The Great Indoors

It?s our last episode before we go on a break so we take the time to reminisce about the last five years and 149 episodes of interior design debate, advice, guests, fun and a lot of laughter. From our popular Design Crimes, Style Surgery and touring the houses of some fabulous guests it has been a whirlwind! If you want to keep in touch with what we?re doing, you can follow and subscribe to Kate on Substack for weekly interiors inspiration and expert interior design advice, plus all you need to know about the popular design retreats coming up in Italy. Check out Sophie?s Online Design School for amazing courses and sign up to Sophie?s newsletter to be the first to know about in person events and a possible Marrakech retreat at the end of the year too! The podcast will be back at the end of the year! Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for our last Style Surgery before we take a break, as we answer your design dilemmas. From how to house 3000 books, to turning an open plan nightmare into a serene space, this episode is jam packed with fun interiors chat and advice. Sophie actually advises one of our lovely listeners to drop the pattern and go muted, whilst Kate recommends a green so vibrant it even makes Sophie proclaim ?oh my goodness, that is very strong!?? so what dilemma has made the tables turn? Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We?re off on the road again to Ham Yard Hotel for a personal tour and interview with designer Kit Kemp and GP&J Baker?s Ann Grafton to celebrate their new collection. Listen to find out more about the design inspiration behind the fabulous collection of fabrics and wallpaper, how collaborations like these first come about and how they have brought antique archival designs up to date to suit modern day interiors. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us as we have a fun catch up in Sophie?s home, chatting all things Spring refresh from table settings and cushions to bedlinen, curtains and diy. As you can imagine we have very different takes on the subject, as Kate praises the virtues of brown all year round and Sophie gives us a sneak peek into her secret seasonal crockery cupboard. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We?re interviewing the founder of ?How to Basically?, Justin Kelly, who runs a workshop in East Sussex which teaches people practical living skills from basic DIY, electrics and plumbing to how to look after everyday appliances. Listen along as Kate and Sophie attempt to put up a shelf themselves ? something they?ve never done before! Link to 'How to Basically': https://howtobasically.co.uk/welcome-to-the-first-edition-of-the-nuts-bolts/ Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we?re discussing an important topic we should all consider when updating our homes ? how to make choices that are sustainable, use less energy, save us money and will last. We share what we have done recently to make our own homes more eco-friendly and who we love to follow for sustainable tips and inspiration. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We?re answering your Style Surgery questions this week, from whether thermal wallpaper makes a difference, to how to design multi-task rooms and make the most of open plan living. We all agree beautiful apex windows are a nightmare for window treatments and there?s a gap in the market for a product that actually works. Listen to this episode full of practical tips that will help you with design dilemmas you may be having in your own home. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From the sublime to the ridiculous we look at some of the trends forecasted for the year. The Pinterest Trend Report 2024 brings all the fun looking at increased searches from last year to garner what people will be into this year ? think chrome, bows, kitsch kitchens and more out there suggestions like ?the jellyfish aesthetic? and ?aquatecture.? Our recent trip to Deco Off in Paris provided a more high-end approach, with global designers gathering to see all the upcoming collections from some of the top European designers. From ?quiet luxury? to ?mob wife luxe?, this episode is full of ideas that will make you laugh, groan or maybe feel just a little bit inspired! Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colour psychology and behavioural design expert, Karen Haller joins us for a fascinating chat about how the colours we surround ourselves with are having an emotional effect on us and our behaviours. Karen believes knowing which colours will affect us positively is helpful to avoid blindly following trends and societal ?colour norms? when designing the spaces we live in, but choose colours authentic to ourselves instead. From how to make it work if you and your partner like contrasting colour palettes, to how to recognise which colour palette (or season) is right for you, this episode has so many amazing insights that will help you choose colours you?ll thrive in. Karen Haller?s Website: https://karenhaller.com/ Karen Haller?s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karen_haller_colour/ Karen Haller?s Book: ?The Little Book of Colour? Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s time for our popular Style Surgery where we discuss the design dilemmas that have been bugging you. Are wash basins in the bedroom outdated or a genius idea? How do you make a ceiling statement work with the rest of the room and what artwork should I put in a bathroom to make it feel less boring? Listen to this episode for more tips on colour theory for an effective work space, hanging decorative plates on the wall, plus matching two different wood floors ? can it be done? Our Insiders Members also get access to exclusive Style Surgery questions from other members in their extended version of the episode. If you?d like to also receive these benefits, sign up below. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

