![]() “A pink house, a white picket fence and a blue door, that’s what she wanted,” Sean Hughes said. Hughes proposed to Niki on the front steps in 2002, when the home was still yellow. ![]() He met Niki in 2001 at Club Foot, a now-closed neighborhood dive bar around the corner from the home. Sean Hughes bought the vintage wood-frame home in 2000 when it was painted yellow. It’s actually called “pink parfait,” according to Niki’s husband Sean Hughes, who still has some of the paint (mixed locally at C&G Floor Finishes & Paint, 1101 N. That house, in the 800 block of North Paulina Street, has been painted a light pink since 2004. Owner Niki Hughes said she’s occasionally come out of her family’s house to see people doing photo shoots in front of it. In the West Town enclave East Village, another pink house draws attention. ‘A Little Pink House With a Blue Door’ Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Sean and Nikki Hughes in front of their pink home in West Town. Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Sarah Weis in her white room. Weis also loves white and dedicated an entire room of her apartment to it, including white marble tile flooring. ![]() I always have and I always will love pink, it’s one of those staple colors if you like to celebrate femininity and fun.” When asked what she likes about pink (which is her third favorite color after white and lavender), Weis said, “Pink is so classically feminine, it’s bright and poppy. She uses a color from Benjamin Moore she’s dubbed “sexy pink.” Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Weis keeps a spare can of “sexy pink” around for touchups. Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Sarah Weis’ apartment walls and curtains are pink, too.Ībout six months ago, Weis, who said she’s constantly updating her apartment, added powder-coated window bars to match a fence in front of the building, which has strands of fake pearls woven through it. Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Cub Chicago Pink bedroom walls and a pink fur entryway in Sarah Weis’s apartment. The entryway features pink faux fur covered walls. On a recent tour, Weis, an artist and creative director, said, “It’s really a white house with pink accents, but everyone calls it the pink house.” Credit: Alisa Hauser/Block Club Chicago Keith Miller allowed his tenant Sarah Weis to express her creativity on the facade of the apartment building she lives in.Īccording to Miller, the multi-unit Wicker Park apartment building was gray when he bought it in 1998 from previous owners who were born in the building and had lived there their entire lives. Sarah Weis in front of her pink-accented apartment in Wicker Park. Block Club Chicago checked in with some of the people responsible for the jolts of color. The doll house is just one of several pink or pink-accented houses sprinkled across Chicago, adding dollops of colors to the city’s not-as-cheerful landscape. She does a lot of creative things with the fence and the house. She has great creative abilities and some think she’s a little weird, but I highly respect her for being a unique personality. Miller credits his tenant Sarah Weis for the look, which started to evolve four years ago when Weis moved in. The building’s owner, Keith Miller, said he was not aware of that nickname, but agreed a dollhouse “sounds about right.” Some of the parents and children who hang out in the park have unofficially named the can’t-miss building in the 1300 block of Dean Street “the doll house,” according to resident Leah Root. Pink, purple and white striped awning hangs over the door. “ strike again.WEST TOWN - Across the street from Wicker Park’s Dean Park, there’s an otherwise drab gray apartment building jazzed up with a hot pink door and pale purple trim.Ī sign on the door says “ladies” and a crystal door handle is reminiscent of a vintage powder room. Months earlier in March, Pink uploaded a video and gave a look inside her kitchen, living room, dining area and more parts of the home after her “naughty Leprechauns” made a mess. “I threw Willow a party but no one told Jameson that,” she wrote in the caption on Instagram. In June 2021, the “Cover Me in Sunshine” artist showed off the bright pink walls in one of their living areas while uploading a hilarious clip of her son dancing to his older sister’s karaoke vocals. Lucky for fans, she’s given plenty of glimpses inside. “We’ve put a lot of heart and soul into this place.” “All in all, this is the best that this property has looked since we got here,” she gushed. Seuss threw up,” she joked with the Independent of the vivid color choices, noting they made the residence even more special since they’ve moved in. Endless Love! Pink and Carey Hart's Cutest Photos With Their Kids
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