7 Interior Design Podcasts The C&TH Team Love
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4 weeks ago
For the beginners, the fixer uppers and the industry expert aficionados
If you’re flicking through an interior coffee table book, painting a wall, doing a complete clean of the home, we can’t really think of a better way to finesse your knowledge than through interior design podcasts. From practical advice for beginners, to decorating on a budget, to expert knowledge from industry insiders, we round up the best interior design podcasts worth tuning in for.
Interior Design Podcasts To Listen To Now
House Guest By Country & Town House
Where better to kick things off than with our very own interior design podcast? House Guest follows C&TH Interior Design Editor Carole Annett as she chats with experts from the world of interior design and decoration. Some of the names will be familiar, others may be less so – but we’re sure you’ll recognise the wonderful, homes hotels and restaurants they’ve designed. Tune in to hear all about their work, latest design projects and tips that you can bring in to your own home.
Monocle On Design
If you love Monocle‘s print magazine – that’s a beautiful coffee table style, slow gratification kind of read about all sorts of intriguing things happening across the world – then you’ll love their podcast, Monocle on Design. The podcast is decidedly broad, ranging across everything from the world of design, from fashion, up and coming designers, to the latest news coming from the industry. There’s some pretty niche listens (hungarian weaving, anyone?). But episodes like play in design, restoring the UK’s interwar year housing will make you look at interior design from a completely different perspective. Best for those invested in the socio-political angle of design, and interiors. Not for practical tips.
Uploft Interior Design
This one is for the fixer uppers on a tight budget. Uploft Interior Design, an American podcast, is hosted by Betsy Helmuth, who takes you through all the secrets and hacks that you don’t often get to know outside of the industry. Helmuth is a New York based designer, who’s appeared on a string of US shows (NBC’s Today Show as case in point), and she’s also the author of the book, Big Design, Small Budget. The podcasts are decidedly on the practical side (aka: ‘Picking Doors For Your Kitchen Cabinets‘), and we can’t think of a better thing to listen to tune into when you’re on the way to a DIY or interiors shop, so you’re all informed with expert knowledge before you buy.
99% Invisible
This one is for the deep thinkers. Design is everywhere you look. But how much do you stop and notice what’s there? 99% Invisible takes you through design in a way like you’ve never seen before. Think the history of food aisles, the history of postcodes, or how about why we put things in alphabetical order? Fascinating listens await. This definitely isn’t one for practical tips, and leans far more into more academic cultural analysis of design.
Dear Alice
Jessica Bennett and Suzanne Hall (owners of Alice Lane Interior Design) cut through the fluff of what sometimes can be an inaccessible and gated world of interior design. With wit and taste aplenty, Hall and Bennett walk you through the minutia of interior design, where, after listening to five or six episodes, you’ll be quite impressed by how much you already know. This podcast centres on the specifics, so for example there’s not one but two dedicated to cabinets (that’s two hours on cabinets, you’ll be the world’s next best genius on this furnishing). But in all seriousness, it’s a great way to inform yourself before you make serious investments with your money and time on your interior furnishing.
Interior Design Business
This monthly podcast, Interior Design Business, is focused for the industry design professionals in the UK. So expect to hear all from all the practitioners and experts in the field on the challenges they face, both day to day and in the long term. It’s a great way to dip your toe in and discover more if you’re on the fence about whether to set up your own interior design company, for example. The episodes take the form of bit by bit practical advice like ‘how to attract the perfect clients’, ‘cutting through greenwash’, and plenty more.
Hidden Heritage
If you love any of the following: The Crown, Downtown Abbey, Bridgerton, Emma, Pride & Prejudice, or anything around historical houses, the Hidden Heritage podcast has your name written all over it. We’re playing a little loose with interior design specifically, but the host, Lady Violet Manners, takes you through the historic homes of Great Britain – and dives into the untold stories that celebrate British heritage.
