Sustainable Scottish style 2026

For its bearable summertime temperatures and host of activities and culture, this year Scotland has been dubbed a ‘coolcation’ holiday destination. After the hottest summer on record in the UK, I am sure many people are starting to rethink about how they live and where they holiday. As you probably know, blog HQ likes to keep a close eye on the contours of Scottish style so when a recent BBC news story about coolcations appeared, it rather caught my eye.

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Inverary Castle interiors

18th-century Inverary Castle in Argyll makes a statement not only with its prominent position on Loch Fyne but with the powerful decorative message it portrays as the ancestral seat of Clan Campbell. Over the centuries, the castle’s interior decoration has been shaped by clan wars (1300 medieval weapons alone decorate the 21m high hall), by devastating fires and a marriage in the 1950s between the 11th Duke of Argyll and heiress Margaret Duchess of Argyll that infamously ended in scandal.

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