Monthly Archives: September 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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5th September '17: Silver sensations
Welcome to Tuesday. I’m intrigued by what colours mean to different people. Countless studies tell [...]
Sep
4th September '17: Pastels & poetry
Welcome to a new week. I recently read a couple of news stories about people [...]
Sep
3rd September '17: Rug beauty
Happy Sunday, dear friends. When I was a child, my bedroom rug had patterns on [...]
Sep
2nd September '17: Colour clash
Hey, you made it to the weekend. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 A couple of nights ago, my second-in-command [...]
Sep
1st September '17: Shelf love
Happy Friday, folks (yup, it really is Friday – I double-checked 😁). I’ve been thinking [...]
Sep
31st August '17: Mauve confusion
Happy Thursday, Colour Filers Last night I played the ‘So what colour IS it exactly?’ [...]
Sep
30th August '17: 'But I want RED shoes…'
Hello from Wednesday. Yesterday it was wellies, today it’s shoes. My earliest shoe memory is [...]
Sep
29th August '17: Pink welly love
Happy Tuesday, colour-lovers. I adore wellies (so much so that an ex- said I’d wear [...]
Sep
29th August '17: Your vote, please!
Hello on a stunning, sunny Bank Holiday Monday ☀️☀️☀️ My second-in-command and I are chilling [...]
Sep
28th August '17: Turquoise – or is it?
Hello from the tent again ⛺️⛺️⛺️ Since our visit to Wales, I’ve been pondering about [...]
Sep
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