Advertise on podcast: How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom

Description

Want to know what really goes into planning the perfect kitchen or bathroom? Welcome to How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. Whether you’re just starting to think about what your dream space could look like, or are right in the thick of planning, or you simply want to know how to confidently buy those all-important fixtures, fittings and finishing touches – from hobs and lighting to a freestanding bath and the right paint – you’re in the right place. Join Lindsay Blair, editor of thesethreerooms.com and Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine as she chats to those in the know about the ins and outs of getting the kitchen and bathroom you really want. In each episode, Lindsay uncovers how to buy a kitchen or bathroom, sharing those clever nuggets of advice along the way.

Unlock How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast Email contact info,
Listeners & Audience details

Email contact information

Direct podcast contact details

Listeners

Audience numbers & engagement insights

Audience details

Podcast Insights

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast

Shhh…need some quiet in your kitchen?

2022/06/28

Can’t hear yourself think over the sound of the washing machine on its spin cycle? Kettle too loud? Extractor drowning out conversation? Enter: quiet appliances. This week, Lindsay Blair from These Three Rooms is on a mission to discover how the products we put into our kitchens can have an impact on how we feel in our homes. With noise a proven contributor to stress, she talks to Poppy Szkiler, founder and CEO of Quietmark on how we can live better by considering how much noise our spaces make. From thinking about the beeps and whirrs of appliances to the sound level of our fixtures and fittings, Poppy has interesting insights into how we can lead a more peaceful life. Curious? Give this one a listen.

Cloakrooms: Cool ideas for your downstairs loo

2022/06/22

Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. This episode, host Lindsay Blair looks at the smallest room in the house: the downstairs toilet. The goal: to find out how even this most compact of spaces can pack a big style punch and become the envy of any guests who use it. With the help of interior designer Chantel Elshout, Lindsay discovers clever design tricks to make this room feel more spacious, how to choose the right fittings and encourages you to step outside your comfort zone when it comes to decorating to create a design that’s fun, stylish and functional all in one.

Would you buy a second-hand kitchen?

2022/06/15

Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. After chatting ways to design a sustainable kitchen last week, host Lindsay Blair hands over the reigns to @kbbmagazine’s Georgina Townshend for this week’s episode – all about second-hand kitchens. Would you buy one? Georgina chats to Helen Lord of the Used Kitchen Exchange and Rob Cole of Sheffield Sustainable Kitchens about the pros and cons of buying a used kitchen, how to do it and what’s involved, and why it’s a more eco-friendly option. Plus, they discuss what it really means to have a kitchen design that’s good for the planet.

Can you really have a sustainable kitchen?

2022/06/08

Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast! In this episode, host Lindsay Blair hopes to get some answers to what it really means to have a sustainable kitchen. From eco-friendly buys and tips for reducing our carbon footprint to ways of reducing single-use plastic and tackling food waste, Lindsay chats to Zoe Holland of Sustainable Kitchens on how you can design your space with the planet in mind right from the start of a project. Plus, they talk about how to feel confident that something you’re buying is truly sustainable and what to do with your old kitchen to stop it going to landfill.

Installation: how long will you have to wait?

2022/06/01

Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. To kick start the first episode of series three, host Lindsay Blair is talking kitchen and bathroom installation. With a spike in demand since the start of the pandemic, longer lead times and waiting lists for trades are common. But what can you do to help your project run as smoothly as possible? And is there a way to get your dream kitchen and bathroom installed without the wait? Lindsay chats to Mark Conacher at installation specialists Liberty to get to the bottom of the issues currently facing renovators up and down the country and what you can do to keep everything moving. The BiKBBI is the British Institute of Kitchen, Bedroom and Bathroom Installation and you can find them here

Your bathroom questions answered

2022/03/15

Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. Your host as always is Lindsay Blair and this week we’re jumping back into the thesethreerooms inbox to answer your questions. Last week we're all about the kitchen and this time it’s the turn of bathrooms. Lindsay is joined by features editor Georgina Townshend and together they’re answering questions on tiles, baths, showers, storage, installation and much more.

Your kitchen questions answered

2022/03/08

Welcome to the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. So far this series host Lindsay Blair has been joined by a host of guests to offer great advice and ideas on everything from how to set a budget for your bathroom renovation, how to choose the right paint, getting kitchen storage right and ways to get a bigger kitchen without extending. But this week it’s time to delve into the These Three Rooms mailbag and answer your kitchen questions. Lindsay is joined by Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms features editor Georgina Townshend and together they tackle your design queries – everything from whether to go for a gas or induction hob and how to include an island in your kitchen to utility rooms and getting extraction right.

How to get your dream ensuite

2022/03/01

Welcome to How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreetooms.com. This week, host Lindsay Blair is talking all things ensuite bathrooms. Do you have one? Do you want one? Are you looking to improve an existing ensuite or make it bigger and better? She chats to Josh Jaques at Victoria Plum to get his insights into what makes a good ensuite design, including how to figure out the look you want, what fittings to include, how to boost storage and how to perfectly connect the design to your bedroom. Plus, they discuss whether open-plan bedroom-bathrooms are actually a good idea and why carpet in the bathroom should stay in the past! This episode is sponsored by Duravit

Kitchen storage: can you ever have enough?

2022/02/22

Storage can be the difference between a good and great kitchen design and finding a place for all the stuff needed in this part of your house is key. But it’s also very personal. If you have a collection of cookbooks or are a bit of a crockery hoarder, you’ll need a place to keep these, and a good kitchen designer will be able to help. In this episode of the How To Buy A Kitchen or Bathroom from thesethreerooms.com, host Lindsay Blair speaks to Kelly Roden at Meliora Kitchens Bedrooms Bathrooms to discover the secrets to kitchen storage success and asks: can you ever have enough?

How much does a new bathroom cost?

2022/02/16

Welcome back to episode five of How To Buy a Kitchen or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. For this episode, host Lindsay Blair is talking money. With the help of guest this week, Amy Stoddart of AR Interiors, she unravels how much a new bathroom actually costs – and how to get that all-important value for money. Lindsay and Amy share their top tips to effective budgeting, how to balance the books and how to get the bathroom you really want for the money you have to spend. This episode is kindly sponsored by Duravit.

Get a bigger kitchen WITHOUT extending

2022/02/08

Need more space? Want to go open plan? Both are indeed possible without the need to undertake the major structural upheaval of an extension project. How? Well, in this episode of How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com, Lindsay Blair talks to Annie Ebenston who is the lead designer at architecture and design company Blakes London to find out. Together, they share how to achieve more space in a kitchen by thinking cleverly about the footprint you already have in your home and reimagining your existing design with better solutions to maximise every inch. Intrigued? Give this one a listen.

Want an easy-clean bathroom?

2022/02/01

Welcome back to How To Buy a Kitchen Or Bathroom, the podcast brought to you by thesethreerooms.com. For this episode, host Lindsay Blair tackles the chore many of us would rather avoid – cleaning the bathroom. By thinking about how the bathroom is designed in the first instance, she hopes it can be a room that’s much easier to keep spick and span. With the help of Holly Aspinall at Geberit, Lindsay finds out how the fixtures and fittings you put in your dream bathroom can make it easier to clean and in turn more hygienic. They’ll uncover which types of layout will make things simpler to maintain, which materials are best for low maintenance and also share tips to help keep those germs at bay.