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COLOUR INFLUENCER: SARAH MAILER, GIRL ABOUT HOUSE

Sarah Mailer is the brains behind the brilliant Girl About House blog as well as being a much sought-after [...]

1 October 18: In awe of artists

I am in awe of people who can paint. I remember on my honeymoon I tried to paint an [...]

27 September 18: The joy of a bird’s-eye view

Who loves aerial views? Whether it’s the view from a plane or pictures of the earth from space, I’ve [...]

Shelfies

3 October 18: Join me at @shelfiebook

Hello and welcome to Wednesday, lovely people. Because I lurrrrve #shelfies so much I’ve started another Instagram feed which is dedicated [...]

2 October 18: White & multi #shelfie

SHELFIE LURRRVE ❤️❤️ And so the pale shelf makeover continues…thanks to tester pots. I previously blogged about how a [...]

30 September 18: Oranges & Lemons

Happy #shelfiessunday!  I don’t know about you (and I know I’ve said it before) but around these parts, Sunday is [...]

Influencers

COLOUR INFLUENCER: SARAH MAILER, GIRL ABOUT HOUSE

Sarah Mailer is the brains behind the brilliant Girl About House blog as well as being a much sought-after [...]

Colour File interview: Kasie Barton

Kasie Barton is a colour tour de force. DIYer extraordinaire and stylish founder of the For The Love Of [...]

Colour File Interview: Emily Murray

If you’re a lover of interiors or the colour pink – or a delicious mixture of the two – [...]

© Martha Roberts, The Colour File™

Hi, I’m Martha Roberts, journalist, mum, ardent second-hand rose and avid collector of colourful objects and images. I’m something of a colour magpie (or maybe a Satin Bowerbird, that quirky bird that collects blue objects to decorate its nest, only in my case a rainbow version…). This colour-craziness is why I started The Colour File.