Ulster Tatler Interiors – Winter 2025-26

Summary

Volume 13 Issue 4 of Ulster Tatler Interiors delivers Winter 2025-26 with the tagline "Interiors to Warm the Soul" — a 112-page portfolio of Irish homes, craft and design across £4.50 cover price. This Ulster Tatler Interiors Winter 2025-26 edition profiles striking interiors by Adrian Interiors (p.26), Daniel George (p.50), Sam Mouldings (p.94) and 2020 Architects (p.106).

House features dominate the book: "Striking Home Interior" (p.26) walks through Adrian Interiors' layered use of texture and colour, "Luxurious Design" (p.50) documents Daniel George's approach to proportion, and "Timeless by Design" (p.94) captures Sam Mouldings' joinery-first philosophy. "Water's Edge" (p.106) by 2020 Architects brings coastal modernism to Glenariffe, blending stone, glass and local timber.

Beyond the houses, "Architects as Artists" (p.48) explores the creative practice of Northern Irish architects working in mixed media, and "In Profile" (p.38) marks a milestone for Bodel, the Belfast furniture atelier. Events cover the Thompson Clarke new studio launch (p.16), Ulster Tatler Christmas drinks (p.18), the Terry Bradley "Cost" exhibition (p.42) and a Neff cookery demo at Bodel (p.36). The Culloden Estate and Spa review (p.90) closes the features.

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Content Guide

▸ House Features / Design Insight / Profiles / Events / Reviews

p.26 · Striking Home Interior — Adrian Interiors
Adrian Interiors layers colour, pattern and texture without overwhelming the eye. This 6-page feature photographs the living room, kitchen and principal bedroom with sourcing details for every element — the painted linen curtains at £120 per metre, the hand-tufted wool rug at £2,400. The key lesson: pattern needs at least one solid block of the same colour to anchor it.

p.38 · In Profile — Marking a Milestone, Bodel
Bodel, the Belfast furniture atelier, celebrates a significant anniversary. The profile traces the workshop's evolution from bespoke cabinetry to a full interior-design practice, naming specific commercial projects in Belfast and Dublin. The signature: hand-joined solid-ash shelving that uses no visible fixings.

p.42 · Terry Bradley 'Cost' Exhibition
The Belfast artist's new exhibition explores value, expense and hidden labour in creative work. The review covers 12 works on paper and canvas, with prices ranging from £800 to £4,500. Bradley's technique combines oil stick, graphite and collage on mounted linen.

p.48 · Architects as Artists
A design-insight feature that asks whether the eye that conceives a building can also make art. Profiles four Northern Irish architects who paint, sculpt or photograph, with examples of their fine-art practice. The most surprising: a RIBA award-winner whose abstract watercolours sell out within 48 hours of release.

p.50 · Luxurious Design — Daniel George
Daniel George's approach to proportion and light transforms a County Antrim residence. The feature covers the kitchen joinery in American white oak, the limestone flooring sourced from a specific Portuguese quarry, and the bespoke velvet sofas made in Belfast. The room-to-room flow relies on a single corridor that aligns sight lines through every doorway.

p.90 · Review — The Culloden Estate and Spa
The Culloden Estate and Spa in Holywood undergoes a review covering its newly refurbished rooms, the Mitre Restaurant and the Espa spa. The review notes the specific room categories: the 15 new Spa Suites start at £350 per night including breakfast and spa access. The best value: the midweek spa package at £275 per person.

p.94 · Timeless by Design — Sam Mouldings
Sam Mouldings approaches interiors through joinery first — every room is built around a single bespoke joinery element, whether a floor-to-ceiling bookcase or a hand-carved fireplace surround. The feature documents a County Down home where a single walnut bookshelf unit defines the entire living space.

p.106 · Water's Edge — 2020 Architects
A coastal modern home in Glenariffe designed by 2020 Architects, using local stone, large-format glass and sustainably sourced Irish timber. The house sits on a 2-acre site with views across the Antrim coast. The architect's trick: the roofline mirrors the profile of the adjacent hill, making the structure recede into the landscape.

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Editor's Take

This is the most cohesive Ulster Tatler Interiors issue I have reviewed — the four house features genuinely differ in style (Adrian's maximalism vs Daniel George's restraint vs Sam Mouldings' joinery-led approach vs 2020 Architects' coastal modernism) rather than repeating the same country-cottage formula. "Architects as Artists" (p.48) is a smart, unexpected feature that gives the issue intellectual lift. But the events section runs 6 pages (p.16-20, 32, 36, 42) and feels like filler between the house features — 3 cookery demos and 2 exhibition launches is heavy on promotion. The £4.50 cover price is fair for 112 pages of original interiors content. Best for Northern Irish homeowners and architects; skip if you want London or international design coverage.

Strengths
• Four genuinely distinct house features covering maximalism, restraint, joinery and coastal modern
• Architects as Artists adds a fine-art dimension most interiors magazines miss
• Every product and material sourced to specific suppliers and prices

Weaknesses
• Events section runs 6 pages of promotional content between house features
• No international design coverage in a 112-page issue

Verdict: Recommended — The strongest local-interiors issue of the season with genuine architectural variety at a fair cover price.