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  

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

Small Wonder

Every inch of Jonathan Avery’s self-designed home is put to good use – and it could be the blueprint for lots of us in the future.

Utility Room

An old-fashioned luxury still finds its place in the contemporary home.

Window of Opportunity

It took vision, lots of hard gra and a good deal of ingenuity to turn this rot-ravaged wreck into a desirable family home.

Case Study Rich and Pure

This uncomplicated and uncluttered kitchen-dining room is a master class in simplicity and the art of allowing beautiful materials to speak for themselves

The maverick maker

George Wyllie’s unique creativity, infused with humour and joie de vivre, has won him an enduring place in Scottish art

Behind Closed Doors Dad Bookbinders

Breathing new life into old books, a team of artists in Glasgow are keeping an ancient cra alive.

Old St Paul's Richard Jobson

CITIES HAVE SECRET PLACES WHERE SILENCE CAN be found – where you can escape from the noise of people as well as that of trains, buses and cars.

Blown Away

Alvar Aalto created a vase for the Karhula-Iittala glass competition.

Catherine Macgruer Knitted Textiles Designer

Scotland has such a rich textile history and reputation.

Kit Kemp

The creative force behind a portfolio of chic and glamorous hotels in London and New York, Kit Kemp is renowned not only for her unique interiors but also as an author, a respected champion of British art, craft and sculpture, and as a designer of textiles, fragrance and homewares

Good Impressions

A splendid new studio complex in Edinburgh adds to the capital’s growing portfolio of cool and creative artist spaces

Flight Of Fancy

A UNIQUE, AERODYNAMIC HOUSE HAS LANDED ON A PRIVATE AIRFIELD SOUTH OF GLASGOW AND SCOOPED A MAJOR RIAS AWARD

Pedal To The Metal

THEY SAY IT TAKES A LITTLE LUCK to get a business off the ground.

The Big Picture

Walls are setting the scene this season

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.