Colour Stories
Welcome!
It’s a pleasure to have you join me on this colourful journey. Together we’ll discover a world of colour stories and colour spotting through adventures, travels and everyday life. We’ll be looking at the latest colour crushes, and just about anything that excites us! If you have a colourful story you’d love to share, just drop me a line to discuss x
On the Colour Couch with colour lover Kim Baeten-Schouten
I often find myself going down the colourful rabbit hole that is Instagram. The joy of this is finding colour lovers from around the world. And Kim Baeten-Schouten from The Netherlands describes herself as "a beautician who loves to style her life in colour". What is...
Karen’s Adventures In Colour For July
Hello my fellow colour lovers. What a colourful month it's been. I love July as it's my birthday month and what made it even more special was being sent the first copy of my book. So come with me as I take you through my colourful month for July... The Little Book of...
On the Colour Couch with textile designer Susi Bellamy
I first met Susi around five years ago when we were both on the Colour Group GB committee. At that time Susi and her family had recently returned to the UK from living in sunny Tuscany with all its glorious colours. Since then we've become great friends staying at...
How to use colour to make your home a happy one
This post is in collaboration with Always Kalanchoe. To say that I love plants is an understatement. I guess it was always going to be in my blood given I have a Dutch mother and her love of pot plants, like her fellow countrymen knows no bounds. If there was space in...
Karen’s Adventures In Colour For June
I just love how colour shows up and this month is no exception. From the red carpet, history to modern laser lights, mother nature and foxy loxy. Here’s a skip through my colourful month for June... Theatre Red I just love going to the theatre. I do try to go once a...
On 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 are yet to meet her, Marianne is the Senior Creative Director at Dulux and one of the kindest people in the colour industry devoting a lot of her own time to a charity she has set up...
Karen’s Adventures In Colour For May
Welcome to the first of my monthly series where I'll be sharing my colourful adventures. And I have to say it's certainly been colourful! London during May comes alive with colourful design shows, exhibitions, events and general all round colour fun. Here I share some...
On the Colour Couch with colourful retailer Laura Smith
Meet the lovely Laura Smith who is the owner of LIFE is better in COLOUR who by her own admission is "doing my best to make life more colourful!... for people who live on the bright side of life." Let's delve into Laura's life in colour and her great advice for anyone...
5 Reasons to fall in love with Spring
Growing up in Sydney, Australia, we have seasons, something akin to warm, warmer and scorching hot! I just love experiencing the change in seasons, watching mother nature waking up from her winter slumber and bursting back into colourful life - what a joyful...
On the Colour Couch with bold colour lover Karen Martin
When I stumbled across Karen's instagram feed there was no doubt here was someone who was completely in love with colour. I just love her colourful collections and finds. Here Karen shares with us her favourite colour and how living in a rental apartment in Boston,...