Oct 1, 2026 · 45 min · 13 segments
Melanie Rose, star of Netflix's How to Build a Sex Room, joins the podcast to discuss sex room design, the history of sex toys, and how to create a pleasure space that works for your body and your…
Amanda DamesHost
And I can't think of anything more intimate than getting to go into their home, explore, and help build this sexual sanctuary for them.
Maybe it's because I have an English accent or that sensibility of being able to talk to people quite frankly.
But it is, you know, it's like asking somebody if they want fries with your hamburger or something like that.
Do you want a milkshake as well? To me, it's just saying, okay, do you squirt? Do you like anal? Does your husband like pegging? I have to find out all these little bits and pieces because these little bits and pieces help fix and build this sort of like jigsaw of how I'm going to present and design this room for their intimacies.
So I love just listening and I'm passionate about what I do, but I'm also passionate about learning about my clients as well.
It takes the curiosity and being passionately curious to work in this space at all, which brings me to my first question of like, you are curious, are your clients open? By the time they come to you, are they usually comfortable enough to share the answers or do you ever have to do a little digging
no I think they see my demeanor and they talk to me and I've had people say oh my god I feel like I've known you for years glad to think that I make them feel at ease it was interesting to listen to our show runner during the show Sarah Howell would say to the crew I don't know how she does it but people just open up to her they're not reserved it's everything comes out of what their desires are what they struggle with I must have this kind of thing of being able for people to be able to talk to me openly
Have you always had that? Like, do you remember even in your teenage years, did people come to you and share?
I don't know if they did, but I always used to be the leader of the gang, as it were.
And, you know, my parents were very kind and said, here's a book called Jack and Jill.
And I can't think of anything more intimate than getting to go into their home, explore, and help build this sexual sanctuary for them.
Maybe it's because I have an English accent or that sensibility of being able to talk to people quite frankly.
But it is, you know, it's like asking somebody if they want fries with your hamburger or something like that.
Do you want a milkshake as well? To me, it's just saying, okay, do you squirt? Do you like anal? Does your husband like pegging? I have to find out all these little bits and pieces because these little bits and pieces help fix and build this sort of like jigsaw of how I'm going to present and design this room for their intimacies.
So I love just listening and I'm passionate about what I do, but I'm also passionate about learning about my clients as well.
It takes the curiosity and being passionately curious to work in this space at all, which brings me to my first question of like, you are curious, are your clients open? By the time they come to you, are they usually comfortable enough to share the answers or do you ever have to do a little digging
no I think they see my demeanor and they talk to me and I've had people say oh my god I feel like I've known you for years glad to think that I make them feel at ease it was interesting to listen to our show runner during the show Sarah Howell would say to the crew I don't know how she does it but people just open up to her they're not reserved it's everything comes out of what their desires are what they struggle with I must have this kind of thing of being able for people to be able to talk to me openly
Have you always had that? Like, do you remember even in your teenage years, did people come to you and share?
I don't know if they did, but I always used to be the leader of the gang, as it were.
And, you know, my parents were very kind and said, here's a book called Jack and Jill.
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