Monthly Archives: May 2019
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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The story of colourful kantha quilts
I once read that creative people tend to prefer asymmetry (I’m all for buying odd [...]
May
The story of the colour, heliotrope
Are there any words you love and, conversely, any you don’t like? Apparently, the least [...]
May
Lisa Dawson: My Colourful World
Lisa Dawson is an interiors blogger, writer and presenter whose weekly blog inspires fans on Instagram and [...]
May
The story of green malachite dye
I mentioned some time back how I searched tirelessly for a decade for the perfect [...]
May
Organising and tidying using colour order
I’m working on a project that’s making me really think about how we organise our [...]
May
Dan Baldwin’s 100 tones of happiness
What would you buy if money were no object? For me it would be art. [...]
May
The story of red and white candy canes
Do you put candy canes on your Christmas tree? I tried it once but realised [...]
May
The story of the white elephant
‘Don’t even THINK about it!!’ That was my mum’s standard response when, a long while [...]
May
The story of coral colour
After the punchy Ultra Violet of 2018, Pantone gave us Living Coral for its 2019 [...]
May
The story of my pink bathroom
Do you have a favourite room in your home? I love my Angie pink living [...]
May
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