The Great Indoors

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

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

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

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

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

As winner of Interior Design Masters 2022, Banjo Beale has gone on to breath new life into homes and businesses in the television series ‘Designing the Hebrides’, plus bringing his infectious enthusiasm as host of the beautiful ‘Scottish Home of the Year’ on the BBC. Alongside this, he has continued to design, inspiring thousands on Instagram with his incredible style and just in case that wasn’t enough, he has also written a book! Join us as we catch up on Banjo’s incredible year and listen out for some fantastic tips for sourcing vintage homeware. Banjo Beale’s Website: https://www.banjobeale.co.uk/ Banjo Beale on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/banjo.beale/ Banjo Beale’s Book: https://amzn.eu/d/cM6aZ5v Send your style surgery question here: [email protected] Sign up to become a friend of the show: www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast For daily updates fo

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

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

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@thegreatindoorspo

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

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

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

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

Hot off the press of Dulux’s annual Colour of the year announcement, Sophie and Kate talk all things colour trends with Creative Director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford. The colour all our walls will be wearing next year is Sweet embrace, a delicate pink, with a tinge of lilac nudging towards a cool grey. It’s a response to continued pressures stresses and starins we are all suffering under. It’s not quite the optimistic party colour Kate and Sophie were hoping for, but that’s coming Marianne assures us, but the masses aren’t quite ready for it yet. A jewel of an episode bursting with insights into the art of colour forecasting, the emotions of colour and why a soft pink is what we all need right now. To view Dulux’s Colour of the Year head over to https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour- of-the-year-2024 Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or vis

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 Gr

This is the monthly episode where we pass the mic on to you our lovely listeners. We hear From dilemmas that range from pattern or plain curtains, how to be inspired by a period style and make it modern, and is the rule that you need to paint your light filled room in a pale light colour hogwash? This episode gives our hosts plenty to row about, especially around the acceptability of Moomin mugs and Pea mylk. Intrigued…well enjoy the show! The Great Indoors Insiders receive a extended BONUS edit of this episode, so to hear more from Kate and Sophie on the perils of bedroom storage and appeasing tricky teenagers then sign up to become a friend of the show visit www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. We’d love to hear your design dilemma’s so please send us an emila or a voice note to [email protected] Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or vi

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 podc

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

Lock down changed many of us but for British fashion designer Henry Holland his passion for pottery got a whole new opportunity to thrive. Turning away from his iconic graphic fashion brand in search of a more slow paced pursuit Henry has pivoted to pots. Kate and Sophie enjoy digging a little deeper to find what drives his phenomenal creative energy and discover that he isn’t going to stop at mugs and vases but a new homewares brand might just be on the horizon. Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/ https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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