HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH14.
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EDINBURGH · BALERNO
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Balerno
Pentland-edge family residential along Main Street Balerno, Bridge Road and Bavelaw Road. Borthwick has worked Balerno for decades — family-home decoration, period-correct paint specification for Pentland-edge.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Balerno
Borthwick Decorators works on family residential, Victorian terraces and Pentland-edge homes across Balerno EH14. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Pentland-edge village, family Edinburgh.
Balerno is one of Edinburgh’s outer-western villages — a Conservation-Area core around Main Street and Bridge Road, with the post-war family-housing expansion along Bavelaw and Marchbank, and the Pentland Hills walking country on the doorstep. Property stock spans village-core Victorian terraces, mid-century detached and semi-detached family homes, and modern executive infill.
AWARD WINNING
2025 Cultural Renovation Project of the Year
2025 Residential Category
2024 Private Domestic (Pre-1919) Project of the Year — Contract Manager 2024
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WHAT WE DO IN BALERNO
Our painting and decorating services in Balerno
WALLPAPER
Wallpaper hanging
Feature walls to whole rooms — walls lined first, patterns matched, seams tight. Designer papers and wide-width vinyls hung properly.
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KITCHENS
Hand-painted kitchen cabinet
In-situ cabinetry painting using Farrow & Ball Estate Eggshell or Little Greene Intelligent Eggshell. Brush and roller on-site, no spraying.
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STONE & EXTERIOR
Sandstone & masonry coatings
Lime washes, mineral paint and breathable systems for Edinburgh sandstone elevations. Scaffold or tower hire coordinated.
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DESIGNER-LED
Designer or architect-specified
Sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library. Site meetings as part of the design team. RIBA briefs executed.
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Recent work in and around Balerno
ABOUT BALERNO
Outer-west Pentland-edge village.
Balerno sits on the western edge of Edinburgh — the Conservation-Area village character around Main Street and Bridge Road, with the Pentland Hills walking country giving the area its outdoor identity. Property stock is dominantly post-war family residential with smaller layers of Victorian terraces in the village core and modern executive infill.
On the ground that means period-correct paint specification for family-home, hand-cut lines for period detailing, and the operational care appropriate to family homes with garden settings.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
What a truly excellent job from Borthwick Decorators! The exterior of our house had become very marked and required some TLC. Due to the size of the job local decorating companies were not interested, one replied "too busy" without even enquiring what the job involved!!
They recently decorated our shared close and did a fantastic job. The decorators were friendly and very professional. They promptly responded to our requests. I can wholeheartedly recommend them.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Balerno.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Balerno?
Yes. Parts of Balerno sit in City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Areas. We hold the heritage finishes specialism and documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
Which streets do you cover?
All of EH14. Strongest concentration of recent work on Main Street, Bridge Road and Bavelaw Road.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Balerno work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times, dust-protect the working zone, and walk the family through the plan each morning. Daily clean-up is non-negotiable.
What is your lead time for residential work?
Four to six weeks typically. Listed-building consents add six to twelve weeks of pre-work paperwork; we handle that liaison.
Do you work with interior designers and architects?
Regularly. We support sample boards in Farrow & Ball, Little Greene and Paint & Paper Library, attend site meetings as part of the design team, and execute to RIBA briefs.
NEARBY AREAS
Areas near Balerno we work in.
Accreditations & memberships
Public liability insurance to £10 million.
PDA
Painting & Decorating Association
SDF
Scottish Decorators Federation
SSIP
Safety Schemes in Procurement
Trusted Trader
Edinburgh — Trading Standards Vetted
SafeContractor
Independent H&S Verification
CHAS
Contractors Health & Safety
SMAS
Safety Management Advisory
PASMA
Mobile Access Towers
IPAF
Powered Access (PAL)
CONTACT — EDINBURGH
Speak to our Edinburgh team.
Borthwick Decorators Ltd93 George Street
Edinburgh EH2 3ES