You and Pink

OK so at the stage where I'm getting serious about painting. Tried a putty greeny colour in one of the south facing rooms and it just looks blah. Had to stop Yuk. Am finding it hard to let go of the intensity and loveliness of the pink. The only thing that holds me back from using the pink again is the notion that it would be too confronting and a tenant couldn't put a son in the room.
But I like it! Especially with dark timber floors.
So I researched the colour and found that 3 prominent men have used the colour beautufully in their own homes.

This picture shows the English home of potter and artist Rupert Spira. And Kevin McCloud says it's also the colour of his own dining room.
Plus Thomas Jefferson put together Monticello pink to suit his tastes in his house.

 

For me I would have no issues of pink in my ppor but for an IP I would just got a neutral colour to appeal to a wider audience.

If it becomes your ppor then you can always paint it then.

 

They may have used it, but I still can't imagine too many men (and even a lot of women) would use pink as their first preference. Even my daughter doesn't like the idea of pink room.

Stick with a neutral - far more universally appealing. And if it isn't a tenant's first choice of colour, it's a lot less likely to turn them off, too.

 

For an IP always consider minor patch ups after vacating.
No concerns matching paint color with basic off the shelf white.
Might look boring when empty, color comes with furnishings.

 

hard to tell from that photo, the colour looks quite different in the two images linked.

colour is so subjective and comes in and out of fashion, theres no way i would use it in an IP. Could look terrible with the wrong type of furniture or colours.

The picture you have linked is very earthy and rustic. Is your IP rustic? Will the renters have handcrafted furniture in muted colours or a bright red racing car bed and brown faux leather couches from fantastic furniture?

 

is it just one room that is pink?
The pink you like is a quite nice pink, not a candy pink but I still wouldn't use it for an IP
How about a coffee colour for something warm rather than a cold putty green?

 

So this building is in the UK ?
The light there is much more 'blue' generally, so they need a lot more colour around them, so in that context I could live with it!
Cheers

 

I would never rent a pink house, or paint an IP pink. It just screams 'Nanna' to me.

 

Neutral all the way for me. You want something that will appeal to the broadest market.