There are so many ways you can refresh your home affordably this time of year. If like us, you're low on funds and energy in January, listen to this episode for the best ways to make your home feel cosy and ?new? without having to spend a fortune. From having a clear out, to moving art around, or upcycling a small Facebook Marketplace find, it?s all about the little changes that make a big impact to your space. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s time for a big catch up after the festive break, whilst Sophie spent it enjoying her new kitchen with friends and family, Kate was knee deep in dust in the house in Italy. Sophie has been using the time to vision board for 2024, dreaming big dreams without getting caught up in the detail, and together they choose a word of the year. Will Sophie have her own interiors shop one day? Did the builders manage to fix Kate?s oven in time for Christmas day? Have a listen to find out. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s the last episode of the year so we chat all things Christmas as it hurtles towards us at an alarming rate! It?s true what they say that ?time speeds up as you get older,? so join us as we take a moment to reflect on the year just gone and discuss our Christmas plans and traditions, what we?re looking forward to and what we like to avoid. We also chat about the pressure we put upon ourselves to make everything perfect and how we can take steps to dial it back this year, whether it be simplifying our gifting or ditching the sequins for an evening on the sofa instead. And the question remains, will Kate be spending Christmas with her builders in Italy?! Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our monthly Style Surgery, Kate and Sophie take on the task of answering your design dilemmas. From how much is too much when it comes to colour drenching, the best whites for a large room or bold choices in a small bedroom, these questions provide ample opportunity for some lively discussion and debate. The episode also includes some fantastic tips on improving the exterior of your home, stair runners that make a statement, plus how to add some privacy to overlooked windows without compromising on light. Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode we talk to chef and foodie expert Ed Smith about how to cut down costs on food over the festive period plus florist, broadcaster and writer, Hazel Gardiner, gives us her tips on how to decorate with foliage in a sustainable and thrifty way. As your resident design experts (ahem?!) we share all our favourite ideas for Christmas decorating on a budget, and if anyone has spotted Kate?s Christmas decs that she somehow lost this year during the house moves, please, let her know! Ed Smith: www.rocketandsquash.com www.instagram.com/rocketandsquash Hazel Gardiner: https://www.hazelgardinerdesign.com/ www.instagram.com/hazelgardinerdesign Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

As winner of Interior Design Masters 2022, Banjo Beale has gone on to breath new life into homes and businesses in the television series ?Designing the Hebrides?, plus bringing his infectious enthusiasm as host of the beautiful ?Scottish Home of the Year? on the BBC. Alongside this, he has continued to design, inspiring thousands on Instagram with his incredible style and just in case that wasn?t enough, he has also written a book! Join us as we catch up on Banjo?s incredible year and listen out for some fantastic tips for sourcing vintage homeware. Banjo Beale?s Website: https://www.banjobeale.co.uk/ Banjo Beale on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjo.beale/ Banjo Beale?s Book: https://amzn.eu/d/cM6aZ5v Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join us for our tales from Venice plus we review four more books that span the breadth of the interiors world. From the escapism of super luxe living in sunny California, to authentic and sustainable design in the remote island of Mull, and designing your home to align with how you want to feel in a space. Listen to our lively debate as we pick out our favourite elements of each book including what we believe is the ?must have? book for every home decorator. All Up in My Space ? How to Decorate With Feeling by Emma Hopkinson and Robyn Donaldson https://tinyurl.com/2sj76eb6 Livable Luxe by Brigette Romanek https://tinyurl.com/4u4ymr9n Wild Isle Style by Banjo Beale https://tinyurl.com/3tb7w3be Farrow & Ball: How to Redecorate by Joa Studholme and Charlotte Cosby https://tinyurl.com/4ujhykf4 Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week's Style Surgery dives into questions from the essentials of kitchen design to where to start when designing a whole home from scratch and how to style a beautiful Georgian hallway. This week?s dilemmas are wonderful problems to have! Listen as Kate and Sophie champion the humble moodboard (and how to go about it if you?re short on time) plus