The Great Indoors (Sophie Robinson and Kate Watson-Smyth: Interior Design Experts)

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: help@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

Diversity and Interiors: a special extended feature includes contributions from Michelle Ogundehin, Simon Hamilton, Poonam Sharma, Busola Evans and many more. Plus Marianne Shillingford, creative director of Dulux, talks to Sophie about the next generation of designers and colour trends. There's advice on how to revamp your kitchen, and the Style Surgery addresses a Sticky Problem. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And here's some more info on the guests on this show: Gemma Samuels @happihabitat  Melody @architravelmel  Angie @somethingbluehome  Delali Foli https://www.decorbydelali.uk/ @decorbydelali  Poonam Sharma http://modernluxe.co.uk/ @modernluxeblog  Terian Tilston https://www.teriantilston.com @teriantilston_interiordesign  Rukmini Patel https://www.rukminipatel.com @rukminipatel  Sarita Sharma www.saritasharma.co.uk @saritastylist  Jecks Stone www.personaabodeinteriors.com @personaabode   Eva Sonaike https://www.evasonaike.com/ @evasonaike  Camellia Odojukan @mrsodojukan  Bhavin Taylor https://bhavintaylordesign.com @bhavintaylordesign  Busola Evans https://www.livingetc.com @busolaevans  Michelle Ogundehin https://michelleogundehin.com @michelleogundehin Charmaine White https://www.thewhitehouseinteriors.com @twhinteriors  Simon Hamilton http://www.simonhamilton.me @sihamilton747  Marianne Shillingford @m_shillingford  Colour in design awards https://www.colourindesignaward.org   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

Would you paint the nursery black? Sophie did. And Kate is Not Impressed. Sparks fly as the pair go head to head on planning kids rooms, plus a plethora of budget home update ideas and a debate about decorating for instagram, not for yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stuck between a yellow sofa and a purple beetle? Kate and Sophie are together again and Kate's already criticising the decor... But the pair are also sharing all the news of what they've been up to, from making hit TV to making eco sofas. Then the Builder Husband is on hand with a practical guide to greening your home. And in the Style Surgery a listener struggles with a flooring dilemma... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fancy a zebra skin ceiling? In this special LIVE edition, Sophie and Kate debate the joys of staying in, with lots of ideas to make your home a haven. They critique the various sources of interiors inspiration, and walk you through planning a sitting room. Then the audience get stuck in with their very own Design Crimes... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Want to ban the beige? Sophie and Kate do a deep dive on everything Kitchens and Bathrooms... black taps, pink loos, green marble islands and reeded glass wall cabinets. With special extra insight into current trends from Busola Evans, Associate Editor of Livingetc. Plus a Style Surgery question on the Joy of Gloss Paint... Useful images and links are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie's blogs or join the Facebook Group The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are beetles just middle class flamingos? In this week's interview, Laurence Llewelyn Bowen tells it like it is (and Kate and Sophie struggle to get a word in edgeways). What's the secret to pulling off maximalist decor? Is minimalism really misogynist? And why do we all need to #BeMoreRita? All that and More More More (including why we should never listen to designers...) Laurence's book More More More is on sale now now now. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  To sign up to Sophies online course and get the 30% off until the end of October follow this link And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Time to embrace neutrals? Colour-lover Sophie has an identity crisis as Ruth Mottershead, creative director of The Little Greene Paint Company, reveals the essential guide to using the New Neutrals. Kate and Sophie offer a host of practical tips for shopping online - and the Style Surgery tackles the conundrum of hallway flooring. Find out more about Ruth's work at littlegreene.com Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors      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: help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

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: help@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

Do you tremble at the sight of a black polo neck? Sophie and Kate say stand up to the architects! The pair discuss the ways architecture and interior design should work together. Plus invaluable insight into Lighting and How To Do It Right, and the thrilling design opportunities presented by the downstairs loo... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The series kicks off with some wise words on the pain and pleasure of decluttering, Sophie's mission to bring back the chintz and some ingenious suggestions to sort out your home office. Plus Sophie reveals her completed, finished, utterly perfected home. Oh, wait... 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 help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

