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Postcard from The Podcast

30th March 2023
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This week we are sharing our trade secrets and the contents of our address books to help you save 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. Listen here for tips including hacking flatpack furniture…

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Dreamy New Lighting Collaboration

29th March 2023
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I have spent the last three months scouring the corridors of the internet in searching of great lighting. With deadlines looming I have bought some but how I wish I had known about this collaboration between Houseof and the interior designer Em Gurner, of Folds Inside, because it would have been worth waiting for. It…

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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

27th March 2023
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Good morning to you from the dust hole. We are now, hopefully, in the final stages but, as The Mad Husband pointed out, it’s the bit where we have nothing and then suddenly we have everything. The base units are in but unpainted and with no handles. The appliances are in the right places but…

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The Househunter: A colourful two bedroom apartment

24th March 2023
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This two bedroom apartment in the heart of the City of London is, says Historic England, an “unusual example in Britain of the German Expressionist style” and was Grade II listed in 1990. It is also a blend of Art Deco architecture and Moroccan style interiors. But before you panic that there’s a lot going…

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Postcard from the podcast: An Interview with Jules Haines

23rd March 2023
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blind made from fabric from The Haines Collection, which sells leftover material and prevents it ending up in landfill

This week we chat with Jules Haines, a woman on a mission to reduce waste in the interior design industry one cushion at a time. So far she has saved over 22,000m of fabric which is the length of about 107 London tube trains or enough fabric to make more than 10,000 pairs of jeans.…

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New arrivals at Design Storey

21st March 2023
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It’s been some time since I did a round-up of the latest additions at Design Storey. mainly due to my house drowning in dust, and my brain not being able to handle another design decision. But I’ve made it through the other side and have found an interesting mix of furniture, lighting, and accessories –…

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Monday Inspiration: Before and After

20th March 2023
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Reporting from the dust front lines again and I am happy to report that with the demolition finally done we were pretty much dust-free for a couple of days. Then the plastering started which means wet, soggy floors that stick to the bottom of your shoes as it dries and as you walk it deposits…

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The Househunter: A Former Watch Shop

17th March 2023
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Off to south east London to this former watch repair shop which has been restored with a focus on sustainable and non-toxic materials to create three bedrooms, a large kitchen diner, sitting room and private garden. Now it can be tricky taking on a former shop with those big street-facing windows but this has been…

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Postcard from the Podcast: Style surgery

16th March 2023
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It’s time for our monthly style surgery on The Great Indoors podcast; the episode where you get the chance to have your burning design dilemmas answered. From how to combat the acres of cream and beam in a period house to adding character in a new build. The burning question though, is where should Jordon hang his…

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Come Shopping With Me

15th March 2023
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It’s been a while since we had a shopping post and given that my house is full of dust and I don’t really need any new furniture (plus the design decision fatigue is real) I thought a little virtual wander round the corridors of the internet to see what’s about might be just the thing.…

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