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House Guest by Country & Town House | Interior Designer Interviews

Country and Town House

Welcome to the House Guest podcast, where C&TH Interiors Editor Carole Annett chats with experts from the world of interior design and decoration, the people behind the houses and hotels you see in glossy magazines like ours. Some of the names will be familiar, and others may be less so, but we’re sure you’ll recognise the hotels and restaurants they’ve designed. And if you’re in the middle of your own building project or re-style, we hope you’ll pick up some tips. Enjoy!

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00:25:43

How AI Can Support Sustainable Shopping, With Barbara...

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2025/10/31

Is this the future of vintage furniture shopping? This week, Carole sits down with Portuguese interior designer Barbara Neto to hear about how she's challenging the design industry's status quo with the launch of Curiouz. Describing the brand as more than a marketplace, but a movement, the AI powered platform is designed to revolutionise vintage furniture shopping. Born out of her own frustrations as a seller and consumer (never sure if the information she was given about items were correct

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00:39:55

How To Follow Your Interiors Instinct, With Shayne Brady

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2025/10/24

'I think the only thing I can rely on is my intuition and instinct,' says this week's house guest Irishman Shayne Brady. A recurring guest on BBC Interior Design Masters (they can't get enough of him and who can blame them), Shayne has recently consciously uncoupled from Brady Williams, the studio he set up with his former business partne Emily over 13 years ago (they still talk most days). He has taken his commercial clients, including restaurant supremo Jeremy King, into the new

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00:31:46

How To Add Historic Character To A Home, With Guy...

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2025/10/17

This week Carole Annett sits down with interior designer Guy Goodfellow in his stunning London townhouse. Guy and his team of architects and designers are renowned for creating comfortable and inviting spaces in grand and historic estates. Armed with his passion for detail, in this episode he and Carole discuss how to imbue modern properties with historic character, and how to add a contemporary edge to older homes.

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00:35:50

How To Design Antiqued Mirrors, With Dominic Schuster

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2025/10/10

This week, Carole sits down with mirror master Dominic Schuster to discuss how he designs his antiqued and gilded mirror glass. With Decorex just around the corner, he explains how he transformed from a decorative antiques restorer to a mirror expert, talks his new furniture and lighting collection and shares some exciting upcoming projects.

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00:39:22

How To Keep Craftsmanship Alive, With Sophie Paterson

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2025/10/03

Sophie Paterson is a tour de force in the world of interior design. For the past 16 years she has built a reputation for creating homes that blend comfort with sophistication. Generous with her knowledge to her (almost one million) followers on social media, she has recently launched an online academy with ‘everything I wish I had been told when I started a career in design’. Down to earth, honest and easy going, she loves a car boot sale and is currently drawing every dog she’s ever been acquainted

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00:34:18

How To Tell Your Story Through Design, With Natalia...

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2025/09/26

Natalia Miyar never wanted to have a house style, rather she seeks to tell the personal story of her clients . Carole catches up with the in-demand interior designer (whose work is currently taking her around the world) to discuss the challenge of expressing a client's personality, as well as how she strikes a balance between aspiration and familiarity in her designs.

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00:41:08

How To Perfect Pared-Back Luxury, With Albion Nord

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2025/09/19

This week, Carole visits design studio Albion Nord to discover how the brand has redefined luxury through their pared-back aesthetic. Sitting down with director Ben Johnson and associate Becky Floyd, they discuss how the British landscape inspired their design of the Brittanic Explorer train.

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00:38:39

How To Master Regenerative Design, With Simone Suss

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2025/09/12

Simone Suss of Studio Suss specialises in creating contemporary spaces that balance function, elegance and environmental responsibility. 'The UK throws away 22million pieces of furniture every year, over 670,000 tonnes’, she says. 'The design industry needs to be aware and to do something about it.’ Tune in for more about Simone’s approach to regenerative design.

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00:23:35

Summer Series: House Guest With Nina Campbell

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2025/08/15

For our final dip into the past, today it's my design guru Nina Campbell. Sit back, listen and learn from the magnificent lady herself. Always a joy to chat to. Thank you Nina. We will be back with a new series of House Guest on September 12. Join me then.

