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128: Style Surgery - From tiny loos to kitchens under £1k Oct 12, 2023

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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.

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127: Radiate positivity: The art of Optimistic Decorating Oct 05, 2023

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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

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robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-

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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

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126: Are you ready for your walls to give you a sweet embrace? Interview with Marianne Shillingford from Dulux Sep 28, 2023

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Hot off the press of Dulux’s annual Colour of the year announcement, Sophie and Kate talk

all things colour trends with Creative Director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford. The colour all

our walls will be wearing next year is Sweet embrace, a delicate pink, with a tinge of lilac

nudging towards a cool grey. It’s a response to continued pressures stresses and starins we

are all suffering under. It’s not quite the optimistic party colour Kate and Sophie were

hoping for, but that’s coming Marianne assures us, but the masses aren’t quite ready for it

yet. A jewel of an episode bursting with insights into the art of colour forecasting, the

emotions of colour and why a soft pink is what we all need right now.

To view Dulux’s Colour of the Year head over to https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour-

of-the-year-2024

Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more

about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to

their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the

Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-

store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.

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125: AI friend or foe of interior design? Sep 21, 2023

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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

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Group

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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.

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124: Style Surgery: How far should the architecture of your home dictate your interior choices and pattern versus plain curtains Sep 14, 2023

Show notes

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

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

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123: Battle of the Browns - Our Hosts Swap Sides Sep 07, 2023

Show notes

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

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at www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.

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122: Bathroom Special: Why your bathroom mustn’t be white, grey, or beige Jul 27, 2023

Show notes

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.

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121: From slogan T’s to wobbly pots - interview with Henry Holland Jul 20, 2023

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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.

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120: Style Surgery: Should you put off your dream renovation plans and why colour blocking isn’t just for babies. Jul 13, 2023

Show notes

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.

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