I agree that the salmon carpet is horrible, and the colour would be better on the walls with different coloured flooring. However, assuming they're renting the landlord would be more likely to let them paint than replace the flooring (if it's in good shape). Plain white would make the pink carpet less prominent actually. It would be "oh, there's a pink carpet" as opposed to giving the impression that the entire room is PINK (if that makes sense). Painting the walls a tan brown or a sage green might also work, but white is the simplest option. Not to my liking, decor wise, but at least everything wouldn't be pink.
(I also have a personal bad association with this. The funeral parlor where I helped make arrangements for my grandmother's funeral was all a rose shade very similar to this. Rose carpet, rose walls, gilt and cream ornaments and framed pictures of roses. It's meant to calm and soothe, I think, but I would have hated it even if I wasn't there under very sad circumstances.)
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Date: 2010-01-17 06:41 pm (UTC)(I also have a personal bad association with this. The funeral parlor where I helped make arrangements for my grandmother's funeral was all a rose shade very similar to this. Rose carpet, rose walls, gilt and cream ornaments and framed pictures of roses. It's meant to calm and soothe, I think, but I would have hated it even if I wasn't there under very sad circumstances.)