Interior Design News: June 2026

A short round-up of what moved in the interior and kitchen design trade between 11 and 25 June 2026. If you are planning a project or weighing up a designer, these three items point to where new retailers, fresh furniture and buying power are heading this summer.

Kitchens International buys itself out and plans three new showrooms

On 24 June, the award-winning Scottish retailer Kitchens International confirmed it is now independently owned after a management buyout led by Graham Johnston, its former retail and distribution chief. The business plans to open three new showrooms in Scotland this year, in Loch Leven, Edinburgh and Glasgow, taking its team to 40 people. For anyone outside Scotland the detail matters less than the pattern: established design-led retailers are reinvesting in physical showrooms rather than retreating online, which is good news if you like to see and touch finishes before you commit. If you are comparing a showroom’s service against an independent designer’s fee model, our guide to interior designer costs in London sets out what each route actually buys. Full detail in the kbbreview report.

3 Days of Design fills Copenhagen with new furniture and reissues

Copenhagen’s 3 Days of Design ran from 10 to 12 June, drawing more than 60,000 visitors and over 460 brands under the theme “Make this Moment Matter”. The launches lean heavily on warm, tactile, heritage-led design: Fredericia reissued its 1962 Trisse tables, Royal Copenhagen revived its 1976 Triton service, and Iittala built a seven-metre Aalto pavilion alongside a new run of vases. It is a trade event abroad, but the Scandinavian palette of natural timber, soft curves and reissued classics is exactly what UK designers will be specifying over the next year, so it is a useful read on where taste is going before you pick a scheme. Coverage and the full preview are at Elle Decoration.

KBBG launches a new website as buying groups court independents

On 18 June, the Kitchen Bathroom Buying Group launched a redesigned website aimed at members, suppliers and independent kitchen and bathroom retailers thinking of joining. The site lets members track their annual supplier rebates privately and gives suppliers a route to pitch promotions to retail members. Buying-group machinery sounds remote from a domestic project, but it is part of how independent retailers keep their pricing competitive against the national chains, which feeds straight into the quotes you receive. If you want to understand how designers and retailers actually price work, our breakdown of interior designer fees in the UK is the place to start. The announcement is on kbbreview.