Monthly Archives: July 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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Colour Experts Colour stories
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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Embrace the visual noise
‘Never work with animals and children’ That’s what W.C.Fields once famously said (second-in-command, aged 12, [...]
Jul
Shelfie tips: Buy colourful vintage books
Recently, @_lisa_dawson_ showed us some vintage Penguin books that she’d bought. I actually squealed with [...]
Jul
How to buy art with your heart
Just when you think you’ve seen all the beauty you can take… My colour-loving friends, [...]
Jul
My multicoloured Etsy find
Yesterday, I talked about how Etsy is my go-to destination for superb colour finds. Here’s [...]
Jul
Why I love Etsy
What do you do if you have a spare five minutes? Pour yourself a sizeable [...]
Jul
Design tip: The importance of white space
I took this #shelfie pic a while back but I wasn’t sure about sharing it [...]
Jul
Behind the scenes: a bit of insta-reality…
Here’s a tiny bit of Insta-reality: a bit of Colour File HQ that’s finished and [...]
Jul
My colourful vintage blanket collection
LOOK at these cuties!! Around 15 years ago I went through a phase of buying [...]
Jul
Pink and yellow shelfie
Hello, my colour-loving friends I adore pink and yellow together 🌸🌼💗💛 To me the combination [...]
Jul
The healing power of gerbera flowers
What is it about gerberas? Maybe it’s something to do with the fact that they [...]
Jul
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