HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH12.
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EDINBURGH · CORSTORPHINE
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Corstorphine
Edwardian family villas along Saughton Road and Drumbrae Road, Manse Road conservation residential, Featherhall Avenue family-housing belt. Borthwick has worked Corstorphine for decades — decoration on period villas, period-correct paint specification for EH12.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Corstorphine
Borthwick Decorators works on Edwardian villas, Conservation-Area village properties and family residential across Corstorphine EH12. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
West-Edinburgh village, Edwardian family belt.
Corstorphine is one of west Edinburgh’s most established residential characters — the Edwardian villa belt along Saughton Road, Drumbrae Road and Featherhall Avenue, with the Conservation-Area village core around Manse Road and St Margaret’s Park, and the post-war family-housing expansion toward the Carrick Knowe edge. Property stock spans Edwardian detached and semi-detached villas, Victorian terraced housing in the village core, and post-war family homes.
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 CORSTORPHINE
Our painting and decorating services in Corstorphine
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 Corstorphine
ABOUT CORSTORPHINE
West-Edinburgh family-residential character.
Corstorphine has an old village core (Conservation-Area listed buildings around Manse Road and St Margaret’s Park) and an Edwardian-and-post-war family residential belt that built out around the original village from the early twentieth century onward. Property stock spans Conservation-Area listed properties, Edwardian villas, and post-war family homes.
For us that means Conservation Officer documentation for the village-core listed-building density, period-correct Edwardian paint specification, hand-cut lines for period cornicing, sash-window repainting.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Borthwick Decorators carried out an excellent job on exterior joinery and painting on my home. Communication was excellent before and during the job. Paul and his team were polite and friendly while carrying out the exterior painting work.
Borthwick Decorators carried out an excellent job on exterior joinery and painting on my home. Communication was excellent before and during the job. Paul and his team were polite and friendly while carrying out the exterior painting work.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Corstorphine.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Corstorphine?
Yes. Parts of Corstorphine 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 EH12. Strongest concentration of recent work on Saughton Road, Drumbrae Road and Manse Road.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Corstorphine 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 Corstorphine 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