130: Where design meets wellbeing: Interview with interior designer Juan Sandiego

Are you in the middle of a renovation and feeling stressed? Do you have a house move on the way</p>that’s causing you anxiety? Or do you feel your home isn’t quite making you as happy as you’d like it</p>to? These are just a few of the questions interior designer and wellbeing coach, Juan Sandiego, helps</p>to answer in this week’s fascinating interview. Juan champions a refreshing approach to design</p>focussing on the happiness it brings us both when the space is finished and along the journey itself,</p>with practical tips on how to cope with renovation stress and how to be content with the home you</p>have. This episode is jam-packed with useful insights and not to be missed.</p><br /></p>Happy Home Clinic: <a href="https://happyhome.clinic/%20and%20on%20Instagram:">https://happyhome.clinic/ and on Instagram:</a></p><a href="www.instagram.com/happyhomeclinic/">www.instagram.com/happyhomeclinic/</a></p><br /></p>Sign up to become a friend of the show here:</p><a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p><br /></p>Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p><br /></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:</p>Kate:<a href="%20www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse"> www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse</a></p>Sophie: <a href="www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors">www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors</a></p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:44:23

129: Book Reviews - are gallery walls over and does sustainable design have to be beige?

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.</p>The Home Style Handbook by Lucy Gough: https://amzn.eu/d/3jwSIAe</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/style_by_lucy">https://www.instagram.com/style_by_lucy</a></p>Art At Home by Rachel Loos: https://amzn.eu/d/6K6jRMW</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rachel_e_loos">https://www.instagram.com/rachel_e_loos</a></p>The New Naturals by Jennifer Haslam: https://amzn.eu/d/3ncpmiS</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/jenhaslamstylist">https://www.instagram.com/jenhaslamstylist</a></p>Living Bright by Matthew Williamson: https://amzn.eu/d/3351egH</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/matthewwilliamson">https://www.instagram.com/matthewwilliamson</a></p><br /></p>Sign up to become a friend of the show:</p><a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p>Join our private Facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here:</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:</p>Kate: <a href="www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse">www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse</a></p>Sophie: <a href="www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors">www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors</a></p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:48:13

128: Style Surgery - From tiny loos to kitchens under £1k

It’s time for our popular monthly Style Surgery where we solve your design dilemmas and are we in</p>for a treat today.</p><br /></p>Listen to Kate and Sophie discuss how to transform a kitchen for under £1k, how to connect</p>adjoining rooms with colour and your ‘red thread’ and why they absolutely do not give you</p>permission to have a ‘disjointed space’!</p><br /></p>From tips on how to make a tiny bathroom work and look beautiful, to debating the pros and cons of</p>open plan living between a listener’s kitchen and dining space and whether broken-plan living is the</p>way forward, this episode is jam-packed with practical tips.</p><br /></p>Plus, they tackle a problem as old as the dawn of time… how do we encourage the rest of the family</p>to keep the house tidy? Answers on a postcard.</p><br /></p>Send your style surgery question here:</p><a href="mailto:help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com">help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p><br /></p>Sign up to become a friend of the show:</p><a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p><br /></p>Join our private Facebook group and join in with the chat here:</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p><br /></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram:</p>Kate: <a href="www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse">www.instagram.com/madaboutthehouse</a></p>Sophie: <a href="www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors">www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors</a></p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:44:49

