Author Archives: Martha
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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1st April ’17: Car boot finds
Happy Sunday, colour-lovers 🐙🦊😊🐛🐋👾☂️. As you plough your way through the Sunday papers, my second-in-command [...]
Apr
1st April ’17: Black & multi
Happy, lazy Saturday, folks. I am, I have to confess, super-excited because it is, once [...]
Apr
31st March ’17: Marine art friends
It’s #FollowFriday and I wanted to use this opportunity to introduce you to a merry [...]
Apr
31st March ’17: Asymmetry rules
Happy, happy Friday from The Colour File. Friday means flowers (don’t EVER wait for someone [...]
Apr
30th March ’17: Sorbet brights
Happy Thursday, people 🌸🐥☂️🦊 I couldn’t just give you my mugshot as today’s Colour File contribution [...]
Apr
30th March ’17: Brown & beige…
Here we are at #throwbackThursday. This little imp is me, looking like an extra from [...]
Apr
29th March ’17: Beautiful rubbish
So here we are at Wednesday again 🐙🌺🦊🦁🐥🐸🦋👕👾☂️ The longer days are, very strangely, making the [...]
Apr
28th March ’17: Faded stripes & buttons
Happy Tuesday, folks. Ok, time for a blast of my favourite colours – faded ones. [...]
Apr
27th March ’17: Purple & orange
Happy Monday, fellow colour-lovers. What a life-affirming weekend of friends, family and, of course, colour. [...]
Apr
26th March ’17: Luckiest mum alive
Love love love this boy 😍. Thanks @marinefighter999 for a decade of hoots, japes and [...]
Apr
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