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The Great Indoors

46. Garden Rooms, Awkward Spaces, United in Design

The Great Indoors

Kate Taylor

Society & Culture, Arts, Design

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

šŸ—“ļø 30 July 2020

ā±ļø 42 minutes

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Summary

Is it a man-cave or a she-shed? Kate and Sophie guide you through all that is beautiful (and practical) about garden rooms. Kate talks to Alexandria Dauley about the launch of United in Design, a charity to combat the lack of diversity in design. And the Style Surgery saves you from the perils of odd-shaped rooms. Oh, and Sophie has a bird stuck in the living room... UsefulĀ linksĀ andĀ images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogsĀ or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Podcast. Find out more about Alexandria Dauley's launch at unitedindesign.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:18.0

Hello and welcome to the Great Endures. 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.

0:23.0

I'm Kate Watson Smythe and I'm Sophie Robinson. Now if there's one room in our home that demands the most of our design superpowers,

0:28.0

it's the kitchen.

0:29.0

Our sponsor Neptune offers a complete kitchen design service where you can tell them your wish list

0:35.2

and design aspirations and they will turn it into your dream kitchen.

0:40.3

They even come over and do all the measuring up. I mean I know I'm married to a builder

0:44.5

But if someone else is going to do all the measuring and spatial planning that definitely takes the pressure off and I particularly love their attention to detail. For example, the

0:54.9

internal shelf supports are beautifully shaped and painted to match the interior of

0:59.3

the cupboard and the clever space-saving swing out shelves and bifold doors as well

1:04.2

so you can have as much storage as possible.

1:06.6

All very clever and practical, although I have to say

1:10.1

I'm many thinking about what colour to go for.

1:13.0

Of course you are.

1:14.0

My problem is I just keep changing my mind.

1:16.0

My kitchen's been three different colours in ten years.

1:19.0

Well, the thing about a Neptune kitchen is while the style is rather classic timeless and of course built to

1:24.4

last it's about to get easy to change the color as they plan to offer a repainting

1:30.7

service soon I mean imagine the endless possibilities.

1:35.4

Don't tempt me. They have that particularly good shade of yellow I've been dreaming

1:40.1

about. You can see that and all their kitchen designs at Neptune.com.

1:45.0

So coming up today we'll be turning our attention to the humble shed in much

1:51.0

need of a makeover now it's not so humble and being pressed into surface as a summer house,

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