About
Welcome, I’m Helen and I created Colourful Beautiful Things as a showcase, blog and gallery for all things colourful and beautiful for your home.
Colour, pattern, design and craftsmanship enrich day-to-day living in a multitude of ways. Colour has the power to alter our mood, change our outlook and make us smile, even on the greyest day.
Beautiful, well-crafted objects – even the smallest of everyday items – are a source of immense satisfaction and pleasure every time we look at, touch and use them. The greatest happiness is often to be found in the simplest things.
Creating a home that reflects our personal creativity and idea of beauty means we have a refuge where we can fully relax, and fully be ourselves.
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My love for colour, pattern, design and craftsmanship, plus a passion for interior design, travel and collecting inspired me to create this showcase for my favourite finds.
Based in London, UK, Colourful Beautiful Things is an exploration and celebration of colour and pattern, beautifully made things and inspiring interior design in the contemporary home.
How this website works
The finds that I showcase here on Colourful Beautiful Things are things that I love, that inspire and excite me, and that reflect my aesthetic. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do.
Please note that I don’t sell anything from this site, but most items can be bought directly from the various artists, designers, makers, shops and galleries that I write about. I include links wherever possible so that you can shop or get in touch with them quickly and easily.
I don’t ask for, or take, any payment to showcase work on this site. Nor do I accept money to publish paid posts written by third parties for promotional purposes or to include back links.
My support of independent artists, designers and makers is funded through collaborations with larger brands and retailers. I use affiliate banner adverts and contextual links which means that if you click through to the site of an affiliate partner I may receive a small commission on the basket total of any purchases that you may make.
From time to time I may write a sponsored post, which will always be clearly marked as such.
I only ever feature and write about things that I truly love, and that I’m genuinely excited to share with you. For that reason I turn down many offers of collaborations and sponsorship that don’t fit with what this blog is about. All views are always honest, and always my own.
For more information about affiliate partners, or sponsorship and advertising opportunities, please email advertise@colourfulbeautifulthings.co.uk.
Blog courtesy
I’m truly pleased when you love the things featured here. If you would like to share, then I am even more delighted. However, please don’t copy or use my original posts or layouts without crediting back to this site.
Comments and feedback are welcomed, but I reserve the right to moderate all comments received. I will remove any that are inappropriate, contain offensive language or content, and that are irrelevant to the subject matter of the post or contain blatant self-promotional links or content.
Use of images
Many of the images on this website are not taken by myself. I endeavour to only use images either with permission or where I can credit the original source and/or photographer, either in the article or in a caption. If I have used an image that belongs to you and you would like it removed then please contact me and I will do so as quickly as possible.