Category Archives: Colour stories
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 many colours of vintage Penguin books
Here are some pretty Penguins for your delectation… The colours add beauty to the tomes [...]
May
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 [...]
Feb
How to paint a mini-mural in 15 minutes
I love painting things. Every stage thrills me, starting from leafing through paint cards, comparing [...]
Aug
Stories about stairs
What sayings from your childhood have imprinted themselves indelibly on your brain? My mum was [...]
Jul
What colour is your house?
What colour is YOUR house? I’ve walked down this street soooo many times (on account [...]
Jul
The unexpected gift of friendship
Sometimes life gives you little unexpected gifts: tax rebates (rare), a good hair day (rarer), [...]
Jul
The colourful apple doesn’t fall far…
Good morning and welcome to a new week SIC breaks up tomorrow, which means the [...]
Jul
All-year round Christmas decorations
I’ve always loved party decorations When I was a kid and was tasked with licking [...]
Jul
Are you brave with colour?
I’m on a proper colour roll today… Here’s another close-up I took in my living [...]
Jul
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
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