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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27th August '17: Typewriter tales
Happy Sunday from a tent in Cheshire ⛺️⛺️⛺️ Yesterday, my second-in-command asked me what kind [...]
Sep
26th August '17: In praise of orange
Welcome to the weekend, folks 🍊🍊🍊🍊 I have a particular affinity to orange, on account [...]
Sep
25th August '17: Strawflower still life
Happy Friday, colour-lovers. I was recently asked, ‘If you could own one famous work of [...]
Sep
24th August '17: Six Colour File months
Hello from Thursday ❤️💥💛💚🐬👕👾💜 I’m celebrating today because it was exactly six months ago that [...]
Sep
23rd August '17: What flotsam has to say
Happy Humpday, my loyal friends ❤️🦁⭐️💚🌊👖👾💜 Before I started The Colour File, I was an [...]
Sep
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