Interiors

Interior designer Sophie Robinson and journalist Kate Watson-Smyth The Great Indoors podcast, bright floral and rhubarb plants on dark green background wallpaper kitchen

11 Jul 19

Mid century modern, #dolessharm and garden updates – show notes S4 Ep1

So we are back! After a month off, (like grey, we didn’t go away, just having a little lie down) Kate and I have returned for another interior packed series of our podcast, The Great Indoors. The team are delighted to be back and to say a huge thank you to our new sponsors Topps […]

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Interior designer Sophie Robinson shares how to design a new build home and add character

13 May 19

How to decorate your new build home

Buying a new home is up there as one of lifes most exciting experiences, and with a new build, you get that added jazz hands fanfare that freshly painted walls, new carpets throughout and sparkly chrome taps bring. But like any house move you have to start to think fast about how you can make […]

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Kate Watson-Smyth and Sophie Robinson recording The Great Indoors podcast at Sophie's house. Discussing many design dilemmas and design crimes. Budget home updates, children's rooms and Instagram ready interiors. #sophierobinson #interiordesign #podcast

21 Mar 19

The Great Indoors podcast S2 Episode 6- Show notes

Hello, today is another podcast day- not just any podcast day but the last in the current series. That’s two series’ under our belts already- where did the time fly to, and a massive thank you to our sponsor DFS for supporting us all the way! To close the series we chose to talk about […]

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Interior Designer Sophie Robinson advises on how to make small spaces appear bigger. make a room feel more spacious is by using just two colours and creating a painted dado rail. Choosing a lighter shade on the top will create a sense of height as it will appear to flow into the ceiling. #sophierobinson #twotonewalls #decorating #farrowandball

26 Feb 19

Ten golden rules for making small spaces appear bigger

Small spaces, be they a bijou city central apartment, a quaint country cottage or indeed the spare box room, are a test! Designing them in such a way that maximises their potential is one of interior designs biggest challenges but with the right design tools, you can totally smash it. As the spaces we live […]

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Interior Designer Sophie Robinson chats all interiors on The Great Indoors podcast, how to plan a dressing room, planning a small space #interiordesign #sophierobinson #smallspaceliving

07 Feb 19

The Great Indoors Podcast S2 Episode 3 Show Notes

For this latest episode of The Great Indoors Podcast, we recorded at Kate’s house in North London, where I discovered some Typography artwork, can you believe it! She was so busted! When I’d got over ribbing her for that we got down to some juicy debate over the trends we saw at Maison & Objet, […]

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Interior Designer Sophie Robinson discusses and advises on wallpaper in the bathroom. Whether an accent wall or all four walls the result can be quirky yet modern look. Choose a bold design for maximum impact #sophierobinson #bathrooms #wallpaper

31 Jan 19

Can you wallpaper a bathroom and if so, how?

Is it a good idea to wallpaper the bathroom is a question I get asked a lot? Well let’s kick things off with a big fat yes shall we, so the next obvious question is how and indeed why would you want to. I personally love wallpaper in the bathroom as it really appeals to […]

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