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

Is there a builder in the house? Sophie goes all the way into the room next door to bring us an absolutely invaluable toolbox of tricks and tips on how to get the best from your builder, courtesy of the Builder Husband Tom. Kate sings the praises of floorplans and how changing the layout could transform your space without, well, calling in the builders. And the Style Surgery considers: what colour to paint the garden wall? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  And if you would like to put a question to Tom the Builder, just email thegreatindoorspod@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week Kate is back from a trip to Paris for Maison & Objet, the international design trade show. She’s brimming with talk of trends and fresh design inspirations. It was a welcome break from her own house renovation. And on that topic, we asked listeners to share their renovation horror stories, as a problem shared is a problem halved as they say. And Sophie and Kate provide solace and words of wisdom for anyone tackling a build project. 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

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 help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

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

Is your shower curtain out to get you? Kate and Sophie consider the homicidal billowing mass in the bathroom... is it a design crime? There's a juicy stack of new design books that might help you get ahead with your (whisper it) Christmas shopping. Plus stacks of tips on how to get the best value out of your furniture. These are the books Sophie and Kate discussed: - More is More Decor by Siobhan Murphy @interiorcurve - Own your Zone by Ruth Matthew’s @design_soda_ruthie - Marbling by Zeena Shah @heartzeena - Interior Portraits by SJ Axelby @sjaxelby - Create by Emily Henson @lifeunstyled Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast  To sign up to Sophie's online course and get the 15% off go to the courses page on her site and use the coupon code ‘thegreatindoors’ at check out. And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Can you really have it all? Industrial cosy colourful minimalism? Or must you choose? In this first edition of the regular Style Surgery Specials, Kate and Sophie help a listener caught in a torrid triangle of conflicting design passions. They also advise on stylish solutions to storing vinyl, suggest the best colours to complement views of the great outdoors, and have stern words with a listener who wonders: is artex about to stage a comeback? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk  You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast To sign up to Sophie's online course and get the 15% off, go to the courses page on her site and use the coupon code ‘thegreatindoors’ at check out. And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are radiator covers a crime against the environment AND a design crime too? In the style crime scene that is Kate's new home, Kate and Sophie discuss stylish ways to save energy and reduce your heating bill. They also look at wallpaper trends, why an animal motif definitely won’t be making it onto Kate’s new walls and novel alternatives to the MDF radiator cover. Macrame, anyone? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk  You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast To sign up to Sophie's online course and get the 15% off, go to the courses page on her site and use the coupon code ‘thegreatindoors’ at check out. And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you emailing from the loo seat? Kate and Sophie say it's time to ditch the quick fix, embrace the shoffice and make sure your home really works for the way we live (and work) now. A crop of new design books explore maximalism, creative block printing and sustainable design. And as Halloween approaches, a listener wonders whether to go to the dark side... Books discussed include: Everything: A Maximalist Style Guide by Abigail Ahern Home for the Soul: Sustainable and Thoughtful Decorating and Design by Sara Bird and Dan Duchars House of Print by Molly Mahon Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madabouthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's next for paint trends? Is Downpipe a design crime? Why on earth is Jitney called Jitney? And HOW do you decide what colour to paint your front room? Joa Studholme is the colour curator for adored paint and paper brand Farrow & Ball. Here she reveals all, from how she mixes colour in a ramekin at the kitchen table, to what colour paint she knows will always mean "home" to her children. Do follow Joa @joastudholme Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk  You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Let there be light - but not too much. Kate and Sophie discuss Autumnal lighting and explain how to create ambience and atmosphere in your home. They also talk future proofing your home and how to get ready for inevitable changes in your life without compromising on style. Plus - should patterned carpet be confined to the Queen Vic and other dodgy boozers? Kate thinks not, and is even considering this potential design crime for her own new house... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk  You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sophie and Kate devote themselves to all things Christmas in this special edition where they answer and argue over listeners style dilemmas. From how to style your Christmas themed mantel to how to make a drag queen tree topper, the Great Indoors has you covered. For all your Christmas and Home decoration desires visit our sponsor Anthropologie and use the discount code SPARKLE at check out for 20% off your purchase, valid from the 1st – 21st December. This offer does not include furniture, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer and does not apply to previous purchases. Code is one time use only. Items mentioned at the top of the show include: Delaney candle stick George and Viv calendar House of Hackney x Anthropologie vase Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk You can follow them on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