127: Radiate positivity: The art of Optimistic Decorating

Ever wanted to transform your home into a haven of joy and inspiration? Well, it would</p>appear you are not alone. Following on from the recent Focus and London Design Festival</p>talk of trends around the new collections are all about the notion of joy. Be that colour,</p>pattern, tactile textures, it’s mostly about tapping into what works for you. And if you are</p>not in the market for a redecoration, don’t feel left behind, you can find joy in the smallest</p>home improvements. From sorting the laundry pile to finally fixing that dodgy DIY good</p>vibes are just around the corner.</p><br /></p>To see Sophie’s new Collection for Harlequin, follow this link</p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie-robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harlequin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection">https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie-</a></p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie-robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harlequin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection">robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-</a></p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie-robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harlequin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection">robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harle</a></p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/harlequin-x-sophie-robinson/?q=harlequin-x-sophie-robinson&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram&utm_campaign=harlequin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection">quin_srcollection&utm_content=sr-collection</a></p><br /></p>To see Kate's carpet for Altenative Flooring follow this link </p><a href="https://www.alternativeflooring.com/collection/quirky_b/quirky---web-exclusives/quirky-bloom">https://www.alternativeflooring.com/collection/quirky_b/quirky---web-exclusives/quirky-bloom </a></p><br /></p>To sign up to Decorex and come to our talk on Colour on the 8 th October 2023 at 4pm follow</p>this link <a href="https://www.decorex.com/en/talks-programme/agenda.html#/seminars/ban-the-beige-being-brave-with-colour">https://www.decorex.com/en/talks-programme/agenda.html#/seminars/ban-the-</a></p><a href="https://www.decorex.com/en/talks-programme/agenda.html#/seminars/ban-the-beige-being-brave-with-colour">beige-being-brave-with-colour</a></p><br /></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p>Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:34:50

126: Are you ready for your walls to give you a sweet embrace? Interview with Marianne Shillingford from Dulux

Hot off the press of Dulux’s annual Colour of the year announcement, Sophie and Kate talk</p>all things colour trends with Creative Director of Dulux, Marianne Shillingford. The colour all</p>our walls will be wearing next year is Sweet embrace, a delicate pink, with a tinge of lilac</p>nudging towards a cool grey. It’s a response to continued pressures stresses and starins we</p>are all suffering under. It’s not quite the optimistic party colour Kate and Sophie were</p>hoping for, but that’s coming Marianne assures us, but the masses aren’t quite ready for it</p>yet. A jewel of an episode bursting with insights into the art of colour forecasting, the</p>emotions of colour and why a soft pink is what we all need right now.</p><br /></p>To view Dulux’s Colour of the Year head over to <a href="https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour-of-the-year-2024">https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour-</a></p><a href="https://www.dulux.co.uk/en/dulux-colour-of-the-year-2024">of-the-year-2024</a></p><br /></p>Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more</p>about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to</p>their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the</p>Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-</p>store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.</p> </p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p>Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show here</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:41:09

125: AI friend or foe of interior design?

Here is a topic we didn’t think we’d be discussing a few months ago but the speed in which</p>this technology is developing means we are already seeing it across our Instagram feeds.</p>Opinion is that AI generated room designs are here, and not going anywhere. So how can</p>you use this technology to help plan and visualise your home? Will these aspirational</p>dreamlike interiors add to the already heavy feeling of FOMO? And will it make a whole</p>industry of talented human designers obsolete? Or is it an amazing creative tool that can</p>help expand all our creative horizons?</p><br /></p>Members of The Great Indoors Insiders can enjoy a brilliant BONUS episode, as Kate and</p>Sophie interview interior design student and AI native Vanessa Edwards, who explains how</p>as an early adopter she’s using Mid Journey to developed her creative interior designs. You</p>can sign up and enjoy these insights, and support the show here</p><a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p><br /></p>We’d love to hear your views on this topic, so join in the chat on our private Facebook</p>Group</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p><br /></p>Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more</p>about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to</p>their website at naturalmat.co.uk, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the</p>Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-</p>store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.</p> </p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:34:19

124: Style Surgery: How far should the architecture of your home dictate your interior choices and pattern versus plain curtains

