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 · MURRAYFIELD
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Murrayfield
Edwardian villas along Murrayfield Road and Garscube Terrace, family residential off Coltbridge Avenue, Roseburn Terrace mansion-flat blocks. Borthwick has worked Murrayfield for six decades — considered Edwardian decoration, period-correct paint specification for suburban, conservation-aware finishes.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Murrayfield
Borthwick Decorators works on Edwardian villas, family residential and Edwardian mansion-flat blocks across Murrayfield EH12. Heritage period-property specialism, hand-cut lines, six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
Edwardian villas, the Water of Leith path.
Murrayfield is suburban Edwardian Edinburgh — the early-twentieth-century detached and semi-detached villas built out along Murrayfield Road, Garscube Terrace and Coltbridge Avenue, with the Edinburgh Park Road and Roseburn Terrace edges carrying the slightly later infill. The Water of Leith path runs through the south side of the postcode. The property stock spans large family villas, semi-detached pairs, and a small layer of Edwardian mansion-flat blocks.
Decorating Murrayfield: City of Edinburgh Council Conservation Officer documentation where relevant, period-correct Edwardian paint specification, hand-cut lines on period cornicing, sash-window repainting for the surviving original timber. 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 MURRAYFIELD
Our painting and decorating services in Murrayfield
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 Murrayfield
ABOUT MURRAYFIELD
Suburban Edwardian Edinburgh.
Murrayfield is one of Edinburgh’s most coherent Edwardian suburbs — broadly the area between Roseburn and Corstorphine Road, built out between 1900 and 1914 in detached and semi-detached family villas. Property stock is dominantly Edwardian (Murrayfield Road, Garscube Terrace, Coltbridge Avenue), with some late-Victorian carry-over at the eastern edge and small pockets of inter-war infill.
On these homes that means Edwardian paint specification (the suburb’s character depends on getting the cream, sage and bottle-green family right), sash-window repainting for original timber, sympathetic interior finishes for the typical full-house family programme. Most projects are private-client direct or interior-designer specified.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Kamil and his team arrived promptly, worked diligently and communicated well throughout the gutter painting. They made a difficult job look easy. Also painted a staircase and stayed late until it was completed. Would definitely recommend.
Very professional job completed quickly, thoroughly and expertly. Painting of Georgian townhouse hall and stairwell including repair of multiple superficial cracks in the plaster.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Murrayfield.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Murrayfield?
Yes. Most of Murrayfield 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 EH12. Strongest concentration of recent work on Murrayfield Road, Murrayfield Avenue, Murrayfield Gardens and the surrounding residential streets.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Murrayfield work is occupied. We agree daily start and finish times with the household, 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 Murrayfield 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