Planning your next getaway? Hunker down in this cocooning Scandi-style cottage in the wilds of Scotland By Victoria Gray For You Magazine Published: 08:00, 28 September 2024 | Updated: 08:00, 28 September 2024 e-mail View comments Kyle House sits in solitude, nearly two miles from the nearest village, at the southern end of the Kyle of Tongue estuary in the Highlands. A former drover’s cottage, it is a uniquely Scottish dwelling with a Scandinavian sensibility. In the living room a fireplace and window nook have views of the ever-changing tidal estuary that runs through sandbanks to the North Atlantic The structure, which dates from the early 1800s, is believed to have been built using stone salvaged from the nearby Iron-Age Dun Mhaigh roundhouse.
Muted tones and soft textures create a calm and sophisticated living space It had been derelict for years when it was bought by Danish power couple Anne Storm Pedersen and Anders Holch Povlsen. The pair own several international fashion retail businesses (including Vero Moda and Jack & Jones, as well as being major shareholders in Asos). They also run Wildland (wildland.
scot), a conservation project that’s restoring the Scottish landscape, planting thousands of trees and reintroducing native flower and plant species to the area. The uncomplicated, functional dining area is illuminated with a plain paper lantern The house, which was windowless on three sides and had an asbestos roof, was meticulously restored using traditional ma.