Monthly Archives: November 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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11 November '17: Men love cushions, too
Forget the small matter of a Y chromosome. There’s something else waaaay more crucial that [...]
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10 November '17: Early Christmas
Anyone who knows me knows my view on Christmas decorations: why wait til Christmas? New [...]
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9 November '17: The fashion police
In a previous Colour File, I mentioned the Elizabethan Sumptuary Laws that dictated what colour [...]
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8 November '17: Favourite shapes
Welcome to Wednesday, my colour-loving chums. I have this thing about squares and cubes. It [...]
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Creative and design expert Emma Jane Palin: My Colourful World
Emma Jane Palin is a London-based creative lifestyle blogger with an avid love for design, [...]
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6 November 17: Bone china tales
Welcome to a new week. When my grandmother made the big move from rural Wales [...]
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5 November 17: Khaki love or hate?
I don’t know about you but I have a love/hate relationship with green, depending on [...]
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4 November ’17: Primrose pants
When I look at a colour, I generally have a memory attached to it. Often [...]
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3 November 17: Blue for a queen
When I was a little girl, I loved drawing the Queen wearing one of her [...]
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2 November 17: Lucky number 3
I’m not a huge fan of superstition but I am fascinated by it. Lucky & [...]
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