Monthly Archives: August 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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12th August ’17: ‘Mental chocolate’
Welcome to the weekend, folks. I recently had a cull of my books. Having always [...]
Aug
11th August ’17: Happy Birthday, E xxx
Happy Friday – or rather, ‘Happy Birthday’ 🎂🎂🎂🎂 Eleven years ago today, my second-in-command made [...]
Aug
10th August ’17: Dial-A-Disc triumph
Happy Thursday, instapeeps. We recently got an Amazon Echo Dot at Colour File HQ. I’m [...]
Aug
9th August ’17: Jelly Baby baby
Happy Humpday, pals. When it comes to food, my top three goes like this: 1) [...]
Aug
8th August ’17: Paint stories, please
Happy Tuesday, lovely people. Do you love paint? I ADORE the stuff 💕(Need any tester [...]
Aug
7th August ’17: A little favour…x
Hello again, folks. You know I told you I’d been nominated for the @amaraliving Interior Blog Awards [...]
Aug
7th August ’17: Who was a Brownie?
Hello to a new week, folks ❤️🦁🐥🌿👗🎽👾☂️ One of the many things I love about [...]
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6th August ’17: Feedback, please!
Hello again, lovely people. Hope your weekend is going well. We’ve been car-booting (see second-in-command’s [...]
Aug
6th August ’17: Ecclesiastical purple
Happy Sunday, folks. When I was a kid I sang in a church choir. I [...]
Aug
5th August ’17: In praise of graffiti
Happy Saturday, folks. When I was a teenager, my friend Alice had the coolest parents [...]
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