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White Lorimer Casement window located abover the sink in the kitchen, with fixed bottom pane and top opener. Complete with internal white sills and surround.
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Making Your Home Work Harder (Without You Having To)

Remember when homes were just…homes? These days, our living spaces need to be so much more – your morning coffee spot, your workout space, your evening retreat. But here’s the thing: with come clever thinking, your home can handle it all beautifully. A Better Way to Live Gone are the days of balancing your laptop […]
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Scottish Apprenticeship Week: Made For Business

Apprenticeships are a great way to start your career as they provide the opportunity to learn while you earn. CR Smith offer a unique joinery apprenticeship in partnership with Fife College to help individuals develop their skills and knoweldge within the home improvement industry.
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A home improvement philosophy that puts value and well-being at the heart of a quality service

Knowing what to expect from a home improvements company or how to distinguish one from another is not always easy. That’s why we’ve developed our Perfect Fit philosophy.
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Blog, Doors, Offers & Finance, Windows

Ways to pay with CR Smith Finance

We want everyone to get the very best for their home and enjoy the unrivalled benefits of Lorimer home improvements. FInd out more about the key features of finance from CR Smith.

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Blog, Doors, Windows

The value of ‘green’ features to your home

Did you know that a property’s ‘green’ credentials are becoming as important as location, a big garden and broadband speed when buying and selling a home?
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Blog, Living Spaces

Designing your new home extension: Part 2

From choosing the right windows and lights to adding plants and greenery, find out how you can improve your well-being with these home improvements.
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Blog, Living Spaces

Designing your new home extension: Part 1

From choosing the right windows and lights to adding plants and greenery, find out how you can improve your well-being with these home improvements.
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Happy living: How home improvements can boost your well-being

From choosing the right windows and lights to adding plants and greenery, find out how you can improve your well-being with these home improvements.
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How to save more with energy efficiency (in numbers)

Want to save money on your energy bills? Check out these energy saving tips ranging from turning off the lights to improving your windows and doors.
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Blog, Windows

Choosing secondary glazing for warmth and energy savings

