Homes & Interiors Scotland

Published bi-monthly, Homes & Interiors Scotland is loyal to showcasing beautifully designed homes and innovative architecture. It’s a collectors’ magazine covering the latest trends and aspirational kit to covet, from wallpaper, paint and fabric to furniture, food and gardens. Its 300-plus pages are filled with sharp, informative writing to complement the striking and professional imagery. Work by flourishing and established artists and makers reflects the country's creative landscape, while the annual free supplements accompany what is an invaluable design and cultural source book.

EDITOR’S WELCOME

OPENING SHOT

Homes & Interiors Scotland

Jason Stewart

SAM COOPER AND RICHARD PLATT • Traditional chair-making is thriving at the Marchmont Workshop in the Borders, where everything from harvesting rushes for the seats to milling locally felled timber for the frames is done with care and by hand

A SLICE OF LIFE

MONITOR • TRENDS | ESSENTIALS | NEWS | IDEAS

INTERIORS news • MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR HOME

COLOUR CATCHER

BURLEIGH POTTERY • REVIVING A CLASSIC

THE COLLECTION

DISCOVERY • OFF THE BEATEN TRACK

TRENDWATCH

HEIRLOOM • KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY

OUTDOOR IN • Pair textures with grassy hues for cool courtyard chic

PURPLE HAZE • Soothing lavender, inspired by a dramatic Irish sky

HOW BIZARRE • DESIGN INNOVATION

Living ROOMS

GREEN AND PLEASANT

BRIEF

THE DESIGNER’S NOTEBOOK

CASE FILES • Looking to create a multifunctional space that works hard? Divide and conquer

TURN UP THE HEAT • Get ready for the colder months with a modern take on the hearth

BEAT THE BLAND • Invite soft tones and natural textures to jazz up neutrals for cool impact

MOOD SWINGS • Create atmosphere and style with the best in contemporary lighting design

FLAT-OUT FABULOUS • Show your floors some love with a rug

High-impact rugs • Award-winning British interior designer Matthew Williamson gives us the lowdown

SHELF LIFE • Be inventive with unusual groupings in different colours and sizes

COSY CORNER • Give your living space a hero piece that can handle a lot of lounging

MEET THE MAKER

READING List • Shining a light on the largely unsung contribution of women in design, this issue’s books offer inspirational, illuminating reads

BATHROOM news • BRILLIANT IDEAS FOR BATHING

KITCHEN news • SPICE UP THE HEART OF THE HOME

VERONIQUE LAPEYRE • Veronique A.A. Lapeyre is the head of communications and digital at Craft Scotland and the chair of the Scottish Contemporary Art Network. She is also an advocate for anti-racism action within the cultural sector

CORE STRENGTH • This ingenious eco-house revolves around a black ‘box within a box’ that contains all the services, leaving the rest of the space for light-filled living

SHOUT IT FROM THE ROOFTOPS • This award-winning Dundee eco-house makes a bold environmental statement that we should all be listening to

FULL METAL JACKET • A radical rethink of how a house should function and what it should look like has produced an award-winning home on the Kyles of Bute

DESIGN IDEAS • DECOR THAT’S OUT THERE

KIDS news • FRESH IN FOR THE WEE ONES

MAKING her MARK • Eve Campbell’s wallhangings capture the colours, shapes and patterns of nature on Scotland’s west coast

ART news • SHOWS TO SEE, ARTISTS TO KNOW

JOSIE KO • The Glasgow-based multidisciplinary artist has just graduated from Glasgow School of Art. Her work, which brings together a kitsch DIY aesthetic full of colour and humour with gothic undertones, playfully...