After spending the day in Palm Beach and losing count of all the pink homes and buildings, I decided a post on the subject was in order. Being a girly girl, I personally love pink homes. However, I would never have dreamed of painting my home in Dallas pink (even when I was single, and my “bachelorette pad” had an original 1950s Barbie pink kitchen… more on that later.) It would have have looked completely out of place. But here in Florida, pink homes are very appropriate, much to my delight! And I’m guessing you would be hard-pressed to find more pink homes per capita than in Palm Beach.
Joe Davis at the JPD School of Design in Palm Beach concurs. In fact, he has written this trusty guide to determining a suitable exterior paint color for your home, based on your region. “When in Palm Beach you want to feel like you’re in Palm Beach, riiiight?” Davis says in support of tropical pink homes. Yes, please! With hues ranging from Pepto to Salmon, let’s take a virtual tour…
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Andrea,
This is one of the most endearing posts to date. I love the emotional response I have to pink homes. I really feel they represent Florida in a unique and special way! Image after image one more beautiful than the next…
Sharon
Such beautiful houses, I would buy the Traditional Homes one, four from the end.
I just love looking at pink houses. I am not sure I could paint mine pink (in Florida).
Pale peachy pink perfection!! What fun, couldnt do it myself but I love the look of it!!
I loved these homes….I really like the pink. I would be happy living in any of these….I bet your white home is spectacular. I'm glad I get to see more of it on Wed!
I love these and enjoyed looking at the listings…now I really can't wait to get down to PB in a few weeks!! Have a fabulous week, Andrea!! xoxo
Pepto for me please!!!!! Just loved this post and loved reading it again!!!!! XXOO ?
Yes please!!!!! I will take the Palm Beach Entertaining book house! Love this post!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
sweet homes posted i like all designs , actually i want to buy a new home thats why searching a beautiful and green home have selected a home please take a look and review it Image source it's looking great. what you guys think?
Great article! We are re-doing a 1960’s era small villa in Delray Beach and we’re going with Benjamin Moore powder pink – at 25% strength. The roof is Bermuda style with white concrete tiles. Still trying to figure out a complimentary shutter color. Maybe black or dark green? Any ideas appreciated!
Absolutely gorgeous! I love pink homes too. My grandmother had a pink home, which she had designed and built in the late 1940s, early 50s, based on the pink houses she’d seen in Italy. She had the paint mixed to her specifications – giving it that real Mediterranean look.
France and Italy are, of course, the source for all other pink homes, but living in sub-tropical Queensland in Australia, I think they look beautiful here too. Something to do with the light, and how great they look against palms and other tropical and mediterranean trees and plants. Lots of inspiration here – thanks!