Category Archives: Shelfies
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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How to photograph tricky spaces
Do you have a space in your home that you love but can’t seem to [...]
Jul
Quirky shelfie suggestions
What’s the quirkiest object you display on your shelves? When I buy anything beautiful, I [...]
Jul
Happy 1st birthday, Shelfie book!
A WHOLE YEAR! That’s how long it’s been since my book Shelfie came out. A [...]
Jul
The joy of colour coding your bookshelves
Sometimes all it takes is colour-organised books… I’ve done it for years (this was back [...]
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
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
Pink and yellow shelfie
Hello, my colour-loving friends I adore pink and yellow together 🌸🌼💗💛 To me the combination [...]
Jul
My pink Art Deco inspired bathroom
I recently read that mint green is on its way back into our lives. I’ve [...]
Jul
Shelfie display with rainbow Penguin books
You loved these books so much yesterday, I thought I’d give you more…. They certainly [...]
Jul
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