A Review: The Scottish House: Eclectic, Unique Interiors By Ianthe Ruthven & Shopping for a Frame 

It speaks to my soul!

Thank you, I appreciate your comment!

I love that we all learn from each other and incorporate and appreciate so many different and beautiful styles!

Thank you!

Thanks- Have a great week, Jen!

That just made my day! Thank you for watching and I appreciate all the love and light I can get. I'm sending some to you as well! ☀️💗

I got lucky, but the thrill is in the hunt!

@@thetartantopiary Always. Love your style, jewelry and good taste. Keep it up from the Hudson Valley. I love hstory. Did you do Bunny Williams?

Thank you! I got lucky on that search.

Hello Debora- I hope you find a copy. I think there is one available online at Abe Books. This is a source I use often. I wanted to also let you know that my great x 3 grandfather came to the US from Isle of Skye and he was a McCallum. We may be cousins! 😉

Thank you, budgets are fun...not really.

Thank you!

I'm not sure if you are familiar with Scot Meacham Wood, but he is also a lover of tartan and Scot inspired design. He's worth a search on RU-vid.

Thanks for watching!

That was new information to me also. The book mentioned that family tartans were introduced when the weaving and dying process became a little less labor intensive as skills, tools and trade improved.

After viewing this video a few more times, as I usually do, I realize why the blue and red plaid fabric on my dining room chairs go so well with my Wedgwood dishes. And my mother’s oriental rug gives the room a layered look. Now I have some new ideas! Thank you, again. Blessings, Janice

Yes, a nice woodland toile for cooler weather seemed appropriate. 🦌

I would love to try the fudge. Caspari.com has some great tartan and chinoiserie items (napkins, note cards, wrapping paper, gift bags, etc...) for Christmas. I can't wait to get started with Christmas!!!

Good for you, this is impressive. I've never sprayed glass to make a mirror. My mother in law has a collection of round frames and found a beautiful antique burlwood frame that had been painted...why?

@@thetartantopiary Spray mirror is fab to use and has so many possibilities. You can lightly spray the center and heavier around the edge for exemple and put a portrait engraving behind to make a ghostly image or cut out flowers and birds and glue them behind the glass, maybe add some hand painted details than spray over it lightly or not and that gives an 'eglomisé' effect. You can also lightly spray and put some old wallpaper behind. Many years ago an English friend here in Paris made eglomisé vases by sticking images inside vases then 'mirrroring' them although I have no idea what she used as the spray mirror didn't exist then ( ? ). The other day I bought a very ornate frame that was once gold leaf and now it's shiny black lacquer, impossible to remove (I might try all the same). Hugs from France x

Thank you- yes, I did reveal the chair. It’s in the review of “Veranda, Elements of Beauty”. It turned out beautifully, I was very happy.

It was revealed at the end of “A Review of: Veranda- Elements of Beauty” about 3 weeks ago and I love it!

@@thetartantopiary It looks lovely, and the Scotsman is perfectly framed.

@@nataliebutler thank you, I appreciate that. Working with a budget is always fun…said no one!

If I remember correctly Moose (European Elk) became extinct in Scotland long ago, but were reintroduced about 20 years ago on private land. I'll have to double check that to make sure.

They became extinct 8,000 years ago, so unless that one is 8000 years old it isn't from here 🤣. Moose aren't exactly iconic of Scotland... Canada perhaps? There are a breeding pair on a reserve somewhere... but I'm guessing they didn't decap and wall-mount either of those.

Wouldn’t you love to know the story behind that mount? The book dates it as mid 1800s and says it’s location is “No. 9 Atholl Crescent in Edinburgh”.

@@thetartantopiary Yes, it would be interesting... many of these people liked to travel around and kill things in other countries after they had obliterated everything in their own. Love your video, btw. I have not seen one highlighting Scottish design before, so this is unique. 💙🤍