Bringing the Highlands Home

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The Commonwealth Games, held recently in Glasgow,

seem to have sparked interest in all things Scottish.

While learning to speak Gaelic or dance a Scottish Reel

might be too much of an ask, you can easily introduce

Scottish patterns into your home for a cosy, traditional

look.

Start with tartan, probably the most recognizable

element of Scottish culture. If you know anything about

your family history, you might be able to link to a specific

tartan but if not, it comes in such a huge variety of

colourways, that finding one to kick start your interior

scheme shouldn’t be a problem. You’ll find warm, rich

reds and purples, cool blues and greens, even neutral

oatmeal shades.

Introduction

In a large room, you could start from the floor upwards,

adding layers to the scheme with upholstery and

curtains, but a tartan carpet could overwhelm so, if that’s

not for you, think tartan upholstered chairs and curtains

against a carpet in a plain colour chosen from the

background of the tartan.

If you live in a period property with large rooms, you

could have framed tartan wall panels on a large plain

wall or use tartan wallpaper above or below a dado rail,

used with a contrast colour. These options will stop the

pattern becoming too overwhelming. In a smaller space,

one or two walls in your chosen plaid should be enough.

Glasgow tartan carpet Design Ideas

If you’re updating, rather than redesigning a room, you

can still introduce the Highland look through upholstery

on chairs, footstools or curtains. If you’ve got a plain

colour scheme, take the base colour, pick a tartan which

has that colour and use it for cushions or throws piled

onto your seats. Go for as many as you can to create a

luxurious space for relaxing in. Try and look at your

fabric or wallpaper samples in both natural and artificial

light. What gives a warm, cosy feeling in winter may be

too dark for a bright summer’s day.

Luxury Carpet Design

If your styling is eclectic, interior designers in East

Midlands will have plenty of design ideas and might

suggest you could choose a number of different tartans

and mix them up. Vintage, up cycling and crafts are all

trending now, so look out for an old footstool to recover,

make a drought excluder or curtain tiebacks from tartan

remnants, add tartan frames to pictures or mirrors, make

a display of tartan china or kitsch souvenirs from

Scotland; the only limit is your imagination.

Whether you decide to go for all out tartan or just a few

Scottish touches, you can have a lot of fun creating a

highland look that’s perfect for your home.

Conclusion

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