http://www.lauraashley.com/Cerise+Pinks/TATTON-WALLPAPER/invt/3406700"There's bound to be loads", I thought, what little girl has not at some point in time asked for a pink bedroom ? I was needing to source a wallpaper for above a dressing table - just 2 drops to add a corner of luxury to a functional dressing room. I was looking for something striking, something luxurious, something glamorous, something girlie ....it just had to be pink !
So I started with my usual haunts (as GB commented the other day on one of the rare occasions that he read this blog "looks like you're sponsored by Graham and Brown"...but they just have the lushest papers !) ...serious shortage of pink ! Various other sources tried but nothing that would tick all of the boxes. There were pale pink butterflies, pale pink spots, pale pink fairies but what about a serious pink - a pink that would stop you in your tracks, catching your eye as you walked through the room perceived to be no more than 'storage space'.
Then I found it, in Laura Ashley, a shop I try to avoid but keep getting dragged back into. (Bad delivery experiences, shocking customer service and a risk that you can very easily date your room based on their key design for the year that they do to death.) Anyway, that said, they are doing pink..."Cerise"... its the serious pink range I was searching for, its grown up, it makes an impact, in classic designs, with lovely iridescent inks that unfortunately its difficult to show off screen .... more to the point they had stock in store so I was able to collect immediately !
I went for their Tatton design, which I have to admit appears to be this years 'Do it to death' design but its for use in a secret corner, met all of my requirements and more to the point its on Save 1/3 as well as giving a donation to the 'Think Pink' Breast Cancer campaign. ....Bring on the glamour !
