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Postcard from the Podcast (122)

27th July 2023

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Welcome to the last episode of The Great Indoors Podcast before we take a summer break. This year we have moved from twice a month to weekly and we hope you are enjoying all the extra content. As a final show before we take to the sun lounger we have done a deep dive into

Postcard from the podcast – Henry Holland

20th July 2023

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There’s no doubt that lockdown changed many of us but for British fashion designer Henry Holland, it led him towards a whole new career. Turning away from his iconic graphic fashion brand in search of a slower pace Henry has pivoted to pots. Every piece is handmade in the London studio and mainly made to

Postcard from the podcast – Style Surgery

13th July 2023

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Should you put off your dream renovation plans while you save up and have to make do with something you don’t love in the meantime and why colour blocking isn’t just for babies. In our monthly style surgery, we help listeners with their personal design dilemmas. From procrastinating over plans to build a dream kitchen

Postcard from the Podcast (118)

29th June 2023

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This week we are excited to be chatting with the king of colour himself, ceramist and designer Jonathan Adler who was in town to open his new store at 91 Pelham Street, London, SW7. Sadly, time and tech being what they are, we were only able to interview him over Zoom rather than in person

Postcard from the Podcast (117)

22nd June 2023

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It’s podcast day and today @sophierobinsoninteriors and I dive under the duvet to explain how the design of your bedroom is vital for the best rest and recuperation. With more data coming out every year on the importance of sleep to our health, happiness, and longevity, it’s time to plump your pillows and get serious.

Postcard from the Podcast: Style Surgery (113)

25th May 2023

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Welcome to our monthly Style Surgery on The Great Indoors podcast. It's the episode where we tackle all your design dilemmas and give you the answers you've been itching for. From updating a little boy's room to make it fit for a toddler, how to bring some warmth to a dark Dallas kitchen to finding

Postcard from the podcast (108)

20th April 2023

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Home: The Way We Live Now book cover

This week we are reviewing the latest interiors books releases including mine! As I may have mentioned this comes out next Thursday but if you feel like pre-ordering that is always enormously helpful for authors as the more pre-orders the more promo the sites will give it and the more visibility it has. Here is a video

Postcard from the Podcast: 100th Anniversary Episode

23rd February 2023

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Today's postcard from the podcast celebrates our 100th episode. Sophie and I take a walk down memory lane and look back at some of the highlights from The Great Indoors. We started in October 2018 by pronouncing the death of grey, went on to ban white paint and poked around the homes (and fridges) of

The Great Indoors podcast postcard

2nd February 2023

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On today's episode of The Great Indoors podcast, we’re swapping builder horror stories! We all know how it feels to put so much trust into a tradesperson and get let down. Listen to the full episode here, as we share our own experiences -and yours- and discuss the best ways of selecting just the right

Will an Extension add value to your house and other common building questions answered

22nd July 2021

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Everyone gathers in Sophie Robinson's small dark kitchen

Now this week is a very packed episode on the podcast and I urge you to listen because it is super useful as well. Firstly, we are discussing floor plans and how it’s important, before you so much as LOOK at a paint chart to decide if your rooms are in the right place for

How to plan a tiny bathroom (and we mean tiny)

8th July 2021

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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

Colour Psychology: How Our Tastes Change With Stress

24th June 2021

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red brick wall, neon wall light, modern neutral sofa and berber style rug. The loft space at madaboutthehouse.com

Did you know that people in transitional or stressful situations will often create extreme environments around themselves, according to a white paper by a professor of colour science at Leeds University. Professor Stephen Westland, produced a report into our emotional reactions to colour for our podcast sponsor Harlequin and I have to say this line

How to Buy at Auction

10th June 2021

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Red dining chairs, large wooden table in walled garden. Merchant & Found table with 1950s vintage original French Olix cafe chairs £675 for six

It's podcast day today and it's a good'un. Useful too. Sophie and I discuss garden furniture and how the key to getting it right is to take in the indoors out - sofas and lamps rather than deck chairs that collapse on you. Think about creating an outdoor sitting room and you're on the right

A house tour with Sophie Ellis Bextor

27th May 2021

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home of sophie ellis bextor image by kate watson-smyth

A treat for you this week as Sophie and I actually got out of our duvet dens to meet and record the podcast in person and we were thrilled to be able to tour round the home of Sophie Ellis Bextor, who lives with her husband, Richard Jones, also a musician, and their five sons.

Blinds, Curtains and Voiles – all about Window Treatments

29th April 2021

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two sets of ready made curtains sewn together will give a more luxe feel to a window, image by alun callendar of Sophie Robinson's house

There's no getting around the fact that dressing windows is an expensive business. So on this week's podcast Sophie and I dived in to sort out your Romans from your Londons and your rollers from your pull-ups to help you decide what you should do with your windows either to protect your privacy, prevent the

The Hottest New Interiors Books Reviewed

15th April 2021

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Image from Every Room Should Sing by Beata Heumann (Rizzoli)

Back with a new series of the podcast and this week we are reviewing three of the newest interiors books, two of which are published today. Elsewhere in the show, which for this series is sponsored by Harlequin, we discuss scented candles – expect strong opinions there and whether you should unconservatory your conservatory. Do

An Interview With Salvage Hunter Drew Pritchard

11th March 2021

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pale green panelled wall, antique mirror and statue, faded floral button back armchair by Drew Pritchard for Barker and Stonehouse

This week on the podcast I interview Drew Pritchard, an architectural antiques dealer, on turning his passion into a career both on and off-screen. As the star of TV’s Salvage Hunters, Drew says it’s all about the thrill of the chase rather than the selling of his finds. He shared his tips on shopping for

An Interior Design Masterclass with Nicola Harding

25th February 2021

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The Mitre by Nicola Harding & Co

Nicola Harding is one of my favourite interior designers. It was her work that I referenced when I first noticed the importance (and joy) of bringing a disrupter colour into every scheme and she is also fully committed to being as sustainable as possible in her work. So I was thrilled when she agreed to

How To Cope with Lockdown in a Small House

11th February 2021

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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

The Podcast is back: why trends are over, redecorating and the power of the ice bath

14th January 2021

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bedroom half painted in emerald green - puck by Little Greene, gold ceiling by Mylands. Kate Watson-Smyth. Pinterest graphic

And so did come 2021 and with it another lockdown and Kate and Sophie found themselves back in their duvet dens to record, what is now the third series of their podcast The Great Indoors, remotely. And we began by talking about what is getting us through it this time. Sophie's cold bath Sophie has