It’s what you’ve all been waiting for! No, it’s not the John Lewis Christmas advert or an end of year bonus at work. It’s the Pantone Colour of the Year. We haven’t always been favourable of the Pantone Colour of the Year. Ultra Violet didn’t take off and, at the time, 2015’s Marsala didn’t tickle…
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Brrrr… hello October, you chilly little beast. It’s official, we’re in autumn. Scarves are wrapped tightly around peoples necks and leaves are crunching under our feet. With the turn of season comes a bunch of exciting new things. From pops of neon to something colder than the weather outside, here’s three launches to keep an…
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Our heart wasn’t completely in last years Dulux Colour of the Year, and, honey, we’re not too sure that this year’s is going to spice up our lives. Spiced Honey has been announced as Dulux Colour of the Year 2019. The hue, chosen by colour experts at Dulux is a warm amber tone said to…
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The concoction of colour is not dissimilar to the production of coffee, according to Farrow & Ball. When creating the latest hue, the sultans of superior shades have perfected the art down to a T. We learned this when we were lucky enough to visit the Farrow & Ball factory in Dorset. On arrival we…
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Last week, Pantone announced their Colour of the Year 2018. In previous years we’ve had Marsala (2015), Rose Quartz/Serenity (2016) and Greenery (2017), but never before have we seen a colour cause such a hoo-ha. Let us introduce you to 18-3838 Ultra Violet… View this post on Instagram Pantone’s Color of the Year is one moment…
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Take some chintz, add silk bedding, a ceramic swan lamp and a lip shaped pleather sofa, pop that all into one place and what do you have? The zany world of Décor Hardcore. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Hardcore Is Not For Everybody (@decorhardcore) on Jul 2, 2017 at 11:41pm PDT…
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Are you as sick of us as seeing holiday snaps on Instagram yet? Between that and smug teachers on holiday, we’re craving a bit of foreign sun and a dive into something cool and blue. However, if a exotic excursion is off the cards this year or you just want to inject some wanderlust into…
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The votes have been counted and verified and G. F Smith can announce that Marrs Green has been voted the World’s Favourite Colour. Following a global survey by the renowned papermakers, the teal hue, named Marrs Green in honour of Annie Marrs who participated in the survey, has won. The shade will now join the…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year when colour trend heavyweights, Pantone, announce its Colour of the Year and for 2017 it’s a fresh and vibrant hue. Please welcome, Greenery…
Read MoreSugary sweet, why not try lightening up the home with some pastel tones? You may remember Pantone’s colours of the year, Rose Quartz and Serenity, well pink and blue are two perfectly good colours for introducing the trend into your home… Images courtesy of – Top left: Marks & Spencer, Top right: The Shutter Store,…
Read MoreFashion in the home has suddenly become, well, fashionable. Whether it’s Matthew Williamson and Osborne & Little or Dolce & Gabbana Smeg fridges, bringing a little touch of the runway to your home is so vogue. The latest arrival is the vibrantly tropical collaboration between House of Holland x Habitat. A first foray into interiors…
Read MoreEach 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 MoreDivergent, 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 MoreThe 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 MoreWe 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
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