While Christmas is traditionally a season of excess, Sophie and Kate discuss how you can it more sustainable. For all your Christmas and Home decoration desires visit our sponsor Anthropologie and use the discount code SPARKLE at check out for your 20% off your purchase, valid from the 1st – 21st December. This offer does not include furniture, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, is for one time use only and does not apply to previous purchases. https://www.anthropologie.com/en-gb You can follow us on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tis the season to be jolly, and we got into the festive spirit with our latest guest to The Great Indoors, Saima Khan of the acclaimed Hampstead Kitchen. Saima is the queen of creating beautiful food and a table setting that is a visual feast for the eyes to boot! In this episode she shares expert insights on simple menu planning, creating mouth-watering table displays and keeping it thrifty, low stress and sustainable. And as one of the most sought after private chefs in the world, Saima has some delicious stories to share about how the rich and famous will be celebrating this Christmas. Thanks for having us Saima, you made us feel very special and that’s what great friends are for! Find out more about Saima at https://www.thehampsteadkitchen.com/ or over on instagram https://www.instagram.com/hampsteadkitchn/ For all your Christmas and Home decoration desires visit our sponsor Anthropologie and use the discount code SPARKLE at check out for your 20% off your purchase, valid from the 1st – 21stDecember. This offer does not include furniture, cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer, is for one time use only and does not apply to previous purchases, and UK only. https://www.anthropologie.com/en-g You can follow Sophie and Kate on Instagram @sophierobinsoninteriors @mad_about_the_house or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could your design problem be an opportunity? In the London flat of cook and broadcaster Rachel Khoo, Kate and Sophie discover some truly jaw-dropping solutions to the challenges of a multi-functional small space. Rachel's love of form and function has created disappearing walls, hydraulic tables, hidden bedrooms. And she still has time to make lunch for the team (complete with tips for your Christmas table, of course.) Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs: madaboutthehouse.com or sophierobinson.co.uk join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. 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

Staying In? In our very first Style Surgery Kate and Sophie answer your design dilemmas. How to refresh your home when you can't go shopping, how to make the weekends feel different, how to get the kids involved... you asked, we answered! Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paint it black? Kate is in shock over Sophie's dramatic design choices in her new TV show, Design Home Makeovers. Sophie is in shock over reports that Grey is Back and about to take over the nation's walls again. And both are running screaming from the terrifying spectacle of... house moths. Better calm down with a nice soothing Wordle. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  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: help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

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

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

How does the Queen of Print live? Come tour the house of designer Orla Kiely, creator of some of the best known motifs of the 21st century. From the James Bond picture window, to the vintage 60s piano, to the touches of Victoriana, to the recurring Orla colour palette... follow Kate and Sophie on a beguiling tour of a gorgeous family home. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie's blogs and or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is your house boosting your health? Sophie and Kate tour the home of Oliver Heath, the expert in sustainable architecture and biophilic design. They find walls that make you live longer, a bed to help you sleep better, plants to cleanse your air... and a floorplan which harbours the secret of human happiness. No, really. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie's blogs, and do join The Great Indoors Podcast Facebook group. 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

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: help@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

Think you know sticky-backed plastic? Think again. Serial renter, nocturnal DIY-er and queen of reversible decor hacks, Amara Hasham of @thepajaamahub and The Faff Store reveals the jaw-dropping possibilities to be had. If you rent, or just want to try out some bold ideas that can easily be reversed - you can't afford to miss this. Plus Kate and Sophie deep dive into how to make ethical choices when it comes to paint - and help a listener wanting to inject colour and personality into her kitchen. If you have intel to share about ethical paint choices or want to suggest a brand that should be in the #DoLessHarm Directory, then do get in touch with the show or reach out to Sophie @sophierobinsonsinteriors and Kate @mad_about_the_house Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fancy visiting the most famous bathroom on Insta? AND it's fabulous owner? Fashion and beauty entrepreneur Trinny Woodall reveals all about lighting, storage and the joy of embracing a new aesthetic as you enter a new phase of life. Plus Sophie and Kate lay down the Rules of Rug and discuss the importance of designing a house as a whole. 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

