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Ingrid's House in Cromarty, a pale blue shopfront with its name in the window and homewares on display.
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Ingrid's House

A small gift shop in Cromarty full of Scandinavian homewares, jewellery and bright designs for the home.

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Behind a pale blue shopfront on Church Street in Cromarty, Ingrid's House is a small shop with a Scandinavian heart.

Its shelves are arranged with vases, jugs, candles, bright plates and tins, and jewellery, much of it from Scandinavian designers, chosen for simple, beautiful design and colour.

It is the kind of shop where you go in for a card and find a dozen things to make your home a little brighter. Visitors praise the quality of the gifts and the helpful welcome from the owner, Louise, who is happy to help you find the right present. Earrings by the Scandinavian brand Dansk are a favourite, and in the weeks before Christmas it is a good place to look for presents.

Ingrid's House opens every day from eleven, closing at four, or five on Saturdays. It sits among the old merchants' houses and cottages of Cromarty's streets, so it fits naturally into a wander round the town.

Round the cornerThe Fishertown InnA gastropub in the old town of Cromarty, with a wide menu, plenty to drink and a cosy nook of books by the fire.1 min by roadSee itInside the Fishertown Inn in Cromarty, a long bar of blue panelling and wooden floors with tables by the windows.
Before you go

Open every day, 11am to 4pm, and to 5pm on Saturday.

Where
18 Church Street, Cromarty, IV11 8XA.
For
Scandinavian homewares and gifts.
Open
Daily from 11am.
Where it is

On Church Street in Cromarty, IV11 8XA.

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