A Hull audiologist has turned heads far beyond the South Shore after transforming her home into a hot-pink, '80s Miami-inspired showcase, complete with a Scarface-themed nursery for her son. Miranda Miele, 34, built the look piece by piece, sourcing a bed frame in poor condition from Tampa and accent chairs from Las Vegas, and the results have racked up millions of views online.
Miele, who grew up in Weymouth and still works as an audiologist, documents the project on Instagram under the handle Pineapple Princess Creations, which has grown to 264,000 followers. As Boston.com reports, one of her DIY transformation videos pulled in 4.6 million views and more than 271,000 likes, while a follow-up video, titled paht 17, brought in another 3.8 million views. Miele told the outlet that sourcing distinctive, era-specific furnishings takes real legwork, especially in the Boston area.
A Pink Bedroom Built From Cross-Country Finds
The centerpiece bedroom features white lacquer furniture, columns, swan accents, and palm motifs layered over a saturated pink backdrop. Miele found the bed frame in poor condition in Tampa. She also sourced '80s-inspired accent chairs from Las Vegas. According to the same report, her husband was skeptical at first but ultimately loved the bedroom columns, along with a dresser in the nursery.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency treats construction and demolition debris as a separate category from municipal solid waste, encompassing materials from construction, renovation and demolition. Miele's bed-frame find offers a smaller-scale example of giving an existing piece a place in a new room.
Not every room in the house got the treatment. Miele said her husband's office remains free of pink, a small concession in an otherwise maximalist overhaul.
Inside the Scarface-Inspired Nursery
For her son's nursery, Miele leaned into a different cinematic reference, designing the room in red, black, and gold to evoke Scarface. A panther lamp from New York sits near a giant mirror from Miami. She finished the room with a sign reading “the world is yours” and a door placard that reads “say goodnight to the little guy.”
The room's bold palette reflects Miele's preference for color over millennial gray, the flat, cool-toned look that dominated builder-grade interiors for years.
A Colorful Alternative to Gray
Miele's rooms favor saturated color and maximalist detail over cool-toned gray and stark minimalism.
The appetite for home projects extends beyond highly themed makeovers. Home projects take many forms as design tastes shift.
A separate 2026 survey from 1stDibs, covered by Architectural Digest, found 33% of designers now favor chocolate brown and 21% favor burgundy, a broader pivot away from cool neutrals toward richer, more saturated tones.
From Pandemic Layoff to Full-Time Creator
Miele's path into DIY content began during the COVID-19 pandemic, when she was temporarily laid off from her audiology job and started filming upcycling tutorials using household items she already had on hand, according to a CanvasRebel profile. The Boston Globe profiled her in January, dubbing her Tropical Barbie and reporting that her account had already reached 230,000 followers as she transformed her home into the '80s Miami-inspired showcase.
Audiology is also a regulated profession in Massachusetts, not simply a job title. State law says applicants for an audiologist license must have at least a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in audiology, with academic coursework and supervised training meeting national certification standards. The state’s licensing statute provides that professional backdrop to Miele’s two-track public profile: clinical work by day and a large DIY audience online.
The Trade-Offs of a Highly Themed Home
Hull itself provides the setting for the project.
A highly themed home is a personal statement; whether its style appeals to prospective buyers is another question. For now, though, Miele's pink palace and its Scarface nursery remain a viral hit rather than a listing.
