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Pretty in Pink Pebbledash, A Church & Castle Moment

April 21, 2020 Rebekah Killigrew Inspiration & Resources

If you thought pebbledash couldn’t be pretty, think again. By Rebekah Killigrew.

I’ve recently taken an interest in house render, and more specifically pebbledash and roughcast – not something I ever thought I would say – and it’s because our fixer-upper is currently plastered in it.

Huanxiang Christian Community Centre by Inuce Architects
Photo credit/owned: Shikai/Inuce

Whilst the rough textured walls of our house have been coated with an inoffensive off-white paint, we had originally thought that we would smooth render them for a modern finish. However we have since noted that all of the houses in our street still have the original roughcast finish, with the majority of them painted in a neutral tone – though my favourite house is a dusty lilac beauty just a few doors up from ours.

And so, we have decided to save our pennies and freshen-up the exterior with a new lick of paint to be in-keeping with the rest of the street…for now.

Huanxiang Christian Community Centre by Inuce Architects
Photo credit/owned: Shikai/Inuce

During my ‘exterior wall paint’ research, I came across a stunning building (via Dezeen), which turned out to be a church hall in Fuzhou, China, clad in a distinctive pink pebbledash. The project was completed in 2018 by architectural studio Inuce to accommodate the growing Christian community in the area, and it creates an eye-catching building within the urban environment.

Huanxiang Christian Community Centre by Inuce Architects
Photo credit/owned: Shikai/Inuce

Another quick Google search led me to an image of a beautiful castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, clad in pink roughcast. However, this one looked familiar to me, and I soon realised that I had seen it before on @theslowtraveler‘s Instagram page (Carolyn’s photos are so dreamy btw, do check her out).

Craigievar Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Image by Emma Gibb from Pixabay

The best part about discovering these pink beauties is that when I showed these images to my husband Tom and casually suggested that maybe we should go pink, HE DIDN’T SAY “NO”! In fact, I think he said something like: “Yeah, that might be quite nice.” It’s possible that he was just humouring me but I’m going to run with it – my mind is already racing with the idea of a light, dusty, earthy pink house. Watch this space.

But what do you think? Are you fan of pink pebbledash?

Rebekah x

Huanxiang Christian Community Centre by Inuce Architects
Photo credit/owned: Shikai/Inuce

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Welcome.

Texture & Space is a blog that explores creative spaces and places with a focus on the resources and stories that make them unique.

Hello.

Hi – my name is Rebekah, and I am a writer and editor.

I created this blog to share my love of spaces that ooze texture and to highlight diverse stories of work and home.

The common theme running throughout this blog is the importance of the environments we live in and my belief that any space can be viewed as a beautiful and desirable place to be.

Aside from blogging, I can usually be found editing magazines for my day job, chugging down coffee or getting snacks for my toddler.

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