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Decorating with Bold Colour: A House Tour with Sophie Robinson

muted pattern clash and english country style at sophie robinson house
Yes she's finally finished her house and since we have only met once since before lockdown (when we recorded at Skye McAlpine's house, we thought it would be good to show the finished article. So welcome to a house tour with Sophie Robinson. Now you can hear the full story on the podcast so do
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Guest Post: Sophie Robinson On 5 Ways To Bring Colour Into Your Home

Television present Sophie Robinson proved to be one of the most popular guest bloggers in The Mad House with her 5 ways to bring colour into your home so I thought I'd share it with you again during this season of August updates. I'm delighted to introduce you all to Sophie Robinson, judge on The
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Is AI the Future of Interior Design?

AI generated design of a kitchen blending the interior design styles of madaboutthehouse and sophie robinson
A controversial headline this but it’s a subject we recently discussed on the podcast (you can listen here) and I thought it was worth a follow up. Those of you on instagram may have noticed more and more AI generated designs creeping into your feed. Those of you who linger and pay attention to comments
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Sweet Treats from Little Greene Paint

Little Greene Sweet Treats Madeleine
As I may have mentioned once or twice before at the start of the summer I pushed myself out of my comfort zone to have a go on the world's fastest Zip Wire. All that needs to be said here is that I have done it. I have no need to do it again. However,
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Five Beautiful Rooms

Back into familar routines at last and it's our regular post of beautiful rooms to get the week off to a good start. I'm assuming by now the kids are back at school - as far as possible (don't mention the concrete). The 20yo has finally found a student flat and is off at the
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Join The Insiders Club

Something slightly different today which I meant to tell you about last week but in all the excitement for my book publication (link here if you want to know more about that) it fell off the edge. I know that many of you listen to the podcast The Great Indoors and I wanted to tell
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

pantry in the home of @goodboneslondom image by @madaboutthehouse
Hello everyone and welcome to a new week. Herewith, as ever, a selection rooms that have caught my eye both online and, this week, in real life - with more to follow on Wednesday. No unifying theme this week apart from I loved them all and wanted to share them with you. @meghan.eisenberg remodelled her
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The Great Outdoors: An interview with Arit Anderson of Gardeners’ World

A life in Pattern by Anna Spiro
Today we are in The Great Outdoors for the latest episode of the podcast and not only are we outside but, after a year of trying, we managed to meet up with Arit Anderson, presenter of Gardener’s World, designer at Chelsea and writer and podcaster herself at Growing Greener. We met in Regent’s Park and
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Dream Homemakeovers and Grey is Back

pictures courtesy of channel 5 Dream Home Makeovers with Sophie Robinson
We made it back at last. What with Sophie having to do the voiceovers for her show, me on a book deadline and Covid striking our producer it took longer to get going than we thought and it was back to the duvet dens  last week for our recording of The Great Indoors Podcast …
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My Interior Design News

casa roca in palma mallorca
Usually I use the last Wednesday of the month to tell you about interior design news belonging to other people. This month I'm going to show you two projects that I'm working on. As you know I’m mostly a writer rather than a doer and, aside from the odd interior design consultation, I have mostly
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A Modern Makeover of Famous Artists’ Homes

A little bit of light-hearted fun today. What with launching an online course and a sofa and working two huge interior design projects (I'll keep you posted but as you read this I will by flying back from Mallorca - scene of one of them) I thought I would just drop this in today as
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Monday Inspiration: Beautiful Rooms

alumiminium doors at madaboutthehouse.com
This is it then; school's back, work's back and it's all happening again - perhaps not quite in the same way as two years ago, but the nearest we've had to normality in a long time. So, to continue with some normal let's return to our Monday classic with some beautiful rooms to guide you
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A COMPLETE GUIDE TO WALLPAPER

wallpaper wraparound by fiona duke interiors
This week on the podcast Sophie interviews Russell Whitehead and Jordan Cluroe of the 2LG studio who are the new designers on that revamped 90s classic  Changing Rooms. Do they take it seriously? Do they think it's about design or entertainment? And what about that hair wall (google it)? Have a listen and see what
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How to plan a tiny bathroom (and we mean tiny)

I have shared my tiny bathroom reno on these pages before but Sophie and I discuss this in more detail on the podcast today following a recent survey revealed by our sponsor Geberit that found that the average new build bathrooom in the UK measures 4.4m square. Mine is a square 2m x 2m while
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Is Swedish Style actually the new Scandi?

image via historikahem.se
For years everyone has referred to Scandinavian style as a catch-all phrase for everything that is minimal, pared back and mostly mid-century modern. But did you know that this is actually more of a Danish look? And I have seen Scandinavians refer slightly crossly to being all lumped in together when they are very distinct
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8 Of The Prettiest Bedrooms for National Bed Month

bedding by bedeck1951 and wallpaper by morris and co
I'm not normally one to mark National this and Daily that but given that schools went back yesterday and I discovered it was national bed month, it felt like there was a link. I have kept going by telling myself that as soon as life returns to normal (whatever that is) that I will celebrate
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How To Cope with Lockdown in a Small House

pink and green kitchen at sophie robinson house
A post in two parts for you today as part of the show notes for the latest episode of the The Great Indoors podcast which is out today. We spoke to Julia Samuel, a psychotherapist, whose book This Too Shall Pass, came out (with uncanny timing) last March. She specialises in bereavement counselling and dealing
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Is E-Design Right For You?

interior e-design by topology from £299 per room
Online interior design, or e-design as it’s more commonly known, is a phenomenon that has grown hugely over the last year, partly out of necessity and partly, I suspect, because we have all had to adapt to a more online life and familiarise ourselves with the technology that comes with that. interior e-design by topology
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Monday Inspiration: Tongue and Groove Walls

Now I'm aware that after nearly ten years together (for some of us) I don't need to tell you this; but if ever you were having a wobble about how to redecorate know that I read this week in one publication that the trend for tongue and groove was definitely over. The following day I
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