HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH10.
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EDINBURGH · BRUNTSFIELD
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Bruntsfield
Victorian tenements around Bruntsfield Place and Whitehouse Loan, family townhouses on Merchiston Avenue, garden-flat conversions off Leamington Terrace. Borthwick has worked Bruntsfield for six decades — conservation-aware heritage decoration on EH10 tenement stock.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Bruntsfield
Borthwick Decorators works on Victorian tenement flats, family townhouses and garden-flat conversions across Bruntsfield EH10. Heritage period-property specialism, sash-window repainting, hand-cut lines. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Tenement closes around the Links.
Bruntsfield is one of EH10’s defining Victorian-tenement subs — the tenement closes along Bruntsfield Place, Whitehouse Loan and Leamington Terrace, the family townhouses on Merchiston Avenue, the Bruntsfield Links open space at the heart of it. Property stock is dominated by 1880s–1900s tenement flats (the largest single-stock typology in central Edinburgh) and a smaller layer of late-Victorian family villas.
Decorating Bruntsfield: City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Officer documentation for the Conservation Area, common-stair coordination with factors and stair committees, sash-window discipline for the tenement stock, sympathetic palettes for the family villas. Borthwick has worked the postcode for decades.
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 BRUNTSFIELD
Our painting and decorating services in Bruntsfield
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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COMMUNAL
Tenement common-stair painting
Common-stair redecoration coordinated with factor and stair committee. Phased programmes that keep the close moving.
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Recent work in and around Bruntsfield
ABOUT BRUNTSFIELD
The Links, the Meadows, the EH10 tenement belt.
Bruntsfield is the northern edge of Morningside’s EH10 territory and the southern edge of central Edinburgh’s tenement belt. Property stock is dominantly late-Victorian tenement flats organised around stone-built closes — typically four-storey with shared back greens — with smaller layers of late-Victorian family villas off Merchiston Avenue and the Polwarth side. The Bruntsfield Links / Meadows open spaces give the area its character.
On the ground that means common-stair programme coordination with factor and stair committee, sash-window discipline (most flats still have original sashes), sympathetic palettes for Conservation Area properties. Borthwick has worked the postcode for decades.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Delighted with the outstanding work the team at Borthwick Painters did on the outside of our house. The detailed work around the windows and doors was first class.
Highly recommend. Did a Great job painting two bedroom flat throughout. Trustworthy, reliable, good communication. They leave the place clean and tidy after finishing too.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Bruntsfield.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Bruntsfield?
Yes. Most of Bruntsfield sits in a City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Area with substantial listed-building density. We hold the heritage finishes specialism and the documentation discipline conservation officers expect.
Which streets do you cover?
All of EH10. Strongest concentration of recent work on Bruntsfield Place, Bruntsfield Crescent, Whitehouse Loan and the surrounding tenement closes.
How do you handle occupied tenement flats?
Most Marchmont-style tenement work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times with the household, dust-protect the working zone, and coordinate with the factor on common-stair access.
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 Bruntsfield 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