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Victorian boat house This Victorian boat house sits on the edge of a lake in East Lothian, surrounded by woodland and wildlife.  The structure was redesigned by architects WT Architecture and painstakingly rebuilt and remodelled by building contractor PJM Contracts.  The end result is a stunning,...

Victorian boat house This Victorian boat house sits on the edge of a lake in East Lothian, surrounded by woodland and wildlife.  The structure was redesigned by architects WT Architecture and painstakingly rebuilt and remodelled by building contractor PJM Contracts.  The end result is a stunning,...

A generous garden space This was a lovely project to work on in the Blackhall area of Edinburgh over lockdown.  The space enjoyed the borrowed landscape of mature tall trees to the rear.  Happily, for a modern house the garden was a really decent size.  In...

Arts and Crafts house and garden I love designing gardens around Arts and Crafts houses.  Introducing beautiful, sometimes quirky features and placing the emphasis on highly skilled craftsmanship is what this design movement was all about.  The owners of this amazing house in Central Scotland fully...

Garden lighting design I've worked for a number of years with lighting designer and installer Mark Dunion from MGD Electrical.  He has introduced me to a number of different lighting effects and has guided me on where and when to use them.  With this East Kilbride...

Arts and Crafts House This stunning Arts and Crafts house is set in many acres of gardens and woodland.  The clients had just begun refurbishing the interior of the house when I first visited and were keen to include the gardens in the overall design project....