Case study
Period Cottage, Surrey
Soft, candlelit and deliberately hand-hung: eaves, porch and a climbing rose framed without a single fixing taking load on the plant.
- Property
- Period cottage
- Area
- Surrey
- Wall type
- Old timber, soft mortar
- Palette
- Warm white, set low
Schemes like this run £1,500–£1,800 for the season
The brief
A period cottage in Surrey with a low roofline, deep eaves, a climbing rose across the front and beams that are older than most of the county's housing stock. The owners wanted the storybook version — warm, soft, slightly imperfect.
What we installed
- Warm white following the eaves, deliberately loose so the line reads as hand-hung rather than machined
- The porch and rose framed together, with the planting picked out rather than covered
- A wreath on the door and a garland along the low front wall
- Lower brightness than we would use on a townhouse: cottages want candlelight, not floodlight
The constraint
The fabric. Old timber, soft mortar and a live climbing plant mean no staples, no nails, and no tension anywhere near the rose. Everything is clipped or tied, and the plant carries no load at all.
The result
The warmest-looking install in the library, and the one that best shows why brightness is a design decision rather than a maximum to be reached.
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Tell us about the property
A few photos is all it takes. We'll come back with a scheme and a fixed seasonal price.
