“I worked as an accountant until I was 40, at which point I decided to take up furniture-making. My biggest challenge was my first kitchen. I took on the job without the vaguest idea of how long it would take…"

A designer in Moffat is pushing back the frontiers of stylish ideas for interiors As you enter Moffat, you pass a sign by the roadside,...

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

Light-filled and open to the elements, this pool house offers a tranquil, restorative space for elegant relaxation Patience is a virtue no garden designer can...

A contemporary of Damien Hirst at Goldsmiths, Ray Richardson’s work goes against the YBA tradition. Instead, the figurative artist chooses to depict his experiences...

Idyllic family holidays on the Isle of Lewis persuaded the couple to build their own haven in the Hebrides, on a secluded coastal plot...

This stylish apartment overlooking a famous park suits its glamorous, grown-up makeover Great interior design is often the result of finding solutions to difficult problems,...

Lucienne Day, one of the greatest talents of 20th-century textile design is being celebrated throughout 2017, the centenary of her birthFor Robin and Lucienne...

“I grew up in Glasgow in a large, fairly chaotic family of writers and film-makers where there was always something creative going on. My...

A grand Victorian home in Edinburgh has been brought up to date with a renovation that will look good for years to come Compromise. It’s...