HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for Edwardian villas and Victorian tenements across Cluny, Hermitage and Plewlands.
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EDINBURGH · MORNINGSIDE
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Morningside
Edwardian villas around Cluny and Plewlands, Victorian tenement closes off Morningside Road, period family homes from Hermitage Drive to Braid Road. Borthwick has worked across Morningside for six decades — interior decorating, hand-cut lines, conservation-officer-aware heritage finishes.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Morningside
Borthwick Decorators has been painting Morningside's Edwardian villas, Victorian tenements and family homes since 1959. Common EH10 projects include sash-window repainting, period cornicing repair, hand-painted kitchens and Farrow & Ball / Little Greene specifications for Conservation Area properties. Scotland Trusted Trader and Edinburgh Trusted Trader accredited, with 175+ verified reviews at a 4.9/5 rating.
Edwardian comfort, Victorian bones, EH10 stone.
Morningside is one of Edinburgh’s most distinctive residential characters — broad Edwardian villas around Cluny Drive and Plewlands Avenue, late-Victorian tenement closes off Morningside Road, family townhouses on Braid Road, and the conservation-protected core that anchors EH10. Each typology asks for a different decorating discipline.
For six decades Borthwick has worked across that range from our 93 George Street office, ten minutes north. We hold the heritage-finishes specialism listed and Conservation Area work demands, the Farrow & Ball and Little Greene fluency designer briefs expect, and the operational discipline conservation officers and factors trust. One foreman per project. Never sub-contracted.
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 MORNINGSIDE
Our painting and decorating services in Morningside
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 Morningside
ABOUT MORNINGSIDE
Edinburgh's living-room suburb.
Morningside is South Edinburgh’s residential character — a continuous Conservation Area running from Bruntsfield down through Holy Corner, the Morningside Road commercial spine, and out toward Braid Hills. The property stock is dominated by 1880s–1910s Edwardian villas (some of the largest single-family Edinburgh homes), late-Victorian tenement closes, and a few interwar additions around Cluny Gardens.
In practice that means sash-window discipline, period cornicing repair, sympathetic palettes for Conservation Area properties, and the operational care that keeps a family in the house while the work is happening. Most Morningside programmes run two to six weeks. We’ve been working the suburb since the 1960s — most of our foremen have hands-on hours on EH10 stock that go back decades.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Would recommend this company every time. The painters showed great attention to detail and I’m delighted with the work which has been done to a high standard.
Fantastic job of painting our shop! The whole team were great from start to finish. Reliable and trustworthy. Would highly recommend.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Morningside.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Morningside?
Yes. Most of central Morningside sits in the EH10 Conservation Area. 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 Cluny Drive, Hermitage Drive, Plewlands Avenue, Morningside Road, Braid Road and the colony houses off Comiston.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Morningside work is occupied. We agree a daily start and finish, 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 Morningside 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