Some nearly neutral colors include dark navy and really dark green.
Metallic colors add shine, glamour, and sophistication, so make sure to add metallics to an adult pink room.
In addition to metallics, also consider adding mirrors to reflect light and add a bit of glam.
A designer tip is that bright gold is good, however might be used in a young girl room. Antique brass would be a more mature metal color for an adult space.
Mature Prints
When decorating an adult pink room, avoid overly girly patterns like small or medium sized floral patterns (oversized florals can look nice and dramatic), chevron, honeycomb, gingham, polka dots, and patterns with hearts, squiggled lines, basic arrow shapes, daisies, cute animals, butterflies, smiley faces, etc.
Stick with solid colors and graphic patterns instead to give the room a more mature look.
Mature patterns include animal prints, stripes, tartan, damask, houndstooth, ikat, Greek key, paisley, and toile de jouy.
Designer tip - when using solid colored fabrics, try to use ones with a texture, such as a soft velvet or a coarse linen. Tone-on-tone fabrics (fabrics that use colors that are nearly identical to create a pattern) are also nice because they look like a solid from a distance but they have a pattern when you look closely.
Just an Accent
If investing in painting all of your walls pink or getting a pink comforter scares you a bit, but you still would like to decorate your room in pink, consider getting one pink item to use as a tiny pink accent.
You can decorate with just one pink pillow, a pink throw blanket, and/or a pink side table.
After adding in one pink accent, you might want to add another and then another until you get the perfect amount of pink for your room.
Experiment with decor items that are returnable to the store that you bought them from. Keep adding in one pink item at a time until you are satisfied with the result.
