How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom (These Three Rooms)

Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen  Or Bathroom podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

So far this series host Lindsay Blair has been joined by a host of guests to offer great advice and ideas on everything from how to set a budget for your bathroom renovation, how to choose the right paint, getting kitchen storage right and ways to get a bigger kitchen without extending.

But this week it’s time to delve into the These Three Rooms mailbag and answer your kitchen questions. 

Lindsay is joined by Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms features editor Georgina Townshend and together they tackle your design queries – everything from whether to go for a gas or induction hob and how to include an island in your kitchen to utility rooms and getting extraction right.

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Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. To kick start series two, this episode, host Lindsay Blair is talking paint. If you’ve been to your local DIY store and browsed the paint section and quickly become overwhelmed – well you’re not alone! There’s a lot of choice. 

So Lindsay asks: What is eggshell emulsion anyway? Do you need primer? Is gloss too difficult to use? Do you really need to fork out for samples? And that’s before even getting onto the hundreds, if not thousands of colour options and special formulas for kitchens and bathrooms. Phew!

Join Lindsay and guest Charlotte Radford from Valspar as they discuss all things paint and unveil what goes into making the perfect colour choice for your kitchen and bathroom.

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For the final episode in series 3 of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, host Lindsay Blair is once again joined by KBB Magazine’s Georgina Townshend to tackle some of the most-asked kitchen and bathroom questions. 

This time, they have asked kitchen and bathroom retailers up and down the country to let them know which questions they get asked most from the homeowners they work with – everything from how to fit an island into a kitchen to working out how much a new kitchen or bathroom will cost. 

Lindsay and Georgina chat through each of the top 10 questions and come up with the answers, including tips and design ideas for you to take into your own renovation. 

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Welcome back to episode five of How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

For this episode, host Lindsay Blair is talking money. With the help of guest this week, Amy Stoddart of AR Interiors, she unravels how much a new bathroom actually costs – and how to get that all-important value for money.

Lindsay and Amy share their top tips to effective budgeting, how to balance the books and how to get the bathroom you really want for the money you have to spend.

This episode is kindly sponsored by Duravit.

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On this week’s episode of How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, host Lindsay Blair gets my head into bathroom design and chatting all things wetrooms with a designer who knows a thing or two about beautiful bathrooms. This week’s guest is interior designer Karen Oliver.

In this episode, you’ll find out about the differences between the true wetroom and a more modest wetroom solution, what goes into installation and how that might affect cost, plus, the fun bit: how to make a wetroom bathroom look like something out of a luxury spa brochure.

The How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom podcast is brought to you These Three Rooms

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This episode, host Lindsay Blair is chatting all about kitchen lighting with Ally Dowsing-Reynolds of Dowsing & Reynolds. Kitchen lighting sounds simple on the face of it, but there is so much more to it. And if you’ve ever been in a kitchen with bad lighting, where you’ve stood at the worktop and tried to chop only to find your own shadow is blocking the light, or been sat at a dining table with a spot blinding you, then this episode is for you. 

Lindsay finds out about the types of kitchen lighting to include, how to choose the designs to best suit the look of your kitchen, when to start thinking about lighting and also the smaller details like switches.

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For our tenth and last episode of the series, host Georgina Townshend is joined by interior designers Beth Dadswell, of Imperfect Interiors, and Ros Wilson, from Roselind Wilson Design, to answer some of our readers' and listeners' kitchen dilemmas.

Questions include… 

- Where is the best place to put my bins? I think by the sink, but my partner thinks on the island where we do food prep? And is this actually an important thing to consider?

- How much should I follow the rules of the magic triangle? How magical is it?

- I can't decide between having a breakfast bar and stools on my island, or a built in banquette - can you help?

- I like colourful, Shaker kitchens, but my husband wants something more monotone and modern. How do we compromise?

- About to plan a new kitchen... what are your main kitchen must-haves and must-nots?

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Why does wood work better in the kitchen and not the bathroom? Is concrete a good idea? Do effect tiles actually look like the real thing? And will a lemon really stain marble? (Yes, it will.) 

Host Georgina Townshend is joined once again by interior designers Pia Pelkonen and Amy Stoddart to discuss everything you need to know on kitchen flooring and worktops – from the different materials and styles to installation and practicality.

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Can't decide between a freestanding or fitted bath? Overwhelmed by the sheer amount of shower heads on the market? And what do you need to think about when planning a vanity area? All questions we hear a lot at Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine.

Which is why series four, episode three of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom focusses on what you need to know about bathroom fixtures and fittings.

