Craig & Rose

Craig & Rose is one of the UK’s oldest premium paint companies well known for authentic period colours, handpicked from historical archives and faithfully reproduced using the finest raw materials. Now Ganter has completed the first Craig & Rose showroom in London with workshop space. The store features a wall of colour, where budding decorators and interior designers can see how the colours would look in real life. For expert advice on design projects, the store offers a colour consultancy service and hands-on workshops.

As it was the first standalone store for the brand, the client appointed Ganter to assist from the initial technical concept development stage to the opening: Ganter was involved from the very beginning and helped to select the local architects. The project was a full “turnkey” project: As general contractor, Ganter UK was liable to transform the two levels of an old laundry into a proper showroom according to the conceptual design of E 2 architects. In only 6 weeks on site the 150 m² space had been completely stripped out and renovated in close coordination with the client and the architects. We consider it a success of our work that we have been engaged to complete the second Craig & Rose store in Edinburgh.