top tips on sourcing and hanging artwork. If you have any advice for our listeners, do join the chat in our Facebook group! Kate?s Books: https://shorturl.at/htS35 Sophie?s Online Design School: https://courses.sophierobinson.co.uk/ Send your style surgery questions here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Join Kate and Sophie for this lively discussion as they go through each generation from Gen Z to Boomers, and debate how each group are seen to approach design differently. From 70s conversation pits, millennial pink and mid-century obsessions to the old adage of ?if it ain?t broke, don?t fix it?, they look at which trends are returning, plus the societal and economical differences that have played a part in our varying attitudes towards the décor choices we make. They also share how TV shows have influenced each generation from the wonderful interiors seen in Sex Education, to the 70s show The Good Life, and the bold and bright style championed by DIY shows like Changing Rooms. And should Kate, a Gen X?er, be striding out in silver trousers or being more age typical in sensible burgundy like Sophie? Join the debate in our Facebook group! The house for sale from the set of Sex Education: https://t.ly/LieJ2 Jake Lambert Comedy: https://t.ly/pIl4d Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you in the middle of a renovation and feeling stressed? Do you have a house move on the way that?s causing you anxiety? Or do you feel your home isn?t quite making you as happy as you?d like it to? These are just a few of the questions interior designer and wellbeing coach, Juan Sandiego, helps to answer in this week?s fascinating interview. Juan champions a refreshing approach to design focussing on the happiness it brings us both when the space is finished and along the journey itself, with practical tips on how to cope with renovation stress and how to be content with the home you have. This episode is jam-packed with useful insights and not to be missed. Happy Home Clinic: https://happyhome.clinic/ and on Instagram: www.instagram.com/happyhomeclinic/ Sign up to become a friend of the show here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We love to share our favourite interiors books with you - from choosing art for your home to styling the spaces you live in - this week's books celebrate homes which put sustainability at the forefront of design and are rich with practical tips and inspiration which always provoke some healthy debate (have gallery walls had their day?) between our hosts, Sophie and Kate. The Home Style Handbook by Lucy Gough: https://amzn.eu/d/3jwSIAe https://www.instagram.com/style_by_lucy Art At Home by Rachel Loos: https://amzn.eu/d/6K6jRMW https://www.instagram.com/rachel_e_loos The New Naturals by Jennifer Haslam: https://amzn.eu/d/3ncpmiS https://www.instagram.com/jenhaslamstylist Living Bright by Matthew Williamson: https://amzn.eu/d/3351egH https://www.instagram.com/matthewwilliamson Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It?s time for our popular monthly Style Surgery where we solve your design dilemmas and are we in for a treat today. Listen to Kate and Sophie discuss how to transform a kitchen for under £1k, how to connect adjoining rooms with colour and your ?red thread? and why they absolutely do not give you permission to have a ?disjointed space?! From tips on how to make a tiny bathroom work and look beautiful, to debating the pros and cons of open plan living between a listener?s kitchen and dining space and whether broken-plan living is the way forward, this episode is jam-packed with practical tips. Plus, they tackle a problem as old as the dawn of time? how do we encourage the rest of the family to keep the house tidy? Answers on a postcard. Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and join in with the chat here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram: Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ever wanted to transform your home into a haven of joy and inspiration? Well, it would appear you are not alone. Following on from the recent Focus and London Design Festival talk of trends around the new collections are all about the notion of joy. Be that colour, pattern, tactile textures, it?s mostly about tapping into what works for you. And if you are not in the market for a redecoration, don?t feel left behind, you can find joy in the smallest home improvements. From sorting the laundry pile to finally fixing that dodgy DIY good vibes are just around the corner. To see Sophie?s new Collection for Harlequin, follow this link https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie- robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie- robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harle quin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection To see Kate's carpet for Altenative Flooring follow this link  https://www.alternativeflooring.com/collection/quirky_b/quirky---web-exclusives/quirky-bloom  To sign up to Decorex and come to our talk on Colour on the 8 th October 2023 at 4pm follow this link https://www.decorex.com/en/talks-programme/agenda.html#/seminars/ban-the- beige-being-brave-with-colour For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hot off the press of Dulux?s annual Colour of the year announcement, Sophie and Kate talk all things colour trends with Creative Director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford. The