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THE KILN STUDIOS

26th August 2014

I’ve said it before (possibly too many times) and I’ll doubtless say it again, but nothing appeals to me more than a compact house or flat that’s been cleverly designed. If you live in the city centre as I do, then making the most of a tight floor-plan is often the norm. And, too often, smaller properties just have wasted space, whether that’s poorly thought out storage or dead circulation space. So whenever I find a house or flat that answers this, well, I sit up and take notice. Continue Reading…

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DID SOMEONE SAY MOODBOARD?

22nd August 2014

Most of us use various forms of social networking and content sharing platforms. Personally, Pinterest, Steller, Instagram, Tumblr and Twitter are my Big Five. I have two Tumblr blogs including Copperline, one chunky Pinterest account (12,000+ pins and counting…), three Instagram accounts (if you include The World According to Harris, which technically is my dachshund’s account…) and two Twitter accounts (again, Harris holds responsibility for one of those). That’s a whole lot of content sharing. And that’s not even counting Facebook. Need I say more. Continue Reading…

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MEADOWBANK COTTAGE

4th August 2014

I’ve been thinking about starting a new series of posts called Exterior Goodness, and this idea came to mind because of this property. Over the years I’ve interviewed people who’ve explained how they’ve turned up to view a house and been sold from the driveway, or when standing outside the front door. What the interior looked like was almost secondary. Continue Reading…

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ALBERT TERRACE

4th June 2014

In my previous post about The Workshop in London’s Camden area, I mentioned not judging a book by its cover and how the same can also be true of properties, and this former coach house at 15A Albert Terrace in Edinburgh is another prime example of this. Although the exterior-versus-interior contrast isn’t quite as dramatic as in The Workshop, if you arrive outside number 15A expecting a quaint mews style house full of character and charm, well, you’re in for a surprise. Continue Reading…

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RATHO COTTAGE

16th May 2014

Do you ever look at a property online, scanning through the photos, admiring the interior, examining the floor plans, and then spot the price and think, what? And I mean this in a good way as sometimes – and this has happened to me a few times recently – you’ll over-estimate an asking price only to be pleasantly surprised. Continue Reading…

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BEDFORD TERRACE

14th May 2014

Over the years, I’ve seen some very interesting houses in Portobello. The historic Rock Cottage, situated on the eastern fringes of Joppa, was an early favourite. Originally a salt factory dating back to 1590, the house had been renovated by a couple of architects when I visited back in 2006, and its original rustic period character was blended with open plan living spaces and a garden designed by Diarmuid Gavin. Continue Reading…

ABOUT ME

Hello and welcome to Copperline. My name is Fiona Reid and this is my blog about coastal living in Scotland.

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