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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18th March 2017: Multicoloured shelfie
Happy Saturday, lovely people ❤️🦊🦁🐥🐸👕👖👾👩🏻🎤🙅🏼 Thank you for your enthusiasm for my ‘noir’ shelfscapes. Today, I [...]
Apr
17th March ’17: St Patrick’s green
Good day, fellow colour-lovers ☘️🍀 There are two reasons to celebrate today: it’s Friday (and [...]
Apr
16th March ’17: Pastels & macaroons
Good morning, Colour Filers. You know that feeling when you go out to buy reading [...]
Apr
15th March ’17: Navy, ochre & rose
Happy Wednesday, folks. I was trying to do a pure navy/indigo on its own but [...]
Apr
14th March ’17: Pink, yellow & black
Tuesday is here, Colour Filers, and I was full of hope for a blast of [...]
Apr
13th March ’17: Blue-green & pale pink
Happy Monday, colour-lovers 👍🏻💚 I hope you had a colour-filled and joyful weekend, just as [...]
Apr
12th March ’17: Purple & pink
Happy Sunday, folks 💜💕 See, I told you I’d wear that purple shirt. I love it [...]
Apr
11th March ’17: Rainbow colours
Happy happy Saturday from The Colour File, lovely people 🌈 Today, I’m having a ‘collating’ [...]
Apr
10th March ’17: Burnished colours
It’s Friday – you’ve made it! Today at The Colour File, it’s a day for [...]
Apr
9th March ’17: Yellow & black
Happy Thursday from The Colour File 🖤💛🐝 I’ve been busily reading a batch of smart-thinking [...]
Apr
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