Monthly Archives: June 2018
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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20 May 18: Garden weed shelfie
Hands up who’s gardening today? I recently read a survey about gardening habits in the [...]
Jun
19 May 18: Did you blub, too?
OK, can we have a chat about this? What exactly IS it that makes us [...]
Jun
18 May 18: First pair of shoes?
Can you remember your favourite pair of shoes from your childhood? Mine were silver and [...]
Jun
17 May 18: Grey sofa confessional
Are you sitting down? I have some shocking colour news. (Fortunately when I heard it [...]
Jun
16 May 18: Finding my colour tribe
Have you found your tribe? No? Keep looking: it’s worth it, I tell you. In [...]
Jun
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 [...]
Jun
14 May 18: Addicted to candles
I love candles. In fact, as you can see, I have a candle-buying addiction (this [...]
Jun
12 May 18: Best of British design
Hi folks. How’s your weekend shaping up? Revision looms large at Colour File HQ but [...]
Jun
11 May 18: Scratching the creative itch
Does anyone else here suffer from ‘creative itch’? No, it’s not something you should be [...]
Jun
10 May 18: An app for wallpaper perspective
Gosh, is that the time already? Apologies for my tardiness in posting today. I’ve been [...]
Jun
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