This is the monthly episode where we pass the mic on to you our lovely listeners. We hear</p>From dilemmas that range from pattern or plain curtains, how to be inspired by a period</p>style and make it modern, and is the rule that you need to paint your light filled room in a</p>pale light colour hogwash? This episode gives our hosts plenty to row about, especially</p>around the acceptability of Moomin mugs and Pea mylk. Intrigued…well enjoy the show!</p>The Great Indoors Insiders receive a extended BONUS edit of this episode, so to hear more</p>from Kate and Sophie on the perils of bedroom storage and appeasing tricky teenagers then</p>sign up to become a friend of the show visit <a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.</a></p><br /></p>We’d love to hear your design dilemma’s so please send us an emila or a voice note to</p><a href="mailto:help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com">help@thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p><br /></p>Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more</p>about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to</p>their website at<a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/0efac72e-6e10-11ea-acc7-af432fd72393/podcasts/c71849a6-5064-11ed-9c8d-b7c0a4dc114f/episodes/9536cf8a-4ca7-11ee-ad52-c3cada7c4286/%20naturalmat.co.uk"> naturalmat.co.uk</a>, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the</p>Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-</p>store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.</p><br /></p>To view Sophie’s new fabric and wallpaper collection head over to</p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson">https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson</a></p><br /></p>To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe</p>at <a href="https://cms.megaphone.fm/organizations/0efac72e-6e10-11ea-acc7-af432fd72393/podcasts/c71849a6-5064-11ed-9c8d-b7c0a4dc114f/episodes/9536cf8a-4ca7-11ee-ad52-c3cada7c4286/www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.%C2%A0">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. </a></p> </p>Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live</p>event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off!</p><br /></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p>Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:35:36

123: Battle of the Browns - Our Hosts Swap Sides

Kate and Sophie are back from their summer sojourn and have so much to catch up on.</p>Sophie hijacks Kates love of chocolate brown for the walls of her new TV snug. Meanwhile Kate's</p>channelling her inner unicorn as Sophies love of a rainbow infiltrates her Italian Reno. Have</p>our favourite sparring hosts entirely swapped colour personalities? Who is influencing who?</p>It’s all kicking off in The Great Indoors.</p><br /></p>Thanks to our sponsors Naturalmat for supporting the podcast. To learn more</p>about Naturalmat’s organic beds and mattresses or pick up some fabric samples, head to</p>their website at<a href="%20naturalmat.co.uk"> naturalmat.co.uk</a>, or visit one of their showrooms in London, Devon and the</p>Cotswolds. Listeners can receive 10% off their first order with Naturalmat, either online, in-</p>store or over the phone, by using the code TGI10, valid until 1st November 2023.</p><br /></p>To view Sophie’s new fabric and wallpaper collection head over to</p><a href="https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson">https://harlequin.sandersondesigngroup.com/search/sophie-robinson/?q=sophie-robinson</a></p><br /></p>To become a Great Indoors podcast Insider you can sign up and subscribe</p>at <a href="www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com.%C2%A0">www.thegreatindoorspodcast.com. </a></p> </p>Enjoy supporting the podcast, ad-free listening, bonus material and first dibs on any live</p>event tickets. Become an annual subscriber and get 50% off!</p><br /></p>For daily updates follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p>Join our private facebook group and let us know what you think of the show</p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast">https://www.facebook.com/groups/thegreatindoorspodcast</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:36:33

122: Bathroom Special: Why your bathroom mustn’t be white, grey, or beige

This episode is a deep dive into all things bathroom design with plenty of ideas and</p>opinions on how you can take your bathroom from the ordinary default white to something</p>bursting with pattern and personality. We dismantle your floor plan, eek out every inch of</p>small spaces and discuss how to light your bathroom to help you feel your best.</p><br /></p>To become a friend of the podcast, enjoy ad free listening, bonus material and first dibs on</p>ticketed events, sign up at<a href="%20thegreatindoorspodcast.com"> thegreatindoorspodcast.com</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:48:04

121: From slogan T’s to wobbly pots - interview with Henry Holland

Lock down changed many of us but for British fashion designer Henry Holland his passion for</p>pottery got a whole new opportunity to thrive. Turning away from his iconic graphic fashion</p>brand in search of a more slow paced pursuit Henry has pivoted to pots. Kate and Sophie</p>enjoy digging a little deeper to find what drives his phenomenal creative energy and</p>discover that he isn’t going to stop at mugs and vases but a new homewares brand might</p>just be on the horizon.</p><br /></p>Follow Kate and Sophie on Instagram</p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/</a></p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/mad_about_the_house/https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/">https://www.instagram.com/sophierobinsoninteriors/</a></p> </p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit <a href="https://megaphone.fm/adchoices">megaphone.fm/adchoices</a></p>

00:36:09