Notes from the restoration
Notes from the hills: the houses we restore, the places we love and the people who stay with us. New entries arrive when there is something worth telling.
“My word, this is stunning. Ten times more than I was expecting. Totally outdone yourselves!”
Scott, Sundial guest“The accommodation honestly looks straight out of a magazine, we are so impressed.”
Ashley & Stuart, Solasta Creative, photographers
Every house needs one thing people talk about on the way home. At Sundial it is the copper bath, set where you can lie back and look out at the Perthshire hills.
We built the whole house around slowing down, and this is where it starts.
Sundial is a listed village building, and we treated it like one. Lime mortar where lime mortar belongs, the original sash windows kept, and every tap, tile and paint colour chosen by hand.
The aim was a house that feels as if it has always been this way.
Coffee and pastries from Ems & Co in Crieff, dinner at Delivino, and a walk to the Devil's Cauldron waterfall at Comrie. Gleneagles is ten minutes away if you want a little grandeur.
Our full list of favourites is on the Sundial page.
Before a single tool was lifted at Daisy Bank, we commissioned a heritage statement. It confirmed what we suspected: the cottage and its adjoining wee house are the best surviving intact example of a pairing that once filled Braemar's gardens.
The stained glass fanlight, the bell pushes, the cast iron tub from the Falkirk Ironworks. All staying exactly where they are.
Two buildings, two villages, one idea: that old places deserve to be restored properly, by people who care about the details, and then shared.
The Tinto Collective is small and intends to grow slowly. This notebook is where you can watch it happen.
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