How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom – Details, episodes & analysis

For our tenth and last episode of the series, host Georgina Townshend is joined by interior designers Beth Dadswell, of Imperfect Interiors, and Ros Wilson, from Roselind Wilson Design, to answer some of our readers' and listeners' kitchen dilemmas.

Questions include… 

- Where is the best place to put my bins? I think by the sink, but my partner thinks on the island where we do food prep? And is this actually an important thing to consider?

- How much should I follow the rules of the magic triangle? How magical is it?

- I can't decide between having a breakfast bar and stools on my island, or a built in banquette - can you help?

- I like colourful, Shaker kitchens, but my husband wants something more monotone and modern. How do we compromise?

- About to plan a new kitchen... what are your main kitchen must-haves and must-nots?

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For our ninth and penultimate episode of the series host Georgina Townshend was joined a third and final time by interior designers Brooke Copp Barton, of Brooke Copp Barton Interiors, and Kia Stanford of Kia Designs to answer some of our readers and listeners bathroom questions.

Questions include: There's such a difference in the price of toilets - why? Aren't they all the same? There are so many fancy finishes available now - I'd love to be brave and not go for the classic chrome, but I'm afraid they'll date or mark. What should I do? I can't get my head around buying a shower tray - help! I don't have the budget to completely redo my bathroom, what can i do to give it a refresh?

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For the final episode in series 3 of How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom, host Lindsay Blair is once again joined by KBB Magazine’s Georgina Townshend to tackle some of the most-asked kitchen and bathroom questions. 

This time, they have asked kitchen and bathroom retailers up and down the country to let them know which questions they get asked most from the homeowners they work with – everything from how to fit an island into a kitchen to working out how much a new kitchen or bathroom will cost. 

Lindsay and Georgina chat through each of the top 10 questions and come up with the answers, including tips and design ideas for you to take into your own renovation. 

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This week host Lindsay Blair from These Three Rooms is joined by celebrity chef and TV presenter Simon Rimmer, best known for co-hosting Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch, to chat about how to choose the appliances you really need in your new kitchen.

Lindsay asks how to narrow down the kitchen kit you will use most in a kitchen, what to think about before buying new appliances and crucially, which appliances are a must have and which you could actually do without.  

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This week, host Lindsay Blair, editor of These Three Rooms, talks inclusive bathroom design and how to future proof your space so it works for years to come. From carefully considering the room layout to the choice of fixtures and fittings, she finds out how important it is to ensure what you put in your bathroom will suit the needs of everyone using it.

With many variables that are very personal to whoever uses the bathroom in question, Lindsay is joined by Ed Warner, founder and CEO of Fine & Able, a company which specialises in designing accessible bathrooms, to discuss the many ways in which a room can be created to cater to individual needs while maintaining a stylish design that’s a joy to use.

It is absolutely possible to marry inclusivity, future proofing and good function with great, good-looking design, so give this one a listen to find out more…

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Is your kitchen on the smaller side? Need ideas on how to maximise the space? This episode is for you.  

While many of us dream of large, open-plan kitchens, the reality isn’t always so, so this episode host Lindsay Blair shows some love for compact spaces and unveils ways to really make the most of them.  

She is joined by interior designer Pia Pelkonen of Pia Design and together they share ideas and tips for designing a small kitchen well – from the best layouts, how to fit in the appliances you need, how to ensure there’s enough storage and why colour and pattern could work really well even when space is tight.

This is the How To Buy A Kitchen Or Bathroom podcast brought to you by Kitchens Bedrooms & Bathrooms magazine and thesethreerooms.com.

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If you’re in need of some relaxation, this one is for you. 

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 hands over to @kbbmagazine’s content creator Irina Iacob to find out what it takes to create the ultimate sanctuary bathroom right at home.

Irina talks to interior designer Kia Stanford about why the want for spa-style bathrooms is on the rise, how to create one in your home and what you simply have to have in there to make it a relaxing haven you won’t want to leave. 

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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.

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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.

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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.

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