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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3rd July ’17: So what do YOU collect?…
Welcome to a new week, lovely people 🌸🌼🎀🌐 Are you a collector? I wager you [...]
Jul
2nd July ’17: Pink for girls?…
Happy Sunday, folks 💗🖤💗🖤 Before my second-in-command started school, he loved pink. His favourite outfit [...]
Jul
1st July ’17: Feathered friends (& foes)
Hello from Saturday at the Colour File HQ. Last night I was at a party [...]
Jul
30th June ’17: Soap story
Well done for making it to Friday, folks. When I was five, my grandmother gave [...]
Jul
29th June ’17: Coming up roses
Happy Thursday, Colour Filers 🌹🌹🌹 A 2017 survey found that roses are the UK’s favourite [...]
Jul
28th June ’17: Madonna blue
Happy Wednesday, colour peeps. My second-in-command recently played Peter Pan in his school performance. A [...]
Jul
27th June ’17: In praise of vinyl
Hello from Tuesday, Colour peeps ❤️🦋🌼🦋💚🦋 Not long ago I went to a brilliant gig [...]
Jul
26th June ’17: Purple & yellow super-duo
Welcome to a new week, my colour-loving friends ☀️👾🌼☂️🐤 I am a big fan of [...]
Jul
25th June ’17: Milky marble white
Happy Sunday, lovely friends. After a frenetic and hot week, I thought we could recalibrate [...]
Jul
24th June ’17: Urban hieroglyphics
Happy Saturday, Colour Filers 💛💕🍅💚 Have you ever seen spray-painted arrows and symbols on roads [...]
Jul
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