This week, interior designers Kia Stanford, from Kia Designs, and Brooke Copp-Barton, from Brooke Copp-Barton Interiors join host Georgina Townshend to share their thoughts, from what you can do with your lighting, to the pros and cons of concealed brassware.

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This episode, host Lindsay Blair looks at the smallest room in the house: the downstairs toilet. The goal: to find out how even this most compact of spaces can pack a big style punch and become the envy of any guests who use it. 

With the help of interior designer Chantel Elshout, Lindsay discovers clever design tricks to make this room feel more spacious, how to choose the right fittings and encourages you to step outside your comfort zone when it comes to decorating to create a design that’s fun, stylish and functional all in one.

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Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast! In this episode, host Lindsay Blair hopes to get some answers to what it really means to have a sustainable kitchen. 

From eco-friendly buys and tips for reducing our carbon footprint to ways of reducing single-use plastic and tackling food waste, Lindsay chats to Zoe Holland of Sustainable Kitchens on how you can design your space with the planet in mind right from the start of a project. 

Plus, they talk about how to feel confident that something you’re buying is truly sustainable and what to do with your old kitchen to stop it going to landfill.

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For our ninth and penultimate episode of the series host Georgina Townshend was joined a third and final time by interior designers Brooke Copp Barton, of Brooke Copp Barton Interiors, and Kia Stanford of Kia Designs to answer some of our readers and listeners bathroom questions.

Questions include: There's such a difference in the price of toilets - why? Aren't they all the same? There are so many fancy finishes available now - I'd love to be brave and not go for the classic chrome, but I'm afraid they'll date or mark. What should I do? I can't get my head around buying a shower tray - help! I don't have the budget to completely redo my bathroom, what can i do to give it a refresh?

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This week, host Lindsay Blair is talking all things ensuite bathrooms. Do you have one? Do you want one? Are you looking to improve an existing ensuite or make it bigger and better? 

She chats to Josh Jaques at Victoria Plum to get his insights into what makes a good ensuite design, including how to figure out the look you want, what fittings to include, how to boost storage and how to perfectly connect the design to your bedroom.

Plus, they discuss whether open-plan bedroom-bathrooms are actually a good idea and why carpet in the bathroom should stay in the past!

This episode is sponsored by Duravit

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Which worktop is best for my kitchen?

Wondering whether to go for marble, wood or one of the other many choices of worktops available?

In this episode of How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the new podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com, host Lindsay Blair talks to Rhian Williams who is a senior designer at Harvey Jones at the Worcester showroom on how to choose the right worktops for you.

From deciding on which material will go with the style of your kitchen and figuring out if it suits your lifestyle to what latest trends to look out for, Lindsay and Rhian unravel what exactly you should be thinking about before you buy.

• Which worktop is right for you?

• What are the different types of worktop?

• What are the pros and cons of the different materials?

• Which worktops suit your lifestyle?

• How do you create different zones using different worktops?

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• How can we make our family bathroom look more uncluttered?
• Is there a difference between a larder and a pantry?And how can I have one? 
• How do I figure out how much storage I’ll need for my new kitchen and bathroom? 
• And is there such a thing as too much storage? 
• Should I get a wall-hung or freestanding vanity for my bathroom? 
• Can storage be practical but also trend led?

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In this week’s episode of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, brought to you by These Three Rooms, we look at how to decide on the right bathroom storage set up for you; ideas for the types of storage you could have in your bathroom, plus clever little designer tricks you’ll definitely want to bring into your home. 

Host Lindsay Blair chats to interior designer Charmaine White, founder of The White House Interiors, to uncover the secrets of good bathroom storage and asks the question: can you ever have enough storage?

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To kick start the first episode of series three, host Lindsay Blair is talking kitchen and bathroom installation. With a spike in demand since the start of the pandemic, longer lead times and waiting lists for trades are common. But what can you do to help your project run as smoothly as possible? And is there a way to get your dream kitchen and bathroom installed without the wait? 

Lindsay chats to Mark Conacher at installation specialists Liberty to get to the bottom of the issues currently facing renovators up and down the country and what you can do to keep everything moving.

The BiKBBI is the British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation and you can find them here

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Stuck on how to navigate the huge selection of tiles now available? Need to know what type of tile will work best for your kitchen or bathroom? Well, welcome to this week’s episode of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom brought to you by These Three Rooms.

