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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6 January 18: The green roofed house
How’s your weekend going? I’m still in the middle of BookLand (a theme park of [...]
Feb
5 January 18: A slave to technology
Hello colour peeps. How many pics do you have on your phone? The reason I [...]
Feb
4 January 2018: Colour is my salve
Gosh, this is a late one. Apologies: I’ve been head-down with the book and have [...]
Feb
3 January 18: Fantastic funfairs
Once upon a time, a friend told me she was scared of heights. She later [...]
Feb
2 January 18: Bye for now, decs
Hello my colour-loving friends ❤️👘🌟🌲🦋👾☂️ So the time has come to take the decorations down. [...]
Feb
31 December 17: More colour for 2018
Hello lovely people ❤️🍊🌟🍀🐬🦋👾☂️👚 So, on the eve of a brand new year, I’ve done [...]
Feb
30 December 17: Superstitious green
Hello folks. I’ve been writing about green for my new @psychologiesmagazine column. Some people find it lucky [...]
Feb
29 December 17: Sweet wrapper joy
Over Christmas, the bumper box of #qualitystreet inevitably made its way to the table. As always, I [...]
Feb
28 December 17: Colour to fool us
When we are kids, my brother and I always used to save the green sweets [...]
Feb
27 December 17: Red door history
When I was in Cambridge last summer, my friend took me to see the red [...]
Feb
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