PINK???????????

[Fuckallthetories]

We are redecorating dds (3 1/2) bedroom. It’s not been done since her nursery and I think she deserves a new room. Problem is she wants it pink. Not even nice pink just straight up BUBBLEGUM BARBIE PINK!!!! The floor is vinyl click and Im not fucking changing it to bright pink thanks for your input dd. So what do I do? I don’t really want to paint the walls pink as last week she LOVED blippi. But this week she HATES it. Toddlers…… help!!!!

Do one wall a sort of smokey pink

I'd present it as a done deal myself at that age.

Choose a pink that works and go for that.

Why does a three year old have a choice. You paint it cream and she has a pink duvet cover and curtains. You explain simply that as she gets older and likes different things it's easier to change around neutral colours.

Having said that OP, my mother didn't let me wear pink because I wasn't pretty enough. When I was 29, I had a pink kitchen fitted . Be careful what you wish for.

Could you go for a white/light colour, white bedding and add some pink cushions, throws and maybe a few pick accessories in there so it can be changed fairly easily?

Or if you really hate it, just say no? My fb timehop reminded me recently how my 3 year old wanted a black bedroom, she got a firm no!

What's wrong with bubblegum pink? Obviously for the walks, not the floor. Did you say she could choose the colour?

I’d decorate the room in neutrals and paint the furniture pink as it can be sanded and repainted later.
The other option is not to paint the furniture but buy a pink rug, curtains and bedspread.

Well, I kind of think she needs a choice because it’s her room and she spends loads of time in it. I might paint the walls F&B calamine and have a compromise with pink duvet etc. and a big pink fluffy rug instead of carpet.

Walls, floor and furniture neutral.

Accessories, DD gets to choose (curtains, bedding, rug etc).

There are nice pinks...

I don't do pinks myself but I did succumb to a pale pink faux oodie as the other option was grey and I have far too much of that. I'm coping so far

I think you just have to paint it pink @Fuckallthetories
Good idea re rug and cushions

Well, I kind of think she needs a choice because it’s her room and she spends loads of time in it
Well... She's chosen pink 🤷🏻‍♀️

Dunnes by any chance? I look regretfully at my shiny pink Dunnes oodie daily

I painted by eldest’s room a virulent, radioactive pepto-bismol pink when she was 4, because that’s what she wanted and I don’t give a shit about thematic decor. Her brother had an equally brash and violent orange in his room.

My house is still standing after fifteen years. I’m pondering throwing some retro mustard yellow at the living room walls next year. :o

Let her have the pink! I wanted a pink bedroom so badly when I was a kid but my mum made me have 80s floral wallpaper. You could maybe compromise with a toned down pink shade which is a bit more neutral.

Pale pink walls with Barbie pink cushions, duvet covers.
Easier to change when what she likes changes.

I wasn't suggesting not painting it pink at all, I said choose a pink that works :)

Compromise and just paint one wall.

Why are you entertaining a pink floor?

Tell her that's all the paint they had at the shop or whatever if you must.

Mine asked for artificial grass instead of carpet and a giant photowall of a kitten 🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ she got neither.

Maybe go neutral and get some jazzy wall stickers

We redecorated DS2s room at that age. He was insistant on bright orange. I was firmly against it. DH sided with DS 'it's his room'. And so the Room of Migraines was born. Unsurprisingly DS went off it a few months later.

When we did our renovation, DS got a new bedroom (now aged 8). He wanted this one to be black. I marched him down to B&Q and gave him the choice of three shades of blue. He grumbled, but did pick one.

His room is beautiful, he now loves the colour and admits that black wouldn't have been as nice.

The Room of Migraines? It became DHs office and we are yet to redecorate it (it will be a bathroom eventually so no point) and he works from home so spends all day in there.

Pink is fine. Bubblegum pink is for accessories only.

Pink rug.
Pink bedding.
Pink picture over her bed.
Otherwise wise pick neutrals on 3/4 walls and then:
a wallpaper mural on the opposite wall. 20 years ago I did it. I haven't been able to find the same picture (which is a shame because it was a 'can you recognise the fairy tale' type mural ) but even the new ones are less that £200 for a whole wall which will thrill your pink loving girl for several years without actually being pink!
Good luck!

DD had a bubblegum pink bedroom, she loved it for a few years. Took about 4 coats of paint and a whole easter bank holiday to get it back to white.

If she wants it pink then paint it pink, it's her room and you asked her opinion

Its only paint. If she goes off it then it's not a big job to paint over it again

You’ve convinced me. She’ll be a very happy girly tomorrow……

and I’ll have a lot of migraines

In a moment of madness i showed my dd (4 at the time) a colour chart and she chose a colour called Sumptuous Plum (dulux). It's really fucking pink.

We compromised and she has 2 walls light pink (Ballerina Dance), one medium (Berry Smoothie) and one Sumptuous Plum. To her credit it looks pretty awesome and she still loves it 2 years later - she really likes telling people she chose the colours so she does remember!