In this instalment, host Lindsay Blair talks to Kevin Lamming, a stone and tile project consultant at Artisans of Devizes about where to start when choosing tiles. So what to expect from this week’s pod? How to navigate that huge selection of tiles for a start; the pros and cons of different tile types, and how to feel 100% sure that you’re buying the right tiles for your room.

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In episode three, host Lindsay Blair chats to Louise Ashdown, Head of Design at West One Bathrooms all about making the most of a small bathroom.

So if your family bathroom is spatially challenged, uncover how to maximise every single inch to make sure your room is super functional but looks great too.

Join Lindsay and Louise as they talk about everything from getting a bath in, storage and managing the budget.

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Welcome to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. In episode five, host Lindsay Blair asks: a freestanding bath looks great, but is it practical?

To help answer the question, Lindsay talks to Jo Sangster who is the senior bathroom designer at Ripples in London to get the full lowdown on this bath style.

They chat about whether a freestanding bath works for family life, how to find the space for one, how to have a shower over it, as well as layout and structural considerations.

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After chatting ways to design a sustainable kitchen last week, host Lindsay Blair hands over the reigns to @kbbmagazine’s Georgina Townshend for this week’s episode – all about second-hand kitchens. Would you buy one?

Georgina chats to Helen Lord of the Used Kitchen Exchange and Rob Cole of Sheffield Sustainable Kitchens about the pros and cons of buying a used kitchen, how to do it and what’s involved, and why it’s a more eco-friendly option. Plus, they discuss what it really means to have a kitchen design that’s good for the planet.

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This week host Lindsay Blair from These Three Rooms is joined by celebrity chef and TV presenter Simon Rimmer, best known for co-hosting Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, to chat about how to choose the appliances you really need in your new kitchen.

Lindsay asks how to narrow down the kitchen kit you will use most in a kitchen, what to think about before buying new appliances and crucially, which appliances are a must have and which you could actually do without.  

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Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

For this episode, host Lindsay Blair tackles the chore many of us would rather avoid – cleaning the bathroom. By thinking about how the bathroom is designed in the first instance, she hopes it can be a room that’s much easier to keep spick and span.

With the help of Holly Aspinall at bathroom manufacturer Geberit, Lindsay finds out how the fixtures and fittings you put in your dream bathroom can make it easier to clean and in turn more hygienic. They’ll uncover which types of layout will make things simpler to maintain, which materials are best for low maintenance and also share tips to help keep those germs at bay.

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Need more space? Want to go open plan? Both are indeed possible without the need to undertake the major structural upheaval of an extension project. How? Well, in this episode of How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com, Lindsay Blair talks to Annie Ebenston who is the lead designer at architecture and design company Blakes London to find out.

Together, they share how to achieve more space in a kitchen by thinking cleverly about the footprint you already have in your home and reimagining your existing design with better solutions to maximise every inch. 

Intrigued? Give this one a listen.

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Can’t hear yourself think over the sound of the washing machine on its spin cycle? Kettle too loud? Extractor drowning out conversation? Enter: quiet appliances.

This week, Lindsay Blair from These Three Rooms is on a mission to discover how the products we put into our kitchens can have an impact on how we feel in our homes. With noise a proven contributor to stress, she talks to Poppy Szkiler, founder and CEO of Quietmark on how we can live better by considering how much noise our spaces make. From thinking about the beeps and whirrs of appliances to the sound level of our fixtures and fittings, Poppy has interesting insights into how we can lead a more peaceful life.

Curious? Give this one a listen.

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Hobs: are you team gas or team induction?

Welcome to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the new podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. In episode two, host Lindsay Blair tackles a seriously hot debate: whether to choose a gas or induction hob.

She chats to Ben Hawkswell, senior designer at Roundhouse in Richmond to reveal everything you need to know before deciding on which hob to choose. From figuring out your cooking style and deciding where to put your hob in the kitchen, to energy efficiency and safety, discover all the key information to help you decide.

The important question this episode: which team are you on?

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Welcome to this week’s episode of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom brought to you by Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine and thesethreerooms.com.  Your host, as always, is editor Lindsay Blair. 

This is the final episode of season one and what a series it’s been. We’ve had some amazing guests on and we’ve picked up loads of invaluable nuggets of expert advice.

But how to we wrap it all up? Well, with your help of course. We asked you for your kitchen and bathroom dilemmas and you really delivered! So, with the help of Georgina Townshend, the features editor of Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms and thesethreerooms.com, we’re going to answer all your questions.

It's a bumper episode and it’s packed full of real-life hints and tips so don’t miss it!

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Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. Your host as always is Lindsay Blair and this week we’re jumping back into the thesethreerooms inbox to answer your questions.

