Posts by Karen Haller
On the Colour Couch with Joanne Hardcastle
Have you ever been scrolling through Instagram when suddenly one image makes you stop? It catches your eye and you just have to see who this person is. That is exactly what happened to me when I spotted a pair of legs poking out from under a bed, wearing black and white striped tights and…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Dulux Creative Director Marianne Shillingford
What a joy it is to introduce you to Marianne Shillingford. For those of you who have yet to meet her, Marianne is the Senior Creative Director at Dulux UK and one of the kindest people in the colour industry. She devotes a great deal of her own time to a charity she founded, the…
Read More5 of my favourite colourful Instagram feeds – joyful
Hello colour lover! I’m back with my 5 favourite colourful Instagram account series, and this time I’m sharing with you my top 5 that are bursting full of colourful joy, that make me smile every time I see them pop up on my feed. Today I am delighted to share with you the very colourful Kim Hall,…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Wayne Perrey, The TV Carpenter
I first crossed paths with Wayne Perrey, better known as The TV Carpenter, during lockdown, when he invited me onto his podcast, The TV Carpenter. We recorded our episode remotely, but even through the screen, his warmth, energy and love for all things design came through loud and clear. At that point, I already knew…
Read MoreWhy it’s OK for boys to like pink too
Every few years we find ourselves confronted with the ‘boy wears pink’ headline and parents finding they are confronted with having in some way explain their son’s colour choice. This happened to UK TV presenter Emma Willis when she found herself on a daytime chat show several years ago saying she was ‘overwhelmed’ by the reaction to…
Read MoreMental Health Awareness UK, navigating grief through colour
As it’s Mental Health Awareness Week here in the UK, I wanted to focus on something we all experience at some point in our lives, which is grief. Grief first hit me hard when my father was ill. I felt it even before he passed away, and when he died nine years ago, that grief…
Read MoreOn the Colour Couch with Garden Designer, Lee Burkhill
I’m really excited to share this Colour Couch interview with you because it’s a bit of a first for me. My very first gardener. And not just any gardener. I’d say the UK’s most colourful. Award winning Lee Burkhill, the creative mind behind Garden Ninja designs. If he looks familiar, you might be like me…
Read MoreBring in the colour this Easter
Hello colour lovers! I love Easter, not just for the long weekend which is lovely of course especially when the sun is shining, or for the delicious chocolate, it’s also a time for family and friends to come together. Connecting over festive meals, Easter egg hunts and no doubt there’ll be many with big smiles…
Read More5 Reasons to fall in love with Spring
Growing up in Sydney, Australia, my idea of seasons was something akin to warm, warmer and scorching hot! Since living in the UK, I’ve been able to experience the change in seasons which I just love. To watch mother nature waking up from her winter slumber and bursting back into colourful spring life – it’s…
Read MoreWould You Pick a Colour called “puke”?
Have you ever bought a colour because you loved the name? Did it instantly transport you to a place, a time, a memory or simply because of how it made you feel? Fancy any from this 1574 colour chart? How about Ape’s Laugh, Merry Widow or Gooseturd Green? And if this chart is anything to…
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