One day I’d love to buy a little home on the coast. It seems like a long distant dream. Nevertheless, I often imagine how I would decorate and style it in these nautical shades of blue, pops of red and a coral pink.
Read moreColour Play: Fresh Spring
It was a delight to put this new colour palette together. We are in mid-Winter and the days have been so dark, grey and somewhat miserable.
Read moreSaying Goodbye to January + Turning 60!
January is drawing to a close and it feels like yesterday that I was excited to be starting a New Year. It’s been a month of “peaks and troughs”. I celebrated my 60th birthday with my family on a lovely long weekend away at Centre Parcs Longleat Forest in early January.
Read moreColour Play: Love Blue
When you think about the common words used associated with blue, such as calming, peaceful, tranquil, conservative, traditional and secure, it’s not surprising that many people love blue. It’s a colour that’s easy and dependable.
Read moreHello November + Colour Play
I was happily indoors sat at my kitchen table playing with colours for my new Colour Play palette. Initially feeling really unispired. I kept staring at the candles on the table flickering and thinking how cosy it looked and felt. Distracted because I couldn’t seem to come up with colours that would “play nicely”. Uninspired still.
Read moreColour Play: Lavender Honey
Lavender honey. Doesn’t that sound lovely?! It’s the inspiration for this week’s colour palette. When I’m putting together a colour palette, I started off with a base colour. This is the colour that drives my decisions on what colours to add.
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