Monthly Archives: July 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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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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22nd July ’17: Scrubs green & blood tales
Welcome to the weekend. As a child, I loved hearing my mum’s 1950s student nurse [...]
Jul
21st July ’17: Squabbling over rainbows
Hello colour-lovers 🌈🌈🌈 The history of time is replete with tales of people disagreeing about [...]
Jul
20th July ’17: Rarely black & white
Hello from Colour File HQ, lovely people. Much as I adore colour, I’m fascinated by [...]
Jul
19th July ’17: Hello from me
Hi lovely people. Unaccustomed as I am to putting my mugshot on Insta (I ALWAYS [...]
Jul
19th July ’17: The trouble with plastic
Welcome to Wednesday. Yesterday evening, the floor of Colour File HQ was awash with plastic. [...]
Jul
17th July ’17: Supertasters & super-seers
Welcome to a new week, Colour Filers ❤️☂️🐥🎟🍀💙🍊 Last week I experienced something fascinating. At [...]
Jul
16th July ’17: Slow-burn pink passion
Happy Sunday, folks 🌸🌸🌸 I’ve just read a study that shows that by the age [...]
Jul
15th July ’17: Best friend paint pranks
Welcome to the weekend, my colour-loving friends. One of the many things I enjoy about [...]
Jul
14th July ’17: Colour-hunting time
Yay, it’s Friday!!! And you know what that means? A weekend of unfettered, unadulterated colour-hunting [...]
Jul
13th July ’17: How not to buy a sari
Welcome to Thursday, Colour Filers. Do you have a colour that is strongly connected to [...]
Jul
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