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

Is it a man-cave or a she-shed? Kate and Sophie guide you through all that is beautiful (and practical) about garden rooms. Kate talks to Alexandria Dauley about the launch of United in Design, a charity to combat the lack of diversity in design. And the Style Surgery saves you from the perils of odd-shaped rooms. Oh, and Sophie has a bird stuck in the living room... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Find out more about Alexandria Dauley's launch at unitedindesign.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Kate and Sophie are having a little lie down this week (like the colour grey...) but couldn't resist sharing this sneak preview of what's coming up next series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If it’s a fight between maximalism and minimalism, then Maximalism has just pulled a right hook. In the is week’s episode of The Great indoors, Kate and Sophie drool and dissect Lily Allen’s freshly revealed Brooklyn home that went viral this month, thanks to a house tour courtesy of AD magazine. Painted murals, tiger print, pattern carpet and a pink bedroom in a cupboard should all be red flags, but wow does she pull it off! Meanwhile, learn-to-live- with-less guru Marie Kondo has thrown in the towel with clutter free living. Three children in she confesses to having better things to do with her time than constantly tidying up. Welcome to the club Marie! You can find the tour of Lily Allen’s pad here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEXXe9Ef_R8 You can 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

Living room, sitting room or lounge? Sophie and Kate dive into the whimsical world of what we call the rooms in our houses - and why we care so much. The pair discuss the intriguing trend for rental furniture, reporting back on companies like Harth, Shelff and the John Lewis collab with Fat Llama. The Style Surgery has a prescription for rugs in kitchens, and we hear listener reactions to the Resurrection of Grey Paint.   Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Outside space looking a little dull this summer? Kate and Sophie are bursting with good ideas for the great outdoors, though most of Kate's involve food and drink too... Oh, and Sophie's got a top styling tip about yoghurt (tune in to find out more) The pair also ask: is Midcentury Modern ever going to fall out of favour? And Kate wants your help for her brand new sustainability venture, #dolessharm. Get in touch! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Did your childhood home shape your interiors taste? Sophie and Kate delve deep into swags, stippling, Laura Ashley... and live locusts. The flat designed by fashion's Roksanda Ilincic sparks a chat about the colour blocking trend, and the pair tackle another hot topic: Biophilia. Plus things get particularly tense when Kate reveals her Design Crime... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fancy a Wall of Hair? Cult classic Changing Rooms is back and who better to grab the staple gun than hosts Jordan Cluroe and Russell Whitehead of 2LG Studio? Sophie gets all the inside gossip on Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, rogue paint pots and the Hair Wall that united a nation in horror... Plus Sophie and Kate reveal everything you ever needed to know about wallpaper - and help a listener who desperately needs help zoning a small space. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    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: help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

What's next? Colour? Curves? Not caring about trends? Kate and Sophie look ahead to what's in store for 2022. And the pair talk you through how to encourage your own inspiration and creativity. Plus - for one episode only - Design crimes is back and badder than ever... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Know which way your rooms face? Sophie and Kate reveal the secrets of decorating according to the compass, so you can make the most out of any room. Paint colours, window dressing and lighting all play a part... And if you're climbing the walls rather than painting them, leading psychotherapist Julia Samuel can help. Julia talks to Kate about how to get through lockdown, and how your home can support you. And Kate hijacks Style Surgery with a curtain confession... Julia's latest book is out now, This Too Shall Pass: Stories of Change, Crisis and Hopeful Beginnings Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Living in a grey wicker world? Kate and Sophie tackle the stylish options for garden furniture and outdoor living (and agree to disagree about Kate's Danish Sitting Suit) The joy of tablescaping and how glorious tableware doesn't have the break the budget. And finally how to keep morale up over a long renovation. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors      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

