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The Great Indoors

83. How to Transform Your Rental, A-Z of Eco Paint, Cooler Kitchens

The Great Indoors

Kate Taylor

Arts, Design, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Think you know sticky-backed plastic? Think again. Serial renter, nocturnal DIY-er and queen of reversible decor hacks, Amara Hasham of @thepajaamahub and The Faff Store reveals the jaw-dropping possibilities to be had. If you rent, or just want to try out some bold ideas that can easily be reversed - you can't afford to miss this. Plus Kate and Sophie deep dive into how to make ethical choices when it comes to paint - and help a listener wanting to inject colour and personality into her kitchen. If you have intel to share about ethical paint choices or want to suggest a brand that should be in the #DoLessHarm Directory, then do get in touch with the show or reach out to Sophie @sophierobinsonsinteriors and Kate @mad_about_the_house Useful links and images are supplied on each of Kate and Sophie’s blogs madaboutthehouse.com and sophierobinson.co.uk or join our Facebook group The Great Indoors Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to The Great Endors.

0:13.4

The podcast which reveals everything you ever needed to know about interiors and explains

0:18.1

how to make it all really work for you in your home.

0:21.3

I'm Sophie Robinson and I'm Kate Watson-Smith and today we have a fabulous interview all about

0:27.4

decorating rental properties.

0:29.3

We'll also be looking at all things eco-paint and the star surgery will be looking up and

0:34.9

contemplating the unbearable blandness of a kitchen ceiling.

0:39.1

But first, I was thrilled to interview Amara Hashem who shares her rental hacks over on

0:46.3

her Instagram account at the pajama hub.

0:49.8

Now, Kate and I have been completely transfixed by Amara's account.

0:56.1

We are mega, mega fans because considering she rents, her interior reveals are so bold

1:03.8

and fabulous and there's not a magnolia wall left damaged.

1:09.8

It's quite the inspiration and even if you want to rent her quite frankly, stay tuned

1:14.1

for some interior design inspiration.

1:16.4

Amara, so lovely to see how you're doing.

1:25.4

I'm good, thank you, how are you?

1:27.4

Ah, I'm so good and we're doing this interview remotely but I'm already seeing in the background

1:33.3

your wonderful wall, you're sitting on a bright canary yellow armchair.

1:39.0

So Amara obviously loads of people rent for lots of different reasons but tell me a little

1:43.2

bit about how you've become a serial renter.

1:47.9

So due to nature of Mr's job of being a pilot, we were always on the move.

1:52.9

So I became quite seasoned at personalizing temporary accommodations while respecting

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