Craig and Rose, one of the oldest established paint makers in Scotland, has selected Stockbridge for its first dedicated showroom in Edinburgh. Located on Deanhaugh Street, the showroom is part of a store roll-out campaign which complements the recently opened Chiswick store in London.
The new Stockbridge showroom is less than two miles from the original Craig and Rose factory in Leith, where the company was founded in 1829 by two young Edinburgh entrepreneurs James Craig and Hugh Rose. Today Craig and Rose paints continue to be produced in a purpose-built factory in Scotland.
Craig and Rose won the tender to paint the iconic Forth Bridge in the 1880s and provided the paint for over 100 years. Many famous public buildings including the National Portrait Gallery, St Pauls Cathedral and Brighton Pavilion have chosen, and still choose Craig and Rose paints.
Famed for its highly pigmented Chalky Emulsion, Craig and Rose is known for its archive-accurate colours and an intensely matt finish that gives a real depth of colour with excellent opacity levels for great coverage.
Phil White, General Manager at Craig and Rose, said: “The opening our first showroom just had to be in our home town of Edinburgh, the home of Craig and Rose and the source of all of our 1829 paint range’s rich heritage.
We were founded in 1829 in Edinburgh so the warmth to the memory of Craig and Rose and our local heritage has been heartening. It has been an absolute pleasure to realise the much-anticipated vision of opening our dedicated paint showroom here and to have so much interest from members of the public during the build.
Producing quality paint finishes using the latest technology whilst incorporating traditional methods is at the heart of what we do and our new store will allow us the opportunity to showcase the collection to its fullest.
Our team in Stockbridge will be offering personalised expert advice and a bespoke colour consultancy service to customers browsing in our new showroom together, where our complete range of colours is on display to both sample and buy.”
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The Craig and Rose Stockbridge showroom features the full 1829 Vintage Colour Collection, a curated palette of 110 vintage colours from the Craig and Rose archive, and a wall of hundred of more mixable colours, where budding decorators and interior designers can see how the colours would look in situ and select samples. The Artisan Effects Range is also on display, featuring the unique Copper Patina and Rust Effect paints and the on-trend Concrete Effect paint and Glitter Glazes.
13 Deanhaugh Street EH4 1LU
edinburgh@craigandrose.com
t. + 44 (0)131 357 5798
