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Interiors news and what to buy now

i-on wants…

the biggest and best homemade pizzas, which means we need the biggest and best pizza oven. Enter the brand new Ooni Karu 16 Multi-Fuel Pizza Oven, £699, the world-renowned Edinburgh-based brand’s most advanced pizza oven yet. Pre-order now for delivery this autumn. www.uk.ooni.com

Sofa So Good

Blending refined Italian style with minimalist Danish design, the new modular lounge sofa from BoConcept is a beauty with gentle curved lines and statement grid stitching, not to mention exceptionally comfortable cushions. Bergamo sofa modules, from £1,171. www.boconceptscotland.com

Trending Arts & Crafts

What is it? It’s all about filling your home with beautifully crafted artisan products showcasing traditional skills from weaving and glassblowing to knitting and ceramics. How do I get it? You could scour Etsy and Trouva, search out the best fleamarkets, or you could simply head to H&M Home where there is currently a limited-edition ‘For the Love of Craft’ collection featuring affordable accessories handmade from natural materials. Must-haves… braided baskets and rattan lanterns, handwoven cushions and throws, mouthblown water glasses and pitchers, terracotta vases, and acacia wood chopping boards. Prices range from £9.99 to £79.99.

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The online store: Style Your Spaces

Stylist Katie Brigstock has a new drop coming to her online store featuring more must-have home accessories including fluted glass bud vases and candlesticks, cute embroidered napkins and the glossiest of lacquered candles. www.styleyourspaces.co.uk The pop-up: Druid

This Edinburgh-based wellness brand is the latest pop-up to occupy the Space at Seventeen store on St Stephen Street in Stockbridge. In residence for the rest of 2021, it’s the place to go for the most beautifully scented natural candles. www.druidedinburgh.com The hidden gem: Fruitmarket gallery bookshop

Don’t tell anyone but the bookshop in the newly revamped Fruitmarket is also a great place to find extra special, locally made and limited edition home accessories and gifts like these pretty pastel resin trays inspired by the current Karla Black exhibition. www.fruitmarket.co.uk/shop/

LUXE FOR LESS

New luxury furniture showroom, Orenda has opened its first Scottish store and to celebrate are offering up to 15% off new orders throughout the summer. Book a complimentary consultation with the team of interior designers in the new Morningside Road store and choose from the collection of bespoke living, dining and bedroom furniture. www.orendaliving.com

INSPO-SPOT

The idea we’ll be stealing… bold, bright clashing colours Where we saw it… Superico Bar and Lounge Why we love it… The 19th-century Georgian building has been transformed into a Chilean-inspired, sun-drenched party palace by Edinburgh design studio, JA!COCO! The former banking hall now resembles a Tamara de Lempicka painting, with Art-Deco-style shapes and jewel-like colours, including turquoise and bright yellow. The project has even made it into the finals for the prestigious Hospitality Design Awards, taking place in New York next month.

Le Feu Ground Low Bio Ethanol fireplace £1699, Cuckooland

Elba indoor/outdoor chair, £199 and Torino outdoor table, from £1099; both BoConcept

Moodboard Outdoor Living

TURN YOUR GARDEN INTO AN OPEN-AIR LOUNGE WITH COMFORTABLE FURNITURE AND CHIC ACCESSORIES

Carl Hansen BK12 outdoor lounge sofa from £1075.25, Moleta Munro

Outdoor rug, £59.95, Cuckooland Orrico hammered brass plant pot, £55, Habitat

Hendon set of three plant pots, £69, Cult Balance line indoor outdoor cushion £16, Next

Tasselled bedspread, £59.99, H&M Home

Round tray table, £79.99, H&M Home

The DesignFiles

FEATURING OLA KARGUL, ARTIST AND HOME DESIGN STYLIST AT JOHN LEWIS EDINBURGH

How did your artistic journey

begin? I used to draw and paint with my mum and my granny when I was younger and they encouraged my artistic talents. I came to Edinburgh from Poland when I was 19 with the intention of only staying for six months but I fell in love with the place and chose to do my Interior Design degree here. After graduating, I reunited with my love of printmaking at Edinburgh Printmakers. Edinburgh is such a magical place. It’s difficult not to be creative here.

How would you describe your

art? Emotional. I try to capture an emotion, that little moment that makes the difference in our life, the feeling that makes us stop to admire a view or a building.

Where do you find inspiration?

I love walking through the streets of Edinburgh, you always discover something you have never seen. Edinburgh’s architecture has been a huge influence in my work.

Which other Scottish artists do

you admire? I love Kate Downie’s expressive pieces, Kirsty Lorenz’s botanical paintings, and James Lumsden’s acrylics, to name a few.

Kissamos Mavros Molos Beach, Ola Kargul

What is your favourite Edinburgh

gallery? The National Gallery and Modern One always have amazing exhibitions.

At home, where do you spend most

of your time? I am in the process of looking for a house and I can’t wait to have a nice large kitchen where my family and friends can gather and enjoy a meal together.

What is your one essential for stylish, comfortable modern living?

A big comfy sofa covered in cushions and throws.

Is there an iconic piece of furniture which you would love to own?

It has to be the Eames Lounge Chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames in 1956.

What is your most-oft given piece

of interior design advice? To follow your gut instinct - the fabric or wallpaper we fall in love with at first sight is usually THE one. As Home Design Stylist at John Lewis Edinburgh, Ola Kargul works within the new World of Design offering a range of one-to-one consultations. For help choosing accessories for an instant interiors update, choose the free 45-minute drop-in Refresh for Less session. For help restyling a room in your home, there’s a complimentary onehour Style Advice appointment. Or for a larger project, book a Design Consultation, where a Home Design Stylist will visit your home virtually and re-style up to three rooms. Find out more or book online at www.johnlewis.com/ourservices/home-design-service