Last week we're all about the kitchen and this time it’s the turn of bathrooms. Lindsay is joined by features editor Georgina Townshend and together they’re answering questions on tiles, baths, showers, storage, installation and much more.

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Storage can be the difference between a good and great kitchen design and finding a place for all the stuff needed in this part of your house is key. But it’s also very personal. If you have a collection of cookbooks or are a bit of a crockery hoarder, you’ll need a place to keep these, and a good kitchen designer will be able to help.

In this episode of the How To Buy A Kitchen or Bathroom from thesethreerooms.com, host Lindsay Blair speaks to Kelly Roden at Meliora Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms to discover the secrets to kitchen storage success and asks: can you ever have enough? 

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Wondering how to get your bathroom redesign off the ground? Then series four, episode six of our How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast is exactly what you need. 

Host Georgina Townshend is joined a second time this series by interior designers Kia Stanford, from Kia Designs, and Brooke Copp-Barton, from Brooke Copp-Barton Interiors to discuss KBB magazine's most frequently asked bathroom design questions.

From where to start when planning a bathroom, what you need to know when buying bathroom tiles, to discussing the ins and outs of installing a wetroom.

They also talk about bathroom design trends - and how they should be included in your space – if at all...  

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Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com

We’ll say it straight away: the cost of your new kitchen is a bit like how long is a piece of string, but no matter your budget – big or small – or size of your project – big or small – one thing’s for sure: most of us want value for money.

To help host Lindsay Blair unravel what exactly good value for money looks like when it comes to costing up kitchens and setting your budget, she chats to Manchester-based kitchen designer Diane Berry to find out what value for money means to you; whether buying cheap is ever worth it and whether there are ways to save money to balance those books.

Plus loads more useful budgeting nuggets of advice – you don’t want to miss this one.

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Want to know what really goes into planning the perfect kitchen or bathroom?

Welcome to How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

Whether you’re just starting to think about what your dream space could look like, or are right in the thick of planning, or you simply want to know how to confidently buy those all-important fixtures, fittings and finishing touches – from hobs and lighting to a freestanding bath and the right paint – you’re in the right place.

Join Lindsay Blair, editor of thesethreerooms.com and Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine as she chats to those in the know about the ins and outs of getting the kitchen and bathroom you really want.

In each episode, Lindsay uncovers how to buy a kitchen or bathroom, sharing those clever nuggets of advice along the way.

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Is your kitchen on the smaller side? Need ideas on how to maximise the space? This episode is for you.  

While many of us dream of large, open-plan kitchens, the reality isn’t always so, so this episode host Lindsay Blair shows some love for compact spaces and unveils ways to really make the most of them.  

She is joined by interior designer Pia Pelkonen of Pia Design and together they share ideas and tips for designing a small kitchen well – from the best layouts, how to fit in the appliances you need, how to ensure there’s enough storage and why colour and pattern could work really well even when space is tight.

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Hello and welcome to episode 7 of How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

Your host as always is editor Lindsay Blair and, in this episode, she's talking to a very knowledgeable consumer expert, Matt Knight, principal researcher at Which? about the basics of actually buying a kitchen.

By the end of this chat, you’ll be armed with information on where to start your search for a kitchen company, what questions to ask, what an agreement looks like and, crucially, how to get the right kitchen at the right price for you.

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This week, host Lindsay Blair, editor of These Three Rooms, talks inclusive bathroom design and how to future proof your space so it works for years to come. From carefully considering the room layout to the choice of fixtures and fittings, she finds out how important it is to ensure what you put in your bathroom will suit the needs of everyone using it.

With many variables that are very personal to whoever uses the bathroom in question, Lindsay is joined by Ed Warner, founder and CEO of Fine & Able, a company which specialises in designing accessible bathrooms, to discuss the many ways in which a room can be created to cater to individual needs while maintaining a stylish design that’s a joy to use.

It is absolutely possible to marry inclusivity, future proofing and good function with great, good-looking design, so give this one a listen to find out more…

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The boiling-water tap – something that’s high up on many kitchen wishlists.

In this week’s episode, host Lindsay Blair from thesethreerooms.com and Shehryar Khan from Sheraton Interiors chat about all the things you need to know about the boiling-water tap, including how it can open up new design possibilities in your kitchen layout, whether a boiling-water tap is a safe option for your home and what you need to know to keep it in tip-top condition.

Plus, they unveil the cool new features that could take your kitchen to the next level.

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What are the first stages of planning a new kitchen? 

