Join us for our tales from Venice plus we review four more books that span the breadth of the interiors world. From the escapism of super luxe living in sunny California, to authentic and sustainable design in the remote island of Mull, and designing your home to align with how you want to feel in a space. Listen to our lively debate as we pick out our favourite elements of each book including what we believe is the ‘must have’ book for every home decorator.

All Up in My Space – How to Decorate With Feeling by Emma Hopkinson and Robyn Donaldson

https://tinyurl.com/2sj76eb6

Livable Luxe by Brigette Romanek https://tinyurl.com/4u4ymr9n

Wild Isle Style by Banjo Beale https://tinyurl.com/3tb7w3be

Farrow & Ball: How to Redecorate by Joa Studholme and Charlotte Cosby https://tinyurl.com/4ujhykf4

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This week's Style Surgery dives into questions from the essentials of kitchen design to where to start when designing a whole home from scratch and how to style a beautiful Georgian hallway. This week’s dilemmas are wonderful problems to have! Listen as Kate and Sophie champion the humble moodboard (and how to go about it if you’re short on time) plus top tips on sourcing and hanging artwork.

If you have any advice for our listeners, do join the chat in our Facebook group!

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Sophie’s Online Design School: https://courses.sophierobinson.co.uk/

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Join Kate and Sophie for this lively discussion as they go through each generation from Gen Z to

Boomers, and debate how each group are seen to approach design differently. From 70s

conversation pits, millennial pink and mid-century obsessions to the old adage of ‘if it ain’t broke,

don’t fix it’, they look at which trends are returning, plus the societal and economical differences

that have played a part in our varying attitudes towards the décor choices we make.

They also share how TV shows have influenced each generation from the wonderful interiors seen in

Sex Education, to the 70s show The Good Life, and the bold and bright style championed by DIY

shows like Changing Rooms. And should Kate, a Gen X’er, be striding out in silver trousers or being

more age typical in sensible burgundy like Sophie? Join the debate in our Facebook group!

The house for sale from the set of Sex Education: https://t.ly/LieJ2

Jake Lambert Comedy: https://t.ly/pIl4d

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Are you in the middle of a renovation and feeling stressed? Do you have a house move on the way

that’s causing you anxiety? Or do you feel your home isn’t quite making you as happy as you’d like it

to? These are just a few of the questions interior designer and wellbeing coach, Juan Sandiego, helps

to answer in this week’s fascinating interview. Juan champions a refreshing approach to design

focussing on the happiness it brings us both when the space is finished and along the journey itself,

with practical tips on how to cope with renovation stress and how to be content with the home you

have. This episode is jam-packed with useful insights and not to be missed.

Happy Home Clinic: https://happyhome.clinic/ and on Instagram:

www.instagram.com/happyhomeclinic/

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We love to share our favourite interiors books with you - from choosing art for your home to styling the spaces you live in - this week's books celebrate homes which put sustainability at the forefront of design and are rich with practical tips and inspiration which always provoke some healthy debate (have gallery walls had their day?) between our hosts, Sophie and Kate.

The Home Style Handbook by Lucy Gough: https://amzn.eu/d/3jwSIAe

https://www.instagram.com/style_by_lucy

Art At Home by Rachel Loos: https://amzn.eu/d/6K6jRMW

https://www.instagram.com/rachel_e_loos

The New Naturals by Jennifer Haslam: https://amzn.eu/d/3ncpmiS

https://www.instagram.com/jenhaslamstylist

Living Bright by Matthew Williamson: https://amzn.eu/d/3351egH

https://www.instagram.com/matthewwilliamson

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It’s time for our popular monthly Style Surgery where we solve your design dilemmas and are we in

for a treat today.

Listen to Kate and Sophie discuss how to transform a kitchen for under £1k, how to connect

adjoining rooms with colour and your ‘red thread’ and why they absolutely do not give you

permission to have a ‘disjointed space’!

From tips on how to make a tiny bathroom work and look beautiful, to debating the pros and cons of

open plan living between a listener’s kitchen and dining space and whether broken-plan living is the

way forward, this episode is jam-packed with practical tips.

Plus, they tackle a problem as old as the dawn of time… how do we encourage the rest of the family

to keep the house tidy? Answers on a postcard.

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Ever wanted to transform your home into a haven of joy and inspiration? Well, it would

appear you are not alone. Following on from the recent Focus and London Design Festival

talk of trends around the new collections are all about the notion of joy. Be that colour,

pattern, tactile textures, it’s mostly about tapping into what works for you. And if you are

not in the market for a redecoration, don’t feel left behind, you can find joy in the smallest

home improvements. From sorting the laundry pile to finally fixing that dodgy DIY good

vibes are just around the corner.

To see Sophie’s new Collection for Harlequin, follow this link

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robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-

robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harle

quin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection

To see Kate's carpet for Altenative Flooring follow this link 

https://www.alternativeflooring.com/collection/quirky_b/quirky---web-exclusives/quirky-bloom 

To sign up to Decorex and come to our talk on Colour on the 8 th October 2023 at 4pm follow

this link https://www.decorex.com/en/talks-programme/agenda.html#/seminars/ban-the-

beige-being-brave-with-colour

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Hot off the press of Dulux’s annual Colour of the year announcement, Sophie and Kate talk

all things colour trends with Creative Director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford. The colour all

our walls will be wearing next year is Sweet embrace, a delicate pink, with a tinge of lilac

nudging towards a cool grey. It’s a response to continued pressures stresses and starins we

are all suffering under. It’s not quite the optimistic party colour Kate and Sophie were

hoping for, but that’s coming Marianne assures us, but the masses aren’t quite ready for it

yet. A jewel of an episode bursting with insights into the art of colour forecasting, the

emotions of colour and why a soft pink is what we all need right now.

To view Dulux’s Colour of the Year head over to https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour-

of-the-year-2024

Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more

about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to

their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the

Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-

store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.

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Here is a topic we didn’t think we’d be discussing a few months ago but the speed in which

this technology is developing means we are already seeing it across our Instagram feeds.

Opinion is that AI generated room designs are here, and not going anywhere. So how can

you use this technology to help plan and visualise your home? Will these aspirational

dreamlike interiors add to the already heavy feeling of FOMO? And will it make a whole

industry of talented human designers obsolete? Or is it an amazing creative tool that can

help expand all our creative horizons?

Members of The Great Indoors Insiders can enjoy a brilliant BONUS episode, as Kate and

Sophie interview interior design student and AI native Vanessa Edwards, who explains how

as an early adopter she’s using Mid Journey to developed her creative interior designs. You

can sign up and enjoy these insights, and support the show here

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Group

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Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more

about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to

their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the

Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-

store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.

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This is the monthly episode where we pass the mic on to you our lovely listeners. We hear

From dilemmas that range from pattern or plain curtains, how to be inspired by a period

style and make it modern, and is the rule that you need to paint your light filled room in a

pale light colour hogwash? This episode gives our hosts plenty to row about, especially

around the acceptability of Moomin mugs and Pea mylk. Intrigued…well enjoy the show!

The Great Indoors Insiders receive a extended BONUS edit of this episode, so to hear more

from Kate and Sophie on the perils of bedroom storage and appeasing tricky teenagers then

sign up to become a friend of the show visit www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.

We’d love to hear your design dilemma’s so please send us an emila or a voice note to

[email protected]

Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more

about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to

their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the

Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-

store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.

To view Sophie’s new fabric and wallpaper collection head over to

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