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

14th January 2021
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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 has become and ardent…

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A house tour with Fashion Designer Matthew Williamson

19th November 2020
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Matthew Williamson London home; turquoise bay windows

In this week’s episode of The Great Indoors podcast we get to nose around the London apartment of Matthew Williamson. The award-winning designer started out in fashion, creating dresses for the likes of Sienna Miller and Jade Jagger before turning his hand to interior design. As The Guardian put it: “From Fashion Star to Interior…

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How To Buy Ethical Interiors

5th November 2020
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tortoiseshell bamboo covered cupboard with peach glass floor lamp, cream sofa and orange striped cushion. .interior designer Em Gurner, image by anna yanovski

This week on the podcast, Sophie interviews Chloe Bullock, a BIID member and the first interior designer in the UK to be vegandesign.org certified. There is no doubt that we are all becoming more aware of the need to decorate our houses sustainably and in a way that is less damaging to the planet. There…

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How We Live and Work Now

22nd October 2020
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home office designed by @home_at_brookes and built by @createescapeshome office designed by @home_at_brookes and built by @createescapes

The last six months have dramatically altered how we live. Aside from the Government’s advice, neatly summed up by Matt Lucas as Go to work. Don’t go to work, it seems that many of those who can work from home are doing so and a survey in September found that 30 per cent of adults…

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Decorating with Bold Colour: A House Tour with Sophie Robinson

8th October 2020
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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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House Tour with cookery writer Skye McAlpine

24th September 2020
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vintage dresser at the home of skye mcalpine by madaboutthehouse.com

Regular visitors may remember that I visited Skye McAlpine’s London flat a couple of years ago just as she put it on the market – remember those gorgeous plaster pink walls and open shelving? Last week I was thrilled to visit her again, this time in her new house that she gutted and completely redecorated…

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An Interview with Skin of Skunk Anansie and the Dulux Colour Of The Year

10th September 2020
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Portrait of Skin sitting on a stool with large grey folded top. Photo by Marco Ovando

Two big topics for you this week on the podcast with an interview with Skin, singer with Skunk Anansie as well as discussion of the Dulux colour of the year. Now, by the time you read this the colour will have been announced so I’ll come to that at the end. First up Skin, whose…

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Five Ways to Hide the Television

21st July 2020
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Gallery wall with the samsung frame tv in the home of emma jane palin.

I mentioned the other day following the podcast gardening post that I would return to this subject as it’s a perennial problem. We all have televisions and we all seem to want to hide them. But when I first wrote about this, probably when I first started the blog way back in 2012, the most…

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Tip Tips for Designing a Garden: Interview with GIDC winner Sarah Mitchenall

16th July 2020
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I don’t know about you but I’m slightly paralysed by the idea of garden design. I’m completely happy with paint and paper and chairs, but the thought of plants and fences and pots and I freeze. This, according to Sarah Mitchenall, is a common problem and one she seeks to address when it come to…

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Re-inventing Estate Agency: an interview with The Modern House

25th June 2020
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As regular readers will know I, and many of you, am slightly obsessed with The Modern House, a UK estate agency that has reinvented the genre, not just by apparently agreeing to sell only beautiful houses, but by turning itself into a sort of magazine providing endless inspiration and aspiration to those of us who…

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