How should you spend your budget? 

And how do you come up with the perfect layout? 

Host Georgina Townshend puts Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms' most frequently asked questions  to guests Beth Dadswell and Roselind Wilson in the second episode of series 4's of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom. They discuss everything from using trends to when you should throw the design rule book out the window.

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All the bathrooms of the house

Can a cloakroom's decor be too quirky, how do you balance practicality and beauty in a family bathroom, and where do you begin when designing a luxurious ensuite? 

For the first episode in series 4 of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, host Georgina Townshend is joined by interior designers (and good friends) Pia Pelkonen and Amy Stoddart to discuss all the bathrooms of the house. They discuss a range of topics, from x-rated wallpaper, clever storage solutions, the importance of layout and pipe positioning, material choices, spa-like steam rooms, to budget planning and bathroom trends. 

Brought to you by thesethreerooms.com, the online sister to Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine.

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Do you really need a utility room?

Welcome to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the new podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. 

In episode one, host Lindsay Blair chats to Hayley Robson, creative director of Day True about the ultimate kitchen storage solution – the utility room.

In the last few years, spaces like a utility room or boot room have skyrocketed in popularity. Apart from the total satisfaction of a perfectly organised cupboard, who doesn’t want that extra room to put cleaning stuff, laundry appliances, the ironing board and all the other things we seem to accumulate.

But the question is do you NEED a utility room?

Join Lindsay and Hayley as they discuss this and unveil what goes into the perfectly designed utility space – whether in a small or more spacious kitchen.

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Hello and welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com for episode number 6. And it’s a good one.

This week, host Lindsay Blair discusses all there is to know about a kitchen island. She is joined by Luke Wedgbury who not only owns Coalville Kitchens in Leicestershire so has a wealth of knowledge about kitchen design, but he’s also just done his own kitchen – complete with an island.

Together, they’ll delve into the topic to decipher everything you should think about before deciding an island is the right choice for you and your kitchen – no matter its size.

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What kitchen appliances you choose for your new design is as important as the cabinetry and worktops you pick. But, with so much tech and all the many different models and brands on the market – it can be overwhelming. 

Which is why, for Episode seven of Series Four of the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast, we've tackled some of our most frequently asked kitchen appliance questions. 

Interior designers Beth Dadswell and Roselind Wilson join host Georgina Townshend once again, this time to answer dilemmas such as the pros and cons of freestanding and built-in models to gas versus induction hobs. Plus, how to get the fridge-freezer ratio right and the importance of extraction. They also provide buying tips to try and help with the shortages and delays that are facing brands and kitchen retailers at the moment.

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Ever wanted to know what an interior designer thinks when they look at a room? Want to know how to be your own interior designer when it comes to planning and creating your own kitchen or bathroom? This episode is for you.

Host Lindsay Blair welcomes design due Jen and Mar from Interior Fox to this week’s podcast and aims to find out all of their design secrets.

From finding out how an interior designer approaches a space and what they think when doing so and what interior designers do that you might not know about to how to get that perfectly designed space to rival your friends and family, Lindsay uncovers trade secrets and picks up insider tips so that you can be your own interior designer and feel very professional while you’re at it. Feeling creative? 

Give this one a listen!

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If you’re in need of some relaxation, this one is for you. 

Welcome back to episode five of How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com.

For this episode, host Lindsay Blair hands over to @kbbmagazine’s content creator Irina Iacob to find out what it takes to create the ultimate sanctuary bathroom right at home.

Irina talks to interior designer Kia Stanford about why the want for spa-style bathrooms is on the rise, how to create one in your home and what you simply have to have in there to make it a relaxing haven you won’t want to leave. 

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Can't decide what kitchens style you want to for your new space? For episode five host Georgina Townshend and guests Ros Wilson and Beth Dadswell talk about all the different styles of cabinetry and looks you can create.

From discussing the pros and cons of Shaker-style cabinetry over handleless designs, they  explore why the sought-after industrial look doesn't have to be cold and edgy, why contemporary country doesn't mean twee, and if Scandi is at all practical - plus much more. 

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Welcome to the latest episode of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, brought to you by These Three Rooms.

Whether you want a cooker hood, downdraft extractor or fancy the latest innovation: the extractor hob, good extraction is key to a kitchen that’s clean and fresh.

In this episode host Lindsay Blair talks to Sofia Bune Strandh, chief executive officer at Sola Kitchens about why extraction is so important, why to think about it early in your kitchen design process and what designs are available to create either a statement or blend seamlessly into the background

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