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00:30:39

Summer Series: House Guest With Pandora Sykes

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2025/08/08

Author, journalist and podcaster Pandora Sykes was one of my first podcasts. I have always admired her and was delighted she agreed to be a House Guest. Renowned for her personal style, as you will hear, I was completely wrong when it came to guessing her taste in fabrics for the home.

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00:20:37

Summer Series: House Guest With Lee Broom

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2025/08/01

Our Summer series continues today with an interview with internationally renowned product designer Lee Broom. Having started out in theatre, he then moved into fashion after meeting Vivienne Westwood, who was a huge inspiration. 'Lee Broom is to furniture what Marc Jacobs or Tom Ford are to fashion’. Tune in for more.

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00:22:57

Summer Series: House Guest With Matthew Williamson

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2025/07/25

Continuing our summer series of favourite episodes, this week Carole chats to Matthew Williamson. Matthew is a British interior designer who began his career in fashion before pivoting seamlessly into interiors. He is renowned for his use of colour but as he says, ‘I do like a balance and not everything should jump out at the same time. It’s about knowing about colour and how to use it well - understanding layers’. This episode is sponsored by Naturalmat. naturalmat.co.uk

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00:26:24

Summer Series: House Guest With Martyn Lawrence Bullard

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2025/07/18

Continuing our summer series of favourite episodes, this week Carole chats to LA-based interior designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard whose client list reads like an Oscars party - Kylie Jenner, Cher, Tommy Hilfiger, Winnie Harlow and a host of others. As Rupaul says, ‘Martyn carries the torch of the divine, the sublime, and the beautiful. I trust his eye implicitly’.

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00:29:19

Summer Series: House Guest With Lucy Williams

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2025/07/11

For some easy summer listening, we're relaunching some of House Guest's greatest hits, starting from 2019. In this episode, Carole Annett chats to tastemaker Lucy Williams.This episode is sponsored by Naturalmat. naturalmat.co.uk

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00:18:47

Summer Series: House Guest With Robert Kime

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2025/07/04

For some easy summer listening, we're relaunching some of House Guest's greatest hits, starting from 2019. In this episode, Carole Annett chats to Robert Kime.This episode is sponsored by Naturalmat. naturalmat.co.uk

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00:23:00

How To Mix Colours & Design Styles, With Suzy Hoodless

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2025/04/17

'I'm completely driven by curiosity,' says Suzy Hoodless in the final episode of this House Guest series. Since her studio launched in 2000, Suzy has become one of the UK's most exciting designers. She chats to Carole Annett about her signature style, her work at WOW!House, and how the interior design industry has changed.

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00:28:21

How To Create Calm Interiors, With Eadie & Crole

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2025/04/14

Today's House Guests are Sophie Eadie and Fi Crole, founders of design studio Eadie & Crole. They chat to Carole Annett about how they met, where they find design inspiration, and their new fabric collection.

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00:27:17

How To Harness The Power Of Home Lighting, With Lee...

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2025/04/04

This week's House Guest is Lee Lovett, co-founder and creative director of Soho Lighting. She shares her best lighting tips, discusses the evolution of the business, and gives us the rundown on their brand new collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces.

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00:26:57

How To Bring Nature Into Your Home, With Frieda Gormley

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2025/03/28

Today's House Guest is Frieda Gormley, co-founder of House of Hackney. Frieda set up the luxury interiors brand 13 years ago with her husband, Javvy M Royle, and the pair quickly ripped up the rulebook, reworking traditional print and colour for a new generation. Carole Annett chats to Frieda about creating heirloom pieces and developing a regenerative brand.

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00:19:28

How To Design Happiness, With Clint Nagata

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2025/03/21

This week's House Guest is Clint Nagata, founder and creative partner of the award-winning BLINK Design Group. He chats to Carole Annett about his passion for travel and the origins of his latest project: Six Senses Loire Valley.

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