Expert Architects in Edinburgh

Jefcoate Anderson Architects have recently completed the remodelling and renovation of a 2-bedroom, mid-century cottage in the leafy Merchiston and Greenhill Conservation Area, Edinburgh. Our brief was to remodel the house, creating new spaces that would provide a bright and welcoming environment for our recently retired clients to pursue their passions for music, painting, books, and entertaining. The remodelled house is entered via a new double-height entrance hall and dining area. Oak panels, back-lit with LED lights, line the lower walls, designed to allow for artwork hanging, whilst extensive oak shelving provides generous amounts of display space for the array of items our client has collected over the years. We love how these bring exuberant eclecticism to the interior and celebrate our client’s passions and experiences. A bespoke oak staircase leads up to the first-floor feature landing comprising a window seat and a large picture window framing the mature trees beyond. Built-in oak bookshelves line the walls on either side. The landing leads onto a master bedroom and to the client’s art studio with walls, floor and ceilings finished with OSB board. Our client succinctly summarised the project process in the following words; ‘In the beginning, we were asked what we wanted – we said a house of “glass and wood”, which is what we now have: a beautiful house, full of light, which sits happily in the leafy space that surrounds it.’...