Decor & Design Scotland Features

This is where you'll find every article and blog post that has been featured on the Decor & Design Scotland website. There will be everything from befores and afters, Scottish tenement living articles, ask the experts and much more.
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Ellie’s Green & Gold Glasgow Bathroom Transformation
Decor and Design Scotland - Tenement, Interior Design, Home Styling After years of dreaming about buying her own place and being able to have full reign when it came to the layout and design of each room, Ellie built up an archive of ideas and inspiration from the likes of Instagram, magazines and real estate photos on her phone.
Decor and Design Scotland - Bedroom Renovations, Home and Interiors
“I have a passion for tenements and when I started renovating our first tenement flat, I started writing about it and people all over the world were interested in seeing the high ceilings and what it is that makes a tenement what it is. My home decor content always has the biggest reaction of anything that I post on social media so I just roll with it and continue to share it. In reality, I actually do cover everything on my blog.”
Hot House - Decor and Design Scotland - Trends, Interior Design
Think tropical prints and leafy greens, with flashes of pink and coral. Cox & Cox have released a new range inspired by the trend, choose to embrace the trend fully or opt for there more subtle items that can easily be incorporated into any scheme.
Decor and Design Scotland - Renovations, Home and Interiors
Kate Spiers shouldn’t need an introduction. As one of Scotland’s top bloggers and a judge on Scotland’s Home Of The Year, she definitely knows her style when it comes to home décor and design.
Kate Spiers (@katelavie) Tenement Bedroom Renovation
Interior design guru, Kate Spiers, is a common sight on social media. She has over a million followers across the various social media platforms. Her blog - katelavie.com - has been going for over ten years and her Instagram account has attracted over 300,000 followers. Those fans flock to see what accessories and design tips that the native New Zealander is favouring in her latest posts, which catalogue the renovations on her tenement flat.
Kate Spiers (@katelavie) Interiors Magazine Interview
Kate’s keen eye for texture and trends come into play all the time. “I consider how the textures come together, how the rooms flow, how they’ve made it feel like it's personable. I like to see how they’ve injected their own character and personality into their home and how charming it feels. I also think about what kind of aesthetics are current in terms of Pinterest and Instagram trends. (If you don’t already follow Kate on both of these platforms, you are seriously missing out!)
Kate Spiers DIY IKEA Kitchen & Patterned Backsplash Tiles
Decor and Design Scotland - Renovations, Home and Interiors “We did make some rash decisions. I like to think of my new kitchen as my ‘pandemic kitchen’. At the time we just needed a kitchen as we didn’t want to move in and not have a functioning kitchen. I thought that it would be temporary and eventually I would change it. But now that I look at it it’s fine and I like it, so I don’t know if we will change it.
Decor and Design Scotland - Tenement, Interior Design, Home Styling
Wall panelling – The bathroom is so long and narrow that there really isn’t any room for extra decor to sit on surfaces or the floor. I wanted to add details without taking up much space, and wall panelling was the perfect way to do that. It adds a layer of texture and makes it feel more homely.
Decor and Design Scotland - Tenement, Interior Design, Home Styling
Tenements and period properties are notorious for being ‘quirky’, which really means that they’re full of awkward spaces! So don’t be afraid to try building something yourself, or modify a piece of furniture to fit your needs. You can do it! I know, because I did!
Decor and Design Scotland - Tenement Bathroom, Interior Design, Home Styling
Tenements and period properties are notorious for being ‘quirky’, which really means that they’re full of awkward spaces! So don’t be afraid to try building something yourself, or modify a piece of furniture to fit your needs. You can do it! I know, because I did!
Decor and Design Scotland - Tenement Bathroom, Interior Design, Home Styling
Scottish tenement bathrooms are well known for their long and narrow floor layout, often making it difficult to put your own stamp on them. But Susie, also known as @girlandadrill on social media, has managed to overturn that myth.
Kate Spiers Built In Shelf Storage Living Room
Kate Spiers shouldn’t need an introduction. As one of Scotland’s top bloggers and a judge on Scotland’s Home Of The Year, she definitely knows her style when it comes to home décor and design.