Scented candles or just... smelly candles? Kate and Sophie consider the scene-setting power of the candle, from fig and gingerbread to the "scent of freshly signed divorce papers". The pair review luscious books by Lisa Dawson, Beata Heuman and Jo Thornhill, and in the Style Surgery a listener needs to negotiate with her conservatory... Find out more about Lisa Dawson's Resourceful Living on her website lisadawsonstyling.com Beata Heuman's Every Room Should Sing is out now. Jo Thornhill's The New Mindful Home is also out now. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Scared of paint? Don't be. Annie Sloan, queen of creative colour and inventor of the revolutionary chalk paint, leads Kate and Sophie in a furniture painting workshop. And if they can do it... Plus tons of tips and ideas to get a new look for the new year - for less. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is a kitchen island a design crime? Is hot pink a timeless classic? Will Kate ever escape from under a mountain of packing boxes? Sophie and Kate tackle all the big questions. There's downsizing, decluttering and ditching your O level coursework (but what if you need it?) There are sexy new paint colours from the likes of Dulux and Farrow and Ball. And there's a very controversial candidate for Design Crimes... is this the end for the kitchen island? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  To sign up to Sophies online course and get the 30% off until the end of October follow this link And for behind the scenes footage of Sophie and Kate uncut, unplugged and unrestrained, do have a look at YouTube . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sophie and Kate are in the same place! And that place is the gorgeous home of cookery writer Skye McAlpine. Nigel Slater called her latest cookbook, A Table for Friends, "joyous, life-enriching". And her home, designed by Ben Pentreath, is much the same. Highlights include invaluable kitchen design tips, an original Fornasetti fridge, and Sophie getting in a muddle about red onions. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madabouthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you dreaming big enough? Kate and Sophie delve into their psyches and reveal what feeds their design dreams, from pink castles to dirty husbands. Jay Blades of BBC's The Repair Shop talks about therapeutic upholstery, beautiful mistakes and his new show: Jay's Home Fix. Plus lots of lovely ideas for a simple living room refresh, and the Style Surgery asks the big question: shoes on or off? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stuck for present ideas? Sophie and Kate are here to help, sharing a revolutionary approach to buying Christmas presents (and some bracing views about the tree...) There's a stack of brilliant ideas for making the most of your home if you are renting, and inspiration for how to make your guest room comfy. But not too comfy... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Do you have a collapsible Japanese temple yet? Kate and Sophie visit the mews house of designer Guy Oliver, managing director of Oliver Laws. Poking their noses into everything as ever, the pair discover the secrets of distilling Guy's international experience, personal history and eclectic taste into a small space.  Guy works extensively with artisans in Afghanistan through the Turquoise Mountain Foundation, supporting traditional crafts and providing jobs and skills. For more information, or if you'd like to make a donation, please visit turquoisemountain.org Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    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: help@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

