About – Sophie Robinson

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How are we all?! This is the smallest room in my h

How are we all?! This is the smallest room in my home, the downstairs loo but is the room we are spending lots of time in due to plenty of hand washing! The World Health Organisation say that regular hand washing with soap is one of the best ways to control the spread of corona so soap up folks! #safehands .
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Tiles are Minton Hollis @toppstiles Taps @bespoketaps Wallpaper @sanderson1860 Basin @duravit

Sheer joy in a bunch of spring flowers! If I was a

Sheer joy in a bunch of spring flowers! If I was a bouquet I’d be this! 🌸 the way certain colours can just lift your mood is so worth tapping into and this is my palette right here, bold and vibrant and uplifting. Take a moment to look at something you love that lifts your mood and indulge in a simple pleasure. These were a gift from our decorator Luke which makes them feel extra special 💜🧡❤️💚💙 .
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#colourlover #banthebeige #flowerstagram #colourcolorlovers #littlethings #lifessimplepleasures

How are you all doing? So much to adjust to in suc

How are you all doing? So much to adjust to in such a short space of time. 🙃 This time last week @mad_about_the_house and I were in London recording the podcast and this week looks very different. Anxiety running high as we all try and figure out what our day to day life will look like. Swipe for the next slide to discover why Kate and I will be doing everything we can to maintain a little bit of normal and have worked out a way to keep the podcast going with us #workingfromhome. We are so touched by everything you are all doing and your words of encouragement for us to keep talking about cushions and paint. So today’s house tour on the podcast is especially poignant as it may be the last one for while! (House tours not podcasts)! We had a wonderful morning with the queen of print @orlakiely and discovered how she has created her timeless yet fashionable London home using her flair for colour, print and one of the best collections of flea market mid century modern furniture I’ve ever seen! Loads more pictures of Orla’s beautiful home on the blog today. And I hope it brings some much needed respite not just for you but our NHS listeners at this very turbulent time. Sending you all love. Special thanks to @toppstiles for sponsoring the show and @katetaylorldn for producing this little pearl. Keep safe and wash your hands! ✋.
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#thegreatindoors #interiorspodcast #queenofprint #orlakiely #midcenturymodern #colourlover #banthebeige #colourcolorlover #midcenturyinteriors #kitchen #stayingpositive #stayingin #podcast #patternlover

It’s here! The chintz sofa of dreams! Going for

It’s here! The chintz sofa of dreams! Going for such a bold pattern on a sofa has to be the ultimate commitment, but I was ready to make it. I’d dated the swatch, magnolia by @gpjbaker for a long time, hanging out on the pinboard in my office, and never tired of it. And I’m a fickle fabric lover so this was a sign that it was true love. I chose a classic sofa shape, the Lady May from @sofaworkshop which fulfils the all-important comfort quota too, and you can cover their sofas in pretty much any fabric you wish. A dream! This floral print is the lynchpin for the rest of the room scheme. I’m now on the hunt for a new rug ( I borrowed this one off my mum for this shot! ) and will refresh the footstool and scatters with some new covers. Finding a hero fabric you love is a great way to cement a scheme, using the colour palette within the print to match to other furnishings. Because I love to clash pattern I will be pulling out other florals, stripes, geometrics and plains from this palette. The trick is to play with scale. I love this way if decorating as you can keep adding and taking away and easily switching up the look. Far from seeing a patterned sofa as a limitation I think it’s going to give me loads of opportunities to be playful and creative. And that’s what great interior design is all about. .
. .CREDITS AD Lady May sofa made to order @sofaworkshop received with press discount, ready made curtains @habitat. Rug @designersguild
#chintz #colourlover #banthbeige #ihavethisthingwithchintz #ihavethisthingwithcolour #cornerofmyhome #colourcolorlover #patternclasher #countryinteriors #housebeautiful #sodomino #apartmenttherapy #livingroom #colourmyhome #sofaworkshop

Ta-da! So all the all-white office has been transf

Ta-da! So all the all-white office has been transformed into a place of sheer joy and inspiration fulfilling my colour love quota! I’ve had so much love for this transformation over on my DM’s I’ve struggled to reply to you all! And so many of you asking me what I was thinking even having an all white office in the first place. 🤪 Quite. My whole house is a riot of colour and pattern and I thought just one room in all-white would be a much needed pause. A blank canvas if you like in order to help me feel creative. But the opposite occurred!Understanding what style and colour palette you really love is only the start of it. Next you have to hold your nerve and have the conviction to follow through. I’ve never ever regreted just going for it! I’m looking forward to sharing with you how this room is going to come together with window treatments, rugs, furniture and accessories. Wallpaper is just the first step but wow how this Artemis wallpaper from @houseofhackney has transformed the space in an instant. You can see the before and after on my stories. .
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.CREDITS AD the following has been received using my press discount. Artemis wallpaper @houseofhackney . Intenso parquet flooring by @quickstepfloors cupboards painted in lapis by @zoffanyfw
#colourlover #banthebeige #nofeaturewalls #ihavethisthingwithcolor #ihavethisthingwithpattern #beforeandafter #sodomino #artemis #houseofhackney #apartmentdecor #apartmenttherapy #interior123 #colourcolorlovers #colourmyhome #myhomethismonth

So THIS is happening today! I got a swatch of this

So THIS is happening today! I got a swatch of this incredible Artemis wallpaper from @houseofhackney around 4 years ago and immediately ear marked it for the new house. It’s a combination of my colour palette with my love of heritage chintz prints and florals. BUT. The builder husband put the breaks on and categorically said NO. Too much. But the swatch of love was squirrelled away and I continued to dream about it. Maybe a closet or a spare room I could sneak it under his radar. And then later down the line I’ve decided to redecorate my home office. I thought I’d want a break away from all the colour and pattern in the rest of the house and have a room of calm white to bring me clear thought and clarity. 🤩Falling for all those clean white organised offices on Pinterest! The opposite was true. I felt totally uninspired and on the verge of depressed. 😞 So I just ordered it! I felt it in my gut and my heart told me to do it. Rather tense moment when I told the builder husband but he has an amazing ability to forget all previous conversations and said ‘great, it’s your office and you need it to be right!’ 🥰 so today ’s the day. Tune into my story to see the long awaited wallpaper of dreams go up on my walls! Always always follow your heart 😍
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#patternlover #colourlover #chintz #bringbackchintz #nofeaturewall #banthebeige #interiordesign #wallpaper #ihavethisthingwithpattern #ihavethisthingwithcolour
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Just a little flashback occurring. I’ve just fou

Just a little flashback occurring. I’ve just found out that The Great Interior Design Challenge, series 3, is being repeated on BBC 2 right now. And it sent me down a little portal of memories trying to find early pictures. This was pre Instagram so there are hardly any! Wow how things have changed! I now document everything with my phone, I’m obsessed! But I managed to find a few fledgling pictures of @daniel_hopwood @tomdyckhoff and I all filming series one which was SEVEN years ago! It was honestly the most incredible experience. I was plucked from obscurity and thrust on camera with the task of judging some of the most talented amateur designers, many of who are now super successful. What an honour. @sarahmoorehome is now a successful tv presenter, Jordan heads up one of the most successful London design studios @2lgstudio and @lucytiffney has her own range of homewares in @debenhams right now! To name a few! I keep in touch with so many people from the crew and contestants it really was the most lovely days work. Happy times. And if you live interiors and watching a woman in oversized earrings you can find reruns in @bbciplayer @netflix and amazon prime. .
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#gidc #thegreatinteriordesignchallenge #designchallenge #interiordesign #colourlover #banthebeige #nofeaturewalls

Little trip up to London yesterday for my colour f

Little trip up to London yesterday for my colour fix at @designcentrech to see what’s up in all things interiors. So much colour and maximalist pattern to absorb it really isn’t going anywhere is a hurry! More is most definitely more right now. @sanderson1860 were celebrating 160 years of pattern and their archive chintz collection was to die for! I even found the fabric that we had on a three piece suite in the early 80’s . I wonder if all this child hood nostalgia for chintz is what is making me all giddy for it agin this time around? Are you influenced by your child hood home?
Pictured here in @emmajshipley set it’s like chintz reimagined In some psychedelic mystical fairyland palace. I love how interiors can transport you. Needless to say the colours were on point. That’s what I’d like to see, vintage prints reimagined in today’s saturated brights. Now that would be fun! .
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#maximalistinteriors #chintz #englishinteriors #LDW20atDCCH #interiortrends #banthebeige #colourlover #patternclasher #interiordesign #designweek

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