colour all our walls will be wearing next year is Sweet embrace, a delicate pink, with a tinge of lilac nudging towards a cool grey. It?s a response to continued pressures stresses and starins we are all suffering under. It?s not quite the optimistic party colour Kate and Sophie were hoping for, but that?s coming Marianne assures us, but the masses aren?t quite ready for it yet. A jewel of an episode bursting with insights into the art of colour forecasting, the emotions of colour and why a soft pink is what we all need right now. To view Dulux?s Colour of the Year head over to https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour- of-the-year-2024 Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat?s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in- store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.   For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here is a topic we didn?t think we?d be discussing a few months ago but the speed in which this technology is developing means we are already seeing it across our Instagram feeds. Opinion is that AI generated room designs are here, and not going anywhere. So how can you use this technology to help plan and visualise your home? Will these aspirational dreamlike interiors add to the already heavy feeling of FOMO? And will it make a whole industry of talented human designers obsolete? Or is it an amazing creative tool that can help expand all our creative horizons? Members of The Great Indoors Insiders can enjoy a brilliant BONUS episode, as Kate and Sophie interview interior design student and AI native Vanessa Edwards, who explains how as an early adopter she?s using Mid Journey to developed her creative interior designs. You can sign up and enjoy these insights, and support the show here www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com We?d love to hear your views on this topic, so join in the chat on our private Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat?s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in- store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.   For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is the monthly episode where we pass the mic on to you our lovely listeners. We hear From dilemmas that range from pattern or plain curtains, how to be inspired by a period style and make it modern, and is the rule that you need to paint your light filled room in a pale light colour hogwash? This episode gives our hosts plenty to row about, especially around the acceptability of Moomin mugs and Pea mylk. Intrigued?well enjoy the show! The Great Indoors Insiders receive a extended BONUS edit of this episode, so to hear more from Kate and Sophie on the perils of bedroom storage and appeasing tricky teenagers then sign up to become a friend of the show visit www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. We?d love to hear your design dilemma?s so please send us an emila or a voice note to [email protected] Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat?s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in- store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023. To view Sophie?s new fabric and wallpaper collection head over to https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.    Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie are back from their summer sojourn and have so much to catch up on. Sophie hijacks Kates love of chocolate brown for the walls of her new TV snug. Meanwhile Kate's channelling her inner unicorn as Sophies love of a rainbow infiltrates her Italian Reno. Have our favourite sparring hosts entirely swapped colour personalities? Who is influencing who? It?s all kicking off in The Great Indoors. Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat?s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in- store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023. To view Sophie?s new fabric and wallpaper collection head over to https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.    Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This episode is a deep dive into all things bathroom design with plenty of ideas and opinions on how you can take your bathroom from the ordinary default white to something bursting with pattern and personality. We dismantle your floor plan, eek out every inch of small spaces and discuss how to light your bathroom to help you feel your best. To become a friend of the podcast, enjoy ad free listening, bonus material and first dibs on ticketed events, sign up at thegreatindoorspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Lock down changed many of us but for British fashion designer Henry Holland his passion for pottery got a whole new opportunity to thrive. Turning away from his iconic graphic fashion brand in search of a more slow paced pursuit Henry has pivoted to pots. Kate and Sophie enjoy digging a little deeper to find what drives his phenomenal creative energy and discover that he isn?t going to stop at mugs and vases but a new homewares brand might just be on the horizon. Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our monthly style surgery Kate and Sophie help listeners with their personal design dilemmas. From procrastinating over plans to build a dream kitchen to conjuring up a cosy decorating scheme for a north facing living room there is a lot to advise and indeed disagree on. You can submit your questions for the monthly style surgery to [email protected] You can become a member of The Great Indoors insiders club, enjoy ad free listening, support thepodcast and get bonus material by signing up at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Barbiecore pink is everywhere this summer. Spurred on by the trend and news that the film has in fact led to an utter drought of pink paint across the country, Kate and Sophie tackle a hot subject. Of course they don't share the same views on the colour and it's many shades, from fuschia to coral or rose - so tune in this week because hot pink rules the room. Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie sit down to drink tea with renowned designer, ceramicist and founder of a global brand, Jonathan Adler. Through the cacophony of teacup clinkage, Jonathan shares his esteemed knowledge for all things design. While growing up in New Jersey and based in New York, he has a strong passion for British crafts and architecture which has heavily influenced his work. A potter at his core Jonathan?s Modern American Glamour aesthetic has spiralled out to from cups to cushions, then onto sofas for the cushions, as he slowly grows his global empire personifying irreverent luxury. He brings a felling of joy to everything he does, and he was a delight to interview. Enjoy. You can visit Jonathan?s new store at 91 Pelham St London SW7 2NJ Visit Jonathan?s online store https://uk.jonathanadler.com or follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jonathanadler/ Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this episode Kate and Sophie take a deep dive under the duvet to unpick how bedroom design can contribute to optimum rest and recuperation. With more data coming out every year on the importance of sleep to our health, happiness and longevity, it?s time to plump your pillows and get serious. While Kate likes to be cocooned in a tonal blend of cosy colours, Sophie has just redecorated her bedroom in an acid bright maximalist wallpaper complete with geometric striped headboard. Sweet dreams or a psychedelic nightmare? Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat?s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in- store or over the phone, by using the code GREATINDOORS10, valid until 31st August 2023. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In our monthly style surgery Kate and Sophie begin by pondering on the phenomena of Imposter Syndrome, and with her new dream kitchen installed, Sophie is left feeling like an imposter in her own home! Help is at hand for listeners design dilemmas with concerns over open plan versus broken plan, what to pair with a purple quartz worktop and how does one create an elegant and calming interior. And it?s this topic that has out hosts disagreeing agreeably. Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast To learn more about Naturalmat's organic beds and mattresses, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-store or over the phone, by using the code GREATINDOORS10, valid until 31st August 2023. To sign up to one of Sophie?s online interior design courses visit https://courses.sophierobinson.co.uk/ To join Kates interior online course hosted by Create Academy visit https://www.createacademy.com/courses/kate-watson-smyth Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Summer finally seems to have landed and on this week?s podcast Sophie and Kate discuss outdoor living. Kate is firmly of the opinion that you should take the indoors outdoors for true comfort. Kate wants armchairs, sofas and real crockery, while Sophie likes throwing a few rugs on the grass and a big pile of cushions.  Head to wherever you download your podcasts for a listen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In this week?s episode we discuss whether Sophie?s new kitchen will turn her into a master chef - does the kitchen maketh the cook? As the builders move into Kate?s Italian house, we learn what her plans are. And don?t miss our interview with tv presenter and upholsterer Micaela Sharp who reveals what it?s actually like to take part in a television competition where you never know if you will still be on the show from week to week and how you plan your life around filming when you?re not allowed to talk about what you are doing. We discuss the horrors of the comparison spiral, imposter syndrome and the importance of listening to your gut instinct. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts. And sign up to the Insiders Club to get an exclusive 20% discount on Micaela?s upholstery course for beginners. Join here www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com @micaelasharpdesign @mad_about_the_house @sophierobinsoninteriors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie are back with listeners' monthly round up of interior design dilemmas. One listener in Texas needs ideas for how to brighten a dark kitchen. Another asks, how do you design a cosy and magical children?s bedroom for someone with asthma and dust sensitivity? And how can you help young people to find colour confidence when it comes to choosing a bedroom design? Send us your style surgery questions to [email protected] Become a friend of the podcast by subscribing to become a Great Indoors Insider www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off!   