Do you know which colour is an appetite suppressant? Or which one makes every skin tone look fabulous? In this episode, Kate and Sophie ponder the fascinating facts of colour psychology. Plus how to change your interiors to reflect the changing season, and up next in the room planning series: the master bedroom. Oh, and several unscheduled appearances from Lucy the dog...  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Are you now or have you ever been guilty of painting furniture? Kate and Sophie explore everything you need to know about vintage from antiques expert Drew Pritchard of TV's Salvage Hunters - including a controversial Design Crime! Sophie reveals all the behind the scenes gossip from the BBC's Interior Design Masters, plus the pair help a listener who is starting with a completely blank interiors canvas and doesn't know where to start. Find out more about Drew's work at drewpritchard.co.uk Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is Princess Anne guilty of Design Crimes? Insubordinate subjects Kate and Sophie critique the cluttered glory of the Princess Royal's living room. Leading designer Nicola Harding reveals how to make vintage work, how to bring character to a new build and how to use your purchasing power to save the planet. And listener Calum has accidentally bought a weird sofa and now has to make it work... WHERE WAS THE DESIGN PROCESS CALUM? Find out more about Nicola's work @nicolahardingandco  Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WILL THE GUINEA PIGS MAKE IT? Kate and Sophie ponder the hot trend for panelling, and reveal how to find the vital "red thread" that will bring cohesion to your home. Sophie talks us through her extension plans - and introduces some snuffly new house guests. Lucy the dog is unimpressed... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie's blogs, or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ready to channel your inner lady of the manor? From pelmets to marble busts, Sophie and Kate explain how to do the new country house style. Then it's everything you ever needed to know about blinds, curtains and all things window related. And finally Sophie's asking for inspiration when it comes to pets and interiors. No hope for the cream curtains with giant navy pompoms... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors      Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Keen to add character to a new build? Sophie and Kate reveal all there is to know about how to (and how not to) style your new build. An interview with in designer Gordon Whistance of the BBC's Bafta-winning DIY SOS explores the challenges of creating beautiful designs that work for specialist needs. And have you harnessed the power of the focal point in your room scheme? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs www.madabouthehouse.com and www.sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Find out more about the BBC's DIY SOS at https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006pnjk Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Great Indoors is part of #PODSTRIKE, a coalition of podcasts supporting Greta Thunberg and the young people behind the Global Climate Strikes starting this Friday 20th Sept, by helping spread the word. Here Kate and Sophie explain why they support the strike. Have your favourite shows signed up yet? https://www.podstrike.net/ https://globalclimatestrike.net/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Could your fabulous interiors be a money-spinner? Kate and Sophie talk tips and tricks for making your home pay it's way, with short lets and location shoots. The pair also revel in some very exciting new interiors TV shows, plus an update on Sophie's new kitchen. Oh, and there's a surprise visit from Sophie's mum. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week’s episode brings you a fascinating interview with Senior mortgage broker Kim Balasubramaniam from The Mortgage Mum. Kim has recently helped Sophie secure a new mortgage during a very challenging time, post the mini-budget’, which saw interest rates rocket. Kim believes a house is more than just bricks and mortar. It’s a place where memories are made, dreams realised and comfort is sought. Be it switching at the end of your fixed term, looking to get on the property ladder, or raising funds for home improvements, Kim is adept at guiding us through this stressful time! To learn more about Kim and The Mortgage Mum, visit https://themortgagemum.co.uk/our-team/kim-balasubramaniam/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Real or fake? (Or should that be.... faux, darling?) Sophie and Kate clash over the merits of decorating with flowers and plants. There's also strong words about the art of choosing and hanging your artwork. Plus a TRULY stunning revelation about cooker hoods. Really. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is your lighting layered? Sally Storey of John Cullen Lighting reveals how to harness the secret power of lighting. Sophie talks moodboards, swatch boxes and apps, and how they can help you find your scheme. And a truly terrifying revelation from Kate about lockdown decorating leaves Sophie wondering, has she finally lost it? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On today's podcast we pass the mic over to you our lovely listeners to ask Kate and Sophie your much agonised design dilemmas. From the perils of planning your lighting for an open plan space, to designing a rainbow themed bedroom for your 4 year old ‘client’, we have you covered with a myriad of options and advice. We cover budget hallway makeovers and decorating ideas for a north facing bathroom. Submit your style surgery questions to help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com A huge thank you to Naturalmat for sponsoring this episode of The Great Indoors. Naturalmat are delighted to offer The Great Indoors listeners 10% off their first order by using the code THEGREATINDOORS either online or in one of their showrooms. Valid until 30th November 2024. https://naturalmat.co.uk/ Join in on the chat and become a member of our vibrant private facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/363976081184669/ You can follow Kate and Sophie over on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/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

Got your glitterball yet? Kate and Sophie are in the same place for once, and it's the fabulous, colourful and creative home of singer and songwriter Sophie Ellis-Bextor. Beyond the kitchen where Sophie's famous lockdown discos happened, she reveals her cushion obsession, her beloved giant ice cream cone, her unexpected talent for taxidermy. She talks about how stuff tells your story, about why she lets her five kids draw on the walls - and how she reconciles a passion for House of Hackney Artemis with the reality of Calpol stains... Find out more about Sophie Ellis-Bextor at sophieellisbextor.net Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors    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 help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

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

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: help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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 a Stylish Person? Find out as Sophie tests Kate... what are the items every truly Stylish Person owns? Iconic designer Halston surely fits the bill. At any rate the hit Netflix show about his life stars some incredible interiors (alongside Ewan McGregor) Plus, Professor Stephen Westland of Leeds University has some jaw-dropping insight into the science of colour taste. You can find more about Professor Westland's work and the Harlequin range on their website harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors  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

