The Great Indoors
The Great indoors is a celebration of all things interiors and everything you need to know about making your house a home. In each episode, TV presenter and designer Sophie Robinson and best-selling author and journalist Kate Watson-Smyth will discuss, debate and guide you through the top trends and hottest topics from the home front. So pull up a chair…
Episodes
March 28, 2024 • 51 mins
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!
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March 21, 2024 • 44 mins
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 stron...
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March 14, 2024 • 40 mins
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.
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March 7, 2024 • 35 mins
Join us as we have a fun catch up in Sophie’s home, chatting all things Spring refresh from table settings and cushions to bedlinen, curtains and diy. As you can imagine we have very different takes on the subject, as Kate praises the virtues of brown all year round and Sophie gives us a sneak peek into her secret seasonal crockery cupboard. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webin...
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February 29, 2024 • 36 mins
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!
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February 22, 2024 • 45 mins
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.
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February 15, 2024 • 42 mins
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 ow...
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February 8, 2024 • 48 mins
From the sublime to the ridiculous we look at some of the trends forecasted for the year. The Pinterest Trend Report 2024 brings all the fun looking at increased searches from last year to garner what people will be into this year – think chrome, bows, kitsch kitchens and more out there suggestions like ‘the jellyfish aesthetic’ and ‘aquatecture.’
Our recent trip to Deco Off in Paris provided a more high-end approach, with global ...
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February 1, 2024 • 45 mins
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 t...
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January 26, 2024 • 28 mins
It’s time for our popular Style Surgery where we discuss the design dilemmas that have been bugging you.
Are wash basins in the bedroom outdated or a genius idea? How do you make a ceiling statement work with the rest of the room and what artwork should I put in a bathroom to make it feel less boring? Listen to this episode for more tips on colour theory for an effective work space, hanging decorative plates on the wall, plus matc...
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January 18, 2024 • 36 mins
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.
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January 11, 2024 • 36 mins
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 ...
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December 14, 2023 • 37 mins
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 ...
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December 7, 2023 • 43 mins
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, plu...
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November 30, 2023 • 57 mins
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 l...
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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!...
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November 16, 2023 • 41 mins
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’ boo...
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November 9, 2023 • 45 mins
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.
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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 t...
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October 26, 2023 • 44 mins
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 ...
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