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The Great Indoors

97. Macarons for Breakfast and Renovation Nightmares

The Great Indoors

Kate Taylor

Arts, Design, Society & Culture

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

This week Kate is back from a trip to Paris for Maison & Objet, the international design trade show. She’s brimming with talk of trends and fresh design inspirations. It was a welcome break from her own house renovation. And on that topic, we asked listeners to share their renovation horror stories, as a problem shared is a problem halved as they say. And Sophie and Kate provide solace and words of wisdom for anyone tackling a build project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:16.4

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0:21.5

super-sized super-yots, and there's no end to high-end shops.

0:28.3

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0:37.8

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0:42.6

of long-light evenings, friends in the garden, and summer cocktails.

0:47.0

Oh yes, I hear you, but making cocktails at home is a bit of a faff, don't you think?

0:51.4

I might just have a glass of wine.

0:53.2

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0:58.4

of cocktail mixes that are incredibly easy to make, and, well, the taste amazing.

1:03.2

Well, that sounds brilliant, so there's no need to be squeezing limes or buying all those

1:07.7

liqueurs and syrups that you end up half-using, and then leaving them to gather dust in the

1:12.6

back of the cupboard. Exactly! Now, I'm a margarita girl myself, and all you have to do is add

1:17.6

tequila to the Fevertree margarita mixer, give it a bit of a stir, and they have it, the

1:23.1

most delicious cocktail in seconds. Ariba! So you don't even need a cocktail shaker,

1:28.0

well, you can actually stir, or shake if you're feeling a bit, well, you know, adventurous,

1:32.8

and if you want to shake anything with a lid, we'll do. Like a jam jar, although a couple

1:37.3

of cocktails in, and I'm ready to try all those fancy bartending moves. Oh, I bet you are.

1:42.6

You can find Fevertree products in your nearest waitrose, sane sprees, or on a cardo, and

1:47.7

do please enjoy responsibly. Your bedroom's looking very nice, by the way. It's done. I know,

1:53.1

it's gorgeous. Yeah. Look at it. All soft greens and pinks. It's pretty. Brown in it, actually.

1:59.0

Brown. Well, yeah, well, that's greasely brown. But this is brown. You're going to have to turn

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