Wonder walls: Boost your home and your mood with colour 

Home editor Eve Kelliher checks out paint colours and wall features that can help cheer us up

Green ranks as the most popular wall colour with 73,902 Instagram hashtags, according to a recent survey. Picture: iStock

SO WE all got over the infamous “Blue Monday”. Of course, I forgot at first that it was the day I was supposed to channel more gloom than even these times dictate — but I needn’t have worried.

If Christmas is associated with “organised fun” then the third Monday in January has now become a symbol of forced joylessness. Several people replied to any hint of chirpiness in my greetings (“happy Monday”, anyone?) with a sober reminder of what date it was.