Posts by Karen Haller
Christmas gift list supporting small businesses
Hello colour lover! If you are looking for handmade, handcrafted or unique colourful gifts to give this Christmas and you also want to support small businesses, then my Christmas gift list might just be what you’ve been looking for. With Christmas markets being cancelled (not to mention most markets this year) so many small business…
Read MoreGive the gift of colour from Flying Flowers
Hello colour lover! Did you find yourself gravitating towards a certain colour or colours during ‘lockdown’ earlier this year? I noticed I was always gravitating towards yellow. I was wearing my yellow t-shirt a lot and when I did my weekly shop, I’d always buy a bunch of flowers and the colour I would always…
Read MoreMoving Summit – 25 Home Experts share their Top Tips
Hello colour lover! Have you recently moved home or about to move? I wanted to let you know of an event I’ve been asked to be part of and it might be the perfect thing for you. It’s the Moving Summit, a virtual event which is taking place between 11th – 13th November 2020. This…
Read MoreTop Drawer London 2020 – My Top Colour Picks
Hello colour lover! One of the great delights of my work, is being able to be a panellist, commentator or curator for various colour events and this month I was really thrilled to be asked by Top Drawer London to compiled my Top 20 Colour picks for the Autumn/Winter 2020 season. Top Drawer London is an annual trade show…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with artist Anna Proctor
Anna and I met a few years ago at one of the Decorcafe network events held at Assael architecture in Putney, southwest London where we discussed our shared passion for colour. I love hearing an artists relationship with the colours they use, so it was wonderful to hear Anna’s story. So it’s over to Anna…
Read More5 of my favourite colourful Instagram feeds
Hello colour lover! I thought I’d share my favourite colourful Instagram feeds with you. Then I realised it was a near impossible task as there are so many I love. So I decided to share five of my favourites now and then share more in the months to come. The five I’ve chosen are quite…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Anna Jacobs
Back in March I went along to the Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House weekend and caught up with James Balston (June’s Colour Couch interview) and he told me that I must go meet Anna and see her colourful home adding “She’s expecting you, I’ve told her all about you!”. So off I went and to…
Read MoreWhat’s been your go-to colour during lockdown?
Have you found yourself gravitating towards a particular colour during the many months of lockdown? Orange is my favourite colour and I was surprised looking back it wasn’t the colour that I was drawn to during lockdown. The colour that nourished me was yellow! On reflection, I think I love that it’s always so happy…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Interiors Photographer James Balston
James and I met back in 2011 when I used a series of his photographs for my chapter on Colour in Interiors for the industry text book Colour Design: Theories and Applications. We’ve kept in touch crossing paths many times at design industry events and earlier this year at the Crystal Palace Artists’ Open House,…
Read More5 fun facts about the colour orange
Hello colour lover! This month we’re going to be looking at some of the fun facts about the colour orange, which just happens to be my favourite colour! Here I share my top 5 favourite facts about this wonderful hue! 1. The evolution of the colour name Orange What do you do when you don’t…
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