You can follow Sophie on https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ You can follow Kate on https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Including the kitchen sink! Having recently undergone kitchen remodels, both Kate and Sophie are primed to share all that they know to creating that dream kitchen. From floors to walls, worktops to appliances they share what works and what you might need to consider to get the hardest working room in the house, working for you. Send us your style surgery questions to [email protected] Become a friend of the podcast by subscribing to become a Great Indoors Insider. www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! You can follow Sophie on https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ You can follow Kate on https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An insightful interview with head of home at Pinterest Matt Siberry has Kate and Sophie musing on who really sets the trends. Do the brands influence us or are we dictating how we want to decorate to the brands? Either way Matt holds the crystal ball with Pinterest insights at his finger tips that reveal what we are all pinning,  the colours we will be choosing as well as a few fungi surprises!  The Great Indoors goes abroad and tickets to book onto this incredible design trip to Milan and Venice in October are now live! Here is the link to follow for more details: https://www.trovatrip.com/trip/europe/italy/italy-with-sophie-kate-oct-17-2023 Don?t forget you can sign up to the The Great Indoors Insiders Club, support the podcast, enjoy ad free listening ? members get a news letter to accompany this episode with our top places to source beautiful vintage, pre-loved and antique pieces. You can subscribe to be an Insider here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com You can follow Sophie here: @sophierobinsoninteriors You can follow Kate here: @mad_about_the_house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week on the show we are looking at how to blend old pieces of furniture or objects within a more contemporary interior. #GrannyCore may be all the rage on Tik Tok but for those of us on the other side of 30 (possibly even 40) it?s a little too close to be ironic.  You might have inherited some furniture from your actual Granny. You might have bought antiques from someone else?s Granny and there?s an art to blending antiques and second- hand pieces that doesn't look too ?junk shop?.   Don?t forget you can sign up to the The Great Indoors Insiders Club, support the podcast, enjoy ad free listening ? members get a news letter to accompany this episode with our top places to source beautiful vintage, pre-loved and antique pieces. You can subscribe to be an Insider here: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com You can follow Sophie here: @sophierobinsoninteriors You can follow Kate here: @mad_about_the_house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We don the lab coats and answer listeners' monthly round up of interior design dilemmas. Sophie asks should she go chrome or brass for her kitchen hardware, a listener wants to know if door curtains are a design crime and what can you do to tart up a noisy plastic lean- to? Other than knock it down. Send us your style surgery questions to [email protected] Become a friend of the podcast by subscribing to become a Great Indoors Insider. www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! You can follow Sophie on https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ You can follow Kate on https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Sophie starts her mini renovation by smashing huge holes in the side of her house to make way for some sexy new glazed doors, Kate is just back from Turin. She?s picked up the keys to her 30 year dream, a place in Italy, and there are squeals of delight and horror as it dawns on her that she?s starting another renovation project before the dust has even settled at home. For those in need of some interior inspiration, be they big plans or small, we review the latest crop of design books to inform you on the best way to do it. Home the Way we live now, by some unknown author, Kate Watson-Smyth https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ 70?s house by Estelle Bilson https://www.instagram.com/70shousemanchester/ The Handbook of home design by Laura Jane Clark https://www.instagram.com/laurajaneclark_/?hl=en Interior Design masters by Joanna Thornhill. https://www.instagram.com/joannathornhillstylist/ To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! You can follow Sophie on https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ You can follow Kate on https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house Send us your style surgery questions to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

