Moving into summer, we’re getting ready to be bright and bold in our home. We’ve got the houseplants and we’re ready to crack the curtains and let the light in. That’s why we’re so excited that one of our favourite online shops, A Splash of Colour, has arrived in Shoreditch’s Boxpark for a two-week residency…
Read MorePantone Announce Colour of the Year 2016: Rose Quartz & Serenity
Each year, the design world waits with bated breath for the launch of Pantone’s Colour of the Year. You may remember that last year we weren’t huge fans of murky Marsala so the arrival of this years colour feels like a breath of fresh air. Unusually, we have the announcement of two blending shades – the first…
Read More5 Minutes With… Natasha Broady
We love new online retailers, so when we were introduced to A Splash of Colour we knew we had a new go-to interiors hub for all things furniture and homewares. Focusing on two main aspects, colour and design, A Splash of Colour hosts an array of wonderful designers producing the best in contemporary interiors. Not…
Read MoreLife needs colour – become a colour rebel
Divergent, The Hunger Games, The Maze Runner, Blade Runner, Road runner… What do all of these have in common? Ok, maybe not the last one, but all of these post-apocalyptic style movies all have a colourless outlook. Bleak greys, darkened buildings, bracken landscapes all set the scene for the brutal massacres to unfold within these…
Read MoreSophie Ellis-Bextor is named the face of Dulux’s Colour of the Year Copper Blush
The lovely Sophie Ellis-Bextor has been named the face of Dulux‘s Colour of the Year Copper Blush. It seems quite unusual to have a celebrity as “a face” of a colour but Dulux have done this exceptionally well and we feel Sophie is a fantastic choice. Ethereal and pretty in pink, the campaign perfectly sums up…
Read MoreBarrow & Fall
We don’t know about you, but we know the following all too well… A rather humorous sketch created and written by Jessica Ellerby and also starring Jessica Kirton – Barrow & Fall. “Corpse dick” David & Mark x
Read MoreWhat’s with this Marsala madness?
So, by now it’s common knowledge that Marsala is Pantone’s colour of the year for 2015 and we’ve seen a lot of great things said about it. However, how many of us would actually bring this trend in our homes and if so, to what extent. After all, nothing upsets us more than what’s basically…
Read MoreDulux announces Colour of the Year 2015; Copper Blush
Last Tuesday we were invited to Somerset House for the Dulux Colour Future 15 presentation. Off from work we set, marveling in the wonderful building – even managing to squeeze in a short moment for a Beauty and the Beast style walk down the stairs – and finding our way to the event. We took…
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