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From a fuchsia drapery in a 15th-century Normandy villa to a powder-pink bathroom in the British countryside and Lee Radziwill’s New York magenta dining room, pink has played a significant role in interiors across various eras and styles. Read on for our nod to Saint Valentine, with pink rooms from the World of Cabana and beyond.

WORDS BY EMMA BECQUE | ROOMS & GARDENS | 13 FEBRUARY 2026

Inside a Hudson Valley home by Heidi Callier, the living room is decorated with pink grasscloth walls. Image © Haris Kenjar. Styled by Mieke ten Have.

Pink occupies a particular place in the history of decoration, tied to both courtly rituals and domestic decorating. In the 18th century, Marie Antoinette adopted it as a cultivated interior shade across patterned frocks and monogrammed upholstery. Equally symbolic was the movement of Chintz, where floral fuchsias, such as Mario Buatta’s ruffles, took hold. More recently, posy pinks have garnered a new place in interior design thanks to the likes of Barbie (2023) and Palme Royale (2024), the latter depicting Palm Beach. 

Public taste-makers have also crowned the color a must-have in the home. Pastel patinas in the New York home of Lee Radziwill and Swedish home of Karin Larsson teach us a lesson in using this shade for embellishment, while, most notably, 'Queen of Pink' Dame Barbara Cartland left a legacy of decorating and dressing with the bold shade.

Interior designers, artists and editors have duly followed suit for centuries, dreaming up pink schemes and scenes as various as the shade itself – proving that pink is neither predictable nor childish, but rather a multi-faceted color for the ages.

A Tented Pink Bedroom Inside an Artist's Lodge

Fuchsia pink textiles dress the antique bed inside a historic cottage in Norfolk, England tucked beneath a Dutch gable. © Mark Luscombe-Whyte.

Rose Cholmondeley explores North Runcton Lodge, a beautiful, formerly derelict house in Norfolk, England, that artist-owner, Kate Giles, first visited as a young child. Rose discovers the courage, vision and artistic alchemy it's taken for Kate, and husband Tim Ellis, to conjure magic in this once dying house. Tour the house.

Idarica Gazzoni’s Pink Ikat Bed Chamber

Arjumand’s World founder, Idarica Gazzoni, bedroom is wrapped in a pink-hued Ikat silk from Cabana Issue 20. Images © Guido Taroni.  

In a former casa di ringhiera in Milan’s Cinque Vie, Idarica Gazzoni has created a nomadic, memory layered interior shaped by ikat silks, antique campaign furniture and hand painted walls. “Leading me into the ikat billow of her bedchamber, lined with the Uzbek-inspired fabric that once covered her Bologna dining room. Purposely kept billowing, like the folds of a courtesan’s gown, the effect is startling and nomadic and conjures a fitting reverie in the dusk light,” writes Cosmo Brockway. Tour the house.

A Rust Pink Bedroom in Bordeaux

An Intriguing 19th-century House in Bordeaux, where a deep rust pink is the preferred palette. Image © Joanna Maclennan.

"A 19th-century mansion behind huge imposing doors and left uninhabited for decades, Casapiane feels frozen in time. It was here in Bordeaux that Cécile d’Amade Briant fell under its charm and knew it would make the most atmospheric setting for her intriguing business," writes Joanna Maclennan. Tour the house here.

A Pink Bedroom in a Kensington Apartment

A delightful floral pink bedroom designed by Emma Burns © Simon Brown Photography.

Designed by Emma Burns, Joint Managing Director of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler, this posy pink bedroom is upholstered in matching textiles that lend the space a calm, cohesive character, creating a composed retreat within the city.

A Pastel Painted Drawing Room

In Shropshire, Weston Park's pastel pink walls designed by Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler director, Janie Money, epitomize Victorian elegance © Taylor Hall O'Brien. 

The drawing room inside the ancestral home of the Earls of Bradford, Weston Park is is an exquisite example of such an endeavour with posy pink walls - a splendid display by Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler design director, Janie Money.

Plucking palettes from Victorian colorways, the plush peaches and pinks are a fitting backdrop for the room's exclusively female portraits – one depicting Charles II's mistresses, another a Peter Lely masterpiece of Weston's visionary owner, Lady Elizabeth.

A Pinstriped Bathroom Inspired by Nature 

A pink pinstriped bathroom at Wardington Manor, a 17th-century Jacobean house in Oxfordshire. Photograph by Miguel Flores-Vianna for Cabana N5.

Drawing on the surrounding gardens, this bathroom at Wardington Manor in Oxfordshire takes its cue from the dahlias growing on the grounds, translating their color into a pink pinstripe curtain that brings a touch of drama to the space.

Min Hogg’s Pink Island Home in the Canaries

Forgoing beige, Min Hogg's home in the Canary Islands prizes pinks and greens © Miguel Flores-Vianna, Haute Bohemians. 

Min Hogg's Canary Islands home, featured in Haute Bohemians, embodies the legendary editor's love of imperfection - a place where timeworn patinas, delicate pinks, leafy greens, and cool blues create a sense of faded elegance. 

A Salon with Pink Chequered Walls 

An Italian sitting room with pink chequered walls layered with antiques and textiles. © Guido Taroni, Cabana N10.

Pink chequered walls set a graphic backdrop in a cherished grandmother's home for an eclectic mix of paintings, furniture, and textiles, giving the room theatrical allure.