With cucumbers and lettuces disappearing fast from British supermarket shelves don?t say we are not the only ones who have thought its about time we grow our own. We are delighted to bring to you the absolute joy monger that is Rekha Mistry, food and garden writer and presenter on Gardeners World. Whether you are going full on walled vegetable garden, or thinking of starting with a few pots, Rekha shares her expert insights from the genius of stubby carrots to pickling your glut of beans. You can follow Rekha on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rekha.garden.kitchen/?hl=en Or buy her book Rekha's Kitchen Garden https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rekhas-Kitchen-Garden-Home-Grown-Gardeners/dp/0241558360 To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off! You can follow Sophie on https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ You can follow Kate on https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house Send us your style surgery questions to [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie address the issue of how to save money on your build with help from Tom, Sophie?s builder husband, who took time out from his own build - and broken down truck - to offer his calm and safe advice while Kate mostly runs around panicking that her worktop delivery is delayed. Is it, in fact, behind Tom?s broken down truck? Listen in for some really good advice. And drama.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie share their trade secrets and the contents of their address books to save you money when it comes to designing your own home, including how to get a designer kitchen for less and ideas for making your very un-designer kitchen look more bespoke. Tips include hacking flatpack furniture using fabric, paint and wallpaper, incorporating a tiny amount of a luxe material rather than a lot of fake and sourcing high end appliances at knock-down prices. A must listen for all those with champagne tastes and lemonade budgets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sophie is full of the joys of Spring and plans to tidy up her garden so she can take coffee on the patio while Kate, having just renovated her windows and replaced her boiler and radiators is quite happy for Winter to carry on for a bit longer especially as her garden is full of renovation rubble. This week on the show the pair interview Jules Haines, of The Haines Collection, who is on a quest to reduce waste in the interior design industry one metre of a fabric at a time. To date she has saved over 22,000m of material (that?s enough to make more than 10,000 pairs of jeans). With 42 per cent of all textiles in UK landfill coming from the home (the rest is fashion) Jules set up The Haines Collection in 2020, a digital platform dedicated to diverting leftover fabric from landfill by offering a portal through which brands can sell unused and leftover fabrics. We hear about what motivates Jules ? how she once saved some £1000 rolls of wallpaper from a skip - which brands are trying to make a difference and how we can all do our part to help.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to our monthly style surgery; the episode where you get the chance to have your burning design dilemmas answered by design experts Kate and Sophie. From how to combat the acres of cream and beams in a period house to adding character to a new build, our expertise knows no bounds! The burning question though, is where should Jordon hang his wall art in his small bedroom? Could it be time for the feature wall to return? Help us decide because, it won?t surprise you to know, we can?t agree. If you have a question, you?d like answering in the listeners style surgery, please send us an amil, or better still a voice note to [email protected].  Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ Join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Don?t they say the best things come in little packages? Well that?s the topic of today?s debate as we explore the smallest rooms in our homes and make the case that they are to be cherished, indeed celebrated. With the trend setters kicking the open plan knock through off the lust list, we are all falling in love with walls again. Designers are going one step closer and putting an enormous amount of effort into our book nooks, box bedrooms closets pantries and breakfast booths. So come the tiny room revolution, you heard it here first! Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ Join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate takes a break from grappling with her builders to bring you this delightful interview with the TV presenter and design writer Michelle Ogundehin. BBC One?s ?Interior Design Masters? returns this month, so Michelle is happy to share what?s instore this series! When she?s not bringing aspiring interior designers to task, Michelle can be mostly found tidying up! She?s just completed a month of letting things go?and has Kate chomping at the bit to get started decluttering some of her unpacked boxes. Michelle has a wonderful holistic approach to interior design, firmly rooted in exploring what makes us feel truly happy inside. It doesn?t start with a paint chart, but by carefully curating the objects in your home to tell your unique story. So many pearls of wisdom in this episode, have your notebook ready! You can find more about Michelle on Instagram @michelleogundehin Or over on substack: https://michelleogundehin.substack.com/ If you would like to apply to be on series 5 of Interior design masters its https://shortaudition.com/Interior-Design-Masters-Series-5 Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ Join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fearne Cotton's wardrobe, Kelly Hoppen's fridge and Jay Blades on the magic of mending. The death of grey, the banning of white and the utter horror of the scented candle. All this and much, much more as Kate and Sophie romp through the archives to celebrate the show's 100th episode. As long as no one mentions painted furniture... You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices