Monthly Archives: April 2017
Colour Experts
Helen Gilbert, Luxe 39: My Colourful World
Helen Gilbert is the brains behind luxury velvet cushion company Luxe 39. Here, she tells [...]
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Colour stories
5 ways colour helped me cope with coronavirus lockdown
I don’t know about you but I couldn’t have done without colour during the various [...]
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Colour stories
How to paint a mini-mural in 15 minutes
I love painting things. Every stage thrills me, starting from leafing through paint cards, comparing [...]
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Colour stories
Where to find colour in London: Liberty’s
Where do you head to when you’re feeling flat, melancholy or in need of recalibrating [...]
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Colour Experts Colour stories
10 books about colour
As a colour-lover, I’m often asked colour questions like, ‘What’s your favourite colour?’ The other [...]
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Colour Experts
Quirk & Rescue’s Ms Pink: My Colourful World
From incredible wallpaper, cushions and prints through to bespoke hand-painted furniture, the signature prints of [...]
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Shelfies
How to ‘shelfie’ your way to mindfulness
Can creating ‘shelfies’ help as a form of mindful activity? Martha Roberts asks the experts… [...]
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Colour stories
How to create the perfect (colourful) freelance space
When I worked on a national newspaper, we did long hours (news never sleeps, even [...]
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Colour stories
The psychology of pink
One of the things I’ve learned is that colour isn’t just something we see: the [...]
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Colour Experts
Lisa Dawson: My Colourful World
Lisa Dawson is an interiors blogger, writer and presenter whose weekly blog inspires fans on Instagram and [...]
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Colour stories
5 colourful holiday destinations
Someone recently asked me what my ideal holiday destination is. On a general level, the [...]
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Shelfies
14 May 18: ‘Shelfie’ is on its way!
BOOK NEWS!!!!!! OK, so I’m seriously excited. Some of you know (because you’ve been an [...]
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30th March ’17: Brown & beige…
Here we are at #throwbackThursday. This little imp is me, looking like an extra from [...]
Apr
29th March ’17: Beautiful rubbish
So here we are at Wednesday again 🐙🌺🦊🦁🐥🐸🦋👕👾☂️ The longer days are, very strangely, making the [...]
Apr
28th March ’17: Faded stripes & buttons
Happy Tuesday, folks. Ok, time for a blast of my favourite colours – faded ones. [...]
Apr
27th March ’17: Purple & orange
Happy Monday, fellow colour-lovers. What a life-affirming weekend of friends, family and, of course, colour. [...]
Apr
26th March ’17: Luckiest mum alive
Love love love this boy 😍. Thanks @marinefighter999 for a decade of hoots, japes and [...]
Apr
26th March ’17: Mother’s Day high tea
Happy Mother’s Day ❤️🦊🦁🌼🌿🐳👕👖👾 Here at The Colour File HQ it’s a lovely, lazy morning [...]
Apr
25th March ’17: Fabric love
Oh my goodness me, I didn’t expect to fall in love today!!! These @libertylondon fabrics [...]
Apr
25th March ’17: Yellow on yellow
Happy sunny Saturday, lovely people 🌼🌸☀️ Something simple and Spring-like for you today. I started [...]
Apr
24th March ’17: Embroidery love
Happy Friday, people. There’s nothing I love more than embroidered textiles, whether it’s embellished fabric, [...]
Apr
23rd March ’17: Paisley print
Happy Thursday, folks 🦋🌼🐻. I did it again…I went in search of colour and found [...]
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