the great indoors podcast 2 - Mad About The House

An Interview With TV Architect Laura Jane Clark

28th May 2020

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A Victorian living room with black original fireplace. The mint green chinoiserie wallpaper adds a decorative touch. design by architect laura jane clark

Laura Jane Clarke is an architect who specialises in residential properties. In her case that means, and I cannot stress this enough, in real houses for real people. She's not interested in glass skyscrapers and million pound budgets. For her it's about - as the tagline on the podcast goes - making your home really

Lockdown Lighting Tips and Decorating Ideas

30th April 2020

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The remote recording of the podcast continues and this week Sophie and I repaired to our respective duvet tents for this episode of The Great Indoors in which we discuss ideas for lockdown decorating and I interview Sally Storey, the design director of John Cullen Lighting, on "decorating with light" as well as rounding up

Happiness At Home: A podcast special episode

16th April 2020

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my mantelpiece is a collection of family souvenirs and happy memories

Now this might be quite a timely - if long - post. We planned to focus on happiness at home for this episode of the podcast several weeks ago (well before all this) but it turns out that this might be just the thing for now. So today on The Great Indoors, Sophie and I

Publication Day, New Ways with Wallpaper and a Spring Retox

5th March 2020

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$Kate Watson-Smyth and Sophie Robinson discuss the launch of Kate's 3rd book on the Great Indoors podcast #thegreatindoors #madaboutthehouse #interiorsbook$

And it's Happy Publication day to me! Now I wrote all about the book last week so I won't go into it all again here but do follow the link if you would like to know more. And, of course, it's podcast day so if you would like to hear me chatting to Sophie about

Trend Focus: Granny Chic, Faux versus Real and Buying Berber Rugs (podcast notes)

20th February 2020

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In this week's podcast Sophie and I discuss the rise of Granny Chic, whether faking it is best when it comes to textiles and surfaces and interview Willem Smitt, the interior design at El Fenn, Marrakech, where we held our recent interior design retreat. You can listen here or you can simply read all about

DO FASHION RULES APPLY TO INTERIORS, DINING IN AND SMALL SPACE LIVING (PODCAST NOTES)

28th November 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth and Sophie Robinson offer some top wallpapering tips on the Great Indoors podcast. A firm favourite is a large bloom floral print and the one shown here is given a dramatic look with a black background. #wallpaper #thegreatindoors #madaboutthehouse

This week on the podcast we discussed whether the rules of fashion apply to interiors. Regular readers will know that I have often said that where the catwalk leads the cushions will follow and there was a very clear example of that when it came to the biscuit and cream shades which were all over

Small Space Decorating, how to create an Insta-worthy tree and the enduring appeal of English Country style (podcast notes)

14th November 2019

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I promised you a chunky post to make up for missing the other day and this one has a lot of content in it. Now it's a sort of written version of the podcast for those who like images to go with their listening but I also try hard to make sure they work as

New Releases: Interior Design Books

31st October 2019

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A new season means new book releases and October is a big month for publishers - the first Thursday of the month is known as Super Thursday when hundreds of books are released at the same time in a bid to hit the Christmas market. This year, on the 3rd, there were 426 hardbacks published,

An Interview with Michelle Ogundehin (podcast notes)

17th October 2019

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Kate Watson-Smyth and Sophie Robinson take a house tour with Michelle Ogundehin for the Great Indoors podcast. The dining room features floor length dusky lilac velvet curtains, a antique mirror effect wallpaper and anaglypta. #thegreatindoors #madaboutthehouse

Michelle Ogundehin needs little introduction; the editor of Elle Decoration for 13 years (from 2004) she is now a regular television presenter, creative consultant and is just finishing off her first book. Notoriously private about her home, Michelle posts only corners of her rooms and has said she will never, ever, invite a magazine into

London Design Festival Round-Up and Colour Trends (podcast notes)

3rd October 2019

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In this week's episode of the podcast Sophie and I report back on London Design Festival and what we found there. This event gets bigger every year and more and more venues now take part. Set up in 2003, over a million people from 75 countries now visit the capital to see both new products