153 episodes
The Great Indoors Sophie Robinson and Kate Watson-Smyth: Interior Design Experts
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4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
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The Great indoors is a celebration of all things interiors and everything you need to know about making your house a home. In each episode, TV presenter and designer Sophie Robinson and best-selling author and journalist Kate Watson-Smyth will discuss, debate and guide you through the top trends and hottest topics from the home front. So pull up a chair…
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We’re going on a break!
It’s our last episode before we go on a break so we take the time to reminisce about the last five years and 149 episodes of interior design debate, advice, guests, fun and a lot of laughter. From our popular Design Crimes, Style Surgery and touring the houses of some fabulous guests it has been a whirlwind!
If you want to keep in touch with what we’re doing, you can follow and subscribe to Kate on Substack for weekly interiors inspiration and expert interior design advice, plus all you need to know about the popular design retreats coming up in Italy.
Check out Sophie’s Online Design School for amazing courses and sign up to Sophie’s newsletter to be the first to know about in person events and a possible Marrakech retreat at the end of the year too!
The podcast will be back at the end of the year!
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
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Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
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Style Surgery - Open plan nightmares, 3000 books and Sophie recommends a muted palette
Join us for our last Style Surgery before we take a break, as we answer your design dilemmas. From how to house 3000 books, to turning an open plan nightmare into a serene space, this episode is jam packed with fun interiors chat and advice. Sophie actually advises one of our lovely listeners to drop the pattern and go muted, whilst Kate recommends a green so vibrant it even makes Sophie proclaim ‘oh my goodness, that is very strong!’… so what dilemma has made the tables turn?
Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:
Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors
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Interview with Kit Kemp and GP&J Baker’s Ann Grafton
We’re off on the road again to Ham Yard Hotel for a personal tour and interview with designer Kit Kemp and GP&J Baker’s Ann Grafton to celebrate their new collection. Listen to find out more about the design inspiration behind the fabulous collection of fabrics and wallpaper, how collaborations like these first come about and how they have brought antique archival designs up to date to suit modern day interiors.
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Send your style surgery question here:
help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:
Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors
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Is brown a spring colour though?!
Join us as we have a fun catch up in Sophie’s home, chatting all things Spring refresh from table settings and cushions to bedlinen, curtains and diy. As you can imagine we have very different takes on the subject, as Kate praises the virtues of brown all year round and Sophie gives us a sneak peek into her secret seasonal crockery cupboard. Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes:
www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Send your style surgery question here:
help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:
Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors
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Can Kate put a shelf up? With How to Basically’s Justin Kelly
We’re interviewing the founder of ‘How to Basically’, Justin Kelly, who runs a workshop in East Sussex which teaches people practical living skills from basic DIY, electrics and plumbing to how to look after everyday appliances. Listen along as Kate and Sophie attempt to put up a shelf themselves – something they’ve never done before!
Link to 'How to Basically':
https://howtobasically.co.uk/welcome-to-the-first-edition-of-the-nuts-bolts/
Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes:
www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Send your style surgery question here:
help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:
Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors
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Sustainability, green washing and buying to last
This week we’re discussing an important topic we should all consider when updating our homes – how to make choices that are sustainable, use less energy, save us money and will last. We share what we have done recently to make our own homes more eco-friendly and who we love to follow for sustainable tips and inspiration.
Sign up to become a friend of the show and receive weekly newsletters, access to live webinars and bonus podcast episodes:
www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Send your style surgery question here:
help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com
Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast
For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:
Kate: www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse
Sophie: www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors
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Customer Reviews
Thank you - brilliant podcast
Long time listener and reader of your blogs and books. Through the banter and contrasting take on all matters interior and life related, Sophie and Kate helped give me the confidence to put my own style mark on our home while making stylish and practical
Questionable ads putting me off one of my fave podcasts
I love this podcast. I’m just so disappointed that they haven’t taken a closer look at the ads they run. I understand podcasts need financial support but I think in this day and age there are surely enough ethical companies that podcasts could have relationships with to avoid having to promote dodgy ads like the most recent crypto investments one.
As a host you need to be responsible for the fact that you are influencing your listeners with the ads you choose to run. Most people know to turn a blind eye to ads like these but we have to think about people who might be more vulnerable. There’s also a question of values. I’d rather you scale back the podcast and ran more ethical ads.
With that last ad I mentioned it actually made me turn off the podcast which is such a shame! I don’t feel like I can listen or support it anymore.
Full of tips, knowledge and humour
Recently discovered this podcast and I am binge listening my way through the early episodes. The show is full of tips and inspiration. Loving the interaction between Sophie and Kate - ladies you regularly make me laugh out loud (providing this free therapy should rate the show 6stars).