Edinburgh Design Inspiration

I know, I know. I swore I was done with Edinburgh. Turns out I have just a tiny bit more to say about the lovely Scottish city.

When we were in Paris before Christmas, I expected to be snapping photos of inspiring design at every turn. I didn’t really expect that to be the case in Edinburgh, but it was! I came home with two cool ideas I want to replicate either in our current tiny apartment or in our some-day dream home.

First, this stuffed stag. Not a great picture, but in both the Red Door Gallery and Curioser, I saw these cool stuffed stag heads.

I’m not normally a stag head type girl. They annoy me only because they are absolutely everywhere at the moment. I can’t wait for 20 years from now when they come back into fashion and I think I’ll be able to embrace them.

But what I do like is seeing a stag head done in a new way. These were sewn, made from pretty silk patterned fabric and stuffed. I’m contemplating trying to make my own from a few silk scarves I brought home. I think it will definitely test my rarely-used sewing skills.

I noticed this second bit of inspiration on the first night at our apartment. Walking by this restaurant, I might have said will you look at those ginormous lamp shades?! about fifteen times. (Sorry girls!) The combination of the size, the paisley pattern in pinks, greens and yellows, and the rest of the cool decor in the restaurant, turned me a tad obsessed.

{I don’t know these people, but they do a great job showing the huge scale of the lampshades!}

We ate at The West Room on our last night in Edinburgh and it was really yummy and really reasonable.

But back to the lamp shades. Aren’t they just so neat?! We need higher ceilings and a bigger house. That’s all there is to it.