Hello and welcome to the Great Indoors. 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. I'm Kate Watson

Smythe and I'm Sophie Robinson and thank you very much to Tops Tiles for sponsoring this series

So Kate what are your views on a fake in it?

I'm going to assume we're talking about tiles here

But I'll tell you what I think it can be a good idea.

Fake, or should I say, faux marble, for example, is much more hard-wearing than the real stuff.

Yes, especially for kitchens where you might be prepping food

and all those horrible stains like spices, lemon juice in your case,

copious and ounce red wine.

I'll just let that one go. And I also noticed at the Mizon Trade Show in Paris

the other week that there was much less white and grey marble and lots of chocolate

and green, much richer colours.

Well, whether you're a foe or a real fan,

you can find lots of choice at Topp's Tiles this year,

including a real Emerald Green Marble, which I've got my eye on,

or there's a faux chocolate version for you, Kate.

Look might work for me.

Or you can just keep it classic with white or grey, if you must. So So this is the first episode since we got back from our

interior's retreat in Marrakesh and we'll try not to be too smug about it but oh it

was good and we've got so much to share with you, including coming up later in the

show an interview with the general manager and interior designer of El Fenn, where we held the retreat, Willem Smith.

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