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: help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com 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

And we are back! Well almost, as this return episode was recorded during the summer break, so why not take our holidays as interior inspiration. Kate is inspired by the pastel palette of Italy which has inspired her new paint range with Graphenstone while Sophie takes a great escape to Bali for some blue skies and jungle greenery. And perhaps the odd snake, spider and lizard thrown in too. And if you haven’t managed to get away this summer, don’t despair. We talk about our favourite TV shows that we’ve been binging, and which sets are influencing our own designs. A huge thank you to Naturalmat for sponsoring this episode of The Great Indoors. Naturalmat are delighted to offer The Great Indoors listeners 10% off their first order by using the code THEGREATINDOORS either online or in one of their showrooms. Valid until 30th November 2024. https://naturalmat.co.uk/ Join in on the chat and become a member of our vibrant private facebook community here https://www.facebook.com/groups/363976081184669/ Please submit your questions for our style surgery my emailing your voice note to help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com You can follow Kate and Sophie over on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What's giving you a boost this year? Sophie is embracing Wim Hof's cold water therapy and Sophie Ellis-Bextor's kitchen discos. Meanwhile Kate is getting hyper competitive on her Peloton... The pair are also buzzing with home office updates, a sceptical take on the new year's new trends and the big news... interiors shopping just got edited! Kate is launching her brand new online interiors shop, DesignStorey.shop Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Is your bedroom a haven for sleep, sex - and nothing else? To mark the clocks changing, Sophie and Kate are on cosiness overdrive. There's design tips for getting the best from your bedroom. There's a difference of opinion on the virtues of red wine vs Himalayan salt raw cacao health drink... And there's a clutch of new design books from Pearl Lowe, Rockett St George and more. Perfect to curl up with on the sofa. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs www.madabouthehouse.com and www.sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast.” 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 help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What could be more festive than a flaming argument? As yuletide looms, Kate and Sophie celebrate with a little look back at some of their greatest clashes. Big tellies, how to make open plan spaces work, whether white paint really is evil and whether designer paint is worth it... Come for the expertise! Stay for the fight!  Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast All details of the festive giveaway can be found on launch day on Insta @mad_about_the_house and @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: help@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

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

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

Do you need a Narnia cupboard? Architect Laura Jane Clark of BBC TV's Your Home Made Perfect reveals her top home hacks, from the magical to the mundane. Kate and Sophie explore the colours, styles and priorities that will shape interiors in the world of post-pandemic design. And the pair muse on bathrooms, including the crucial question: where should you hang the Picasso? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs, or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. 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

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: help@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

What makes your house a home? Sophie and Kate consider the magic of home and talk tips for styling outdoor spaces. Plus guest Matt Gibberd, co-founder of cult estate agency The Modern House, talks trends, crimes and candlelight. Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

All yellow? Kate and Sophie chart the rise of the most fashionable colour of the moment - and reveal how you can harness its power. Then it's all about making the bed so fabulous you never want to leave it (tho Kate is already there tbh) And in the Style Surgery a listener asks how to mismatch furniture with confidence... Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors   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

Happy new year 2023! On today’s show Sophie and Kate share what their dreams and aspirations are for the year ahead. Sophie has produced a whole vision board and Kate has come up with a word, such is her enthusiasm for the year ahead. Musing about the trends we can look forward to seeing in 2023, what’s in, and what are we quietly quitting. And will Kate ever we persuaded away with her love affair with 50 shades of brown. Tune in to find out! The trend article Sophie was talking about can be found here: https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/article/interior-design-trends-were-quiet-quitting Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tinsel - yay or nay? Kate and Sophie confront the big questions. What will the best dressed homes be wearing this yuletide? Why is nature such an enduring source of design inspo? Will Kate topple down the steep stairs of Sophie's tiny holiday let flat, or will they find a more design-led way to make a big impact in a small space? Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs www.madabouthehouse.com and www.sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group: The Great Indoors Podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices