158: Finishing Touches

The Great Indoors

Kate Taylor

Arts, Design, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re talking all the bits that bring a room to life... the cushions, the lamps, the art, the knick-knacks. It’s the final episode before the big Listener Style Surgery and we’re wrapping up our Back to Basics series with a real joy bomb. Kate explains how to use a red thread to create flow through your home, while Sophie makes the case for a “disruptor colour”... something bold and unexpected to shake things up. There’s top chat about painted lampshades, curvy shapes, colourful towels and how to make even the tiniest bathroom feel fabulously you. From scatter cushion strategy to why your radiator might need a macramé makeover, this episode is all about personal flair. Forget perfection... finishing touches are where the fun begins. Come chat on Instagram @thegreatindoors.podcast Fancy more? Sophie's design school is at sophierobinson.co.uk and Kate’s on Substack with house tours and all the extras Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	In theory, we're all ready.
0:10.0	Hello and welcome to the great indoors.
0:14.0	The podcast which reveals everything you ever needed to know about interiors and explains how to make it all really work for you in your home.
0:21.8	I'm Kate Watson Smyth.
0:23.5	And I'm Sophie Robinson.
0:24.6	And today for the fifth episode of our six part and Back to Basic series, it's time to look at those finishing touches.
0:33.0	That's right. We've taken you through the layout and the lighting.
0:36.4	We've looked at colour palettes and budget
0:38.1	planning. By this stage, you know what you want your room to look like and pretty much how to get
0:43.6	there, but you can't relax just yet. You cannot because this is the essential part where you bring it
0:52.0	all together. It's all those lovely details that, well, really bring a room to life.
0:57.5	It's the lamps, the art, the rugs, the cushions.
0:59.9	I could go on.
1:00.7	Of course you could, but we'll stop you there.
1:02.9	It's where, to bring the discipline back to this podcast,
1:06.4	it's where you look at your developing red thread
1:09.2	and see what needs emphasizing and what needs
1:12.0	pulling back. And not to mention adding those details that make it your home as opposed to a space
1:18.1	you've decorated. Now, that's all very exciting. It possibly is my favourite topic, because it's all
1:25.5	the knick-knacks, all the bits and bobs all the pretty things
1:28.2	all the stuff we love to collect and i like to think of it as feathering our nest in all the
1:33.5	pretty things but before we get into that cake we i have rather enjoyed fronting the top of the show
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