HERITAGE INTERIORS
Period interior decoration
Period cornicing repair, ceiling-rose restoration, hand-cut lines for listed and Conservation Area properties across EH16, EH17.
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EDINBURGH · LIBERTON
Award-Winning Painters and Decorators in Liberton
South-Edinburgh family residential along Liberton Brae and Kirk Brae, mid-century detached homes off Mortonhall Road, Captain's Road family-housing belt. Borthwick has worked Liberton for decades — family-home decoration, period-correct paint specification.
4.9 / 5average rating
175+verified reviews
1959est. — 65 years of craft
£10 millionpublic liability cover
Welcome to Borthwick Decorators Liberton
Borthwick Decorators works on family residential, Victorian villas and mid-century detached homes across Liberton EH16 and EH17. Six decades of Edinburgh experience. 175+ verified reviews at 4.9/5 rating.
South-Edinburgh family belt.
Liberton sits on the south-eastern edge of Edinburgh — the Victorian villa expansion along Liberton Brae and Kirk Brae, with the mid-century family-housing expansion around Mortonhall Road and Captain’s Road, and the Royal Infirmary edge to the east. Property stock spans Victorian villas around the historic Liberton Kirk, mid-century detached and semi-detached family homes, and modern family residential.
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 LIBERTON
Our painting and decorating services in Liberton
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 Liberton
ABOUT LIBERTON
South-Edinburgh family-residential character.
Liberton has an old village core anchored by the historic Liberton Kirk (one of Edinburgh’s oldest parish churches) with the family-residential expansion that built out the south-eastern Edinburgh belt from the late nineteenth century onward. Property stock spans Victorian villas in the historic core, mid-century detached homes, and modern family residential.
What that involves in practice: period-correct paint specification for the Victorian stock, family-home decoration discipline for the post-war and modern residential, and the operational care appropriate to family homes.
EDINBURGH CLIENT FEEDBACK
A small sample from our Edinburgh portfolio.
Excellent work. Clean tidy and very satisfied with the preparation and painting.
Borthwick were fantastically responsive, due to my time constraints with pandemic travel - being in the UK only for a couple of months - they turned around a quote for water damage repair in two rooms, room painting and bay window painting in a short time frame.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Working with us in Liberton.
Do you take on listed and Conservation Area work in Liberton?
Yes. Parts of Liberton 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 EH16, EH17. Strongest concentration of recent work on Liberton Brae, Kirk Brae and Liberton Drive.
How do you handle occupied family homes?
Most Liberton 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 Liberton 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