Pink s connection with cheerfulness is a reason for its long association with bathrooms. After World War II, its use represented a departure from the monotone drabness and austerity of wartime colour schemes. In the 1950s, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower favoured it throughout the executive residence, earning The White House a new moniker: The Pink Palace. It was a quintessential part of mid-century interiors, perhaps one of the reasons why it s again being picked for new and renovated bathrooms. Modern romance The simplest way to decorate a pink bathroom is, of course, to paint it. The owners of this Opaheke bathroom asked designer Melanie John of Auckland s Cube Dentro for a fresh, modern look for their master ensuite.