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Escape Glen Dye

Come for an exhilarating woodland stay designed to refresh and reinvigorate adventurers young and old

Big Ideas

THWARTED IN THEIR ORIGINAL EXPANSION PLANS, THE OWNERS OF THIS STEADING TOOK A VERY DIFFERENT APPROACH TO GET THE SPACE THEY NEEDED

Margaret Tait [1918-1999]

The Orkney-born artist’s radical approach to film is being honoured in her centenary year

Meet The Maker

“My favourite sort of day is when I can clear the decks and get on with making and designing.

A New Dawn

A MORAYSHIRE INSTITUTION since the mid-1970s, Brodie Countryfare has been a beacon of style and sustenance in the north-east for decades.

Double Up

Let your scheme guide your selection.

Organic Matter

Inject warmth with natural materials.

On The Surface

Ditch all white in favour of high drama.

Form & Function

Looking at this airy, elegant bathroom, its hard to believe that it measures just 210cm by 180cm at its widest points.

Case Study Take The Edge Off

Case Study Take The Edge Off

A Little Goes A Long Way

A minimalist hideaway in the heart of Edinburgh adds up to more than the sum of its parts, thanks to skilful design and high-class craftsmanship

100% organic

The natural world inspires James Parker’s sculptures, but the self-taught artist has been influenced just as much by his experience of growing up on a farm

Head Out Back

If you want to own a former stable then it’s time to pony up because mews houses don’t come cheap

Escape Hotel Indigo

A smartly refurbished hotel on Princes Street is writing a new chapter in its illustrious history

Case Study Plunge Pool

When interior designer Stephanie Dunning was brought in to help her clients build a garden house, her job was made significantly easier on two fronts.

Lending Craft A Helping Hand

Some of Scotland’s most talented makers will have their work seen by an international audience at London Design Week this autumn, thanks to the support of CraftScotland

Style & Sustenance

Gardener’s Cottage, Edinburgh

Take Cover

Shells and artistic flair have turned an unloved space into a place of beauty

Vanessa Lawrence

The mixed media artist studied at the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture. Now working from her studio in Ayrshire, she incorporates sculpture, drawing and painting, often within a single piece of work

Power Of The Flower

Kirsty Lorenz’s floral paintings do much more than simply record the beauty of nature

Walls & Floors

Be Bold With Colour And Pattern But Think Carefully Before Choosing Trendy Options

Weave A Spell

HERMES’S FAMOUS SILK SCARVES draw on history, design and the glories of the natural world,  so it’s no surprise to see its new collection has been informed by elements of all three. Called ‘Appaloosa des Steppes’, it is inspired both by the geometric patterns and beautiful colours of the felt carpets made by Kyrgyz nomads, guardians of the remote Tian Shan mountains in Central Asia, and by the spotted coat of the Appaloosa horse bred for centuries by Native Americans in the north-west of the United States – which some believe originated in what is now Kyrgyzstan.

Culling IL

HENRY JAY HARLEY TELLS US ABOUT HIS FAMILY BUSINESS, WHICH HAS BEEN SELLING FABRICS SINCE THE ’80S

Windows

Dress Them Right And Make Your Outlook Bright

Escape The Ship Inn

Its walls came tumbling down, and its ceilings – now Elie’s iconic seaside pub has opened up with a fresh new interior and a focus on good food 

This Life: Jo Oakley

The painter and printmaker escapes every weekend to the seaside, finding inspiration for her work in a beach hut filled with colour and vintage finds

Bits On The Side

Don’t Neglect The Exterior Of Your House – Treat It To The Best Pieces For Some Summer Loving

Behind Closed Doors: Saddell Castle

A tower house on the Kintyre peninsula, restored and maintained by the Landmark Trust, offers both contemporary art and ancient history in a spectacular setting

The Library Glasgow School Of Art

JOHNNY RODGER Writer, critic and Professor of Urban Literature at the Glasgow School of Art, Johnny Rodger is also the editor of The Drouth magazine and the author of over a dozen books, including The Hero Building and Disappearing Glasgow. He will be appearing at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Saturday 12 August  

This Life

A talent for upcycling combined with a good eye for a vintage fi nd have helped the cashmere entrepreneur to create a wonderfully unique home in the Highlands