Texture & Tranquility

Chapter 2 - Touch

Craft & Storytelling - The Anteroom Experience - Five Senses Series

Concept

Texture & Tranquillity is the second chapter in The Anteroom Experience: Five Senses Series, a collection of intimate, craft-led gatherings at Links House, each exploring one of the senses through food, place, and storytelling.

This chapter, TOUCH, is shaped around sleep, stillness, and the quiet conditions that allow genuine rest to emerge naturally. Rather than approaching wellness as an activity, the weekend considers comfort as a craft, material, weight, warmth, rhythm, and atmosphere working quietly together.

Held in early spring, as light lengthens and the season begins to shift, Fibre & Rest reflects renewal without urgency.

This is not a retreat.
It is an invitation to rest.

Before You Arrive

Ahead of your stay, you will receive a Pillow Talk note from Links House. It invites you to consider how you sleep, the shape of a pillow, the weight that supports you, and the comfort that allows the body to settle. You may choose your preferred pillow style and, if desired, enhance your sleep environment further.

The note also outlines the weekend's philosophy and offers the opportunity to embrace a gentle digital pause.

Nothing is required.
Everything is considered.

Friday — Press Pause

Arrival is unhurried. In your suite, a handwritten welcome from Joan and Phil introduces the chapter in simple language:

Rest. Restore. Relax.

Lavender rests lightly on the pillow.
Cashmere waits by the bedside.
Light softens naturally as evening approaches.

Guests gather in the Glenshiel Anteroom for a welcome reception — an introduction to Ava Innes, to Links House, and to one another. A shared beginning.

An aperitif follows in the Main House Library before a relaxed dinner in MARA.

Later, The Anteroom hosts the weekend’s unexpected moment: a cherry sleep cocktail, a conversation on the importance of rest, and gentle guided breathwork.

Not instruction.
Permission.

Saturday — Light & Fibre

For those who wish, morning begins at the shoreline. An early walk to Dornoch Beach invites contact with sand, water, and light. Bare feet. Cool air. The rhythm of the tide and breath align naturally. Light reaches the eyes. The body quietly wakes.

Breakfast follows at leisure.

The Anteroom is transformed into a tactile Ava Innes space, fibres to handle, weight to feel, texture to notice. Material explored not as display, but as atmosphere.

After a light seasonal lunch, guests are invited to gather around The Anteroom table. Natural fibres. Slow process. Simple making. A quiet opportunity to create something by hand, unhurried and tactile.

The afternoon remains open for rest.

Saturday Evening

As evening lowers, guests are invited to The Anteroom Table.

The space is candlelit and intimate. Service moves with intention. The pacing of the menu reflects warmth and softness — textures that comfort rather than stimulate.

Courses unfold gently. Wines and beverages are selected to complement the theme of restoration and are served throughout the evening without interruption or excess.

Conversation softens. Light dims. The rhythm of the room slows.

This is not a tasting designed to excite.
It is an experience designed to ease.

The body prepares for sleep.

Sunday — Rested

Breakfast is taken at leisure.

Departure feels lighter than arrival.

The house remains still.
The body remembers softness.

What’s Included

• Two nights in a Glenshiel Master Suite

• Highland breakfast each morning

• Friday dinner at MARA

• Pillow Talk pre-arrival preparation

• Bespoke sleep turndown experience

• Sunrise beach gathering

• Fibre & Rest session with Ava Innes

• Natural fibre weaving workshop

• The Anteroom Experience - TOUCH

• All-inclusive beverage package throughout the experience

• Cashmere Sleep Well gift

Experience Ethos

• Sleep without instruction

• Softness over stimulation

• Rest as restoration

Dates, Availability & Rate

• 24th to 26th of April 2026

• Maximum six suites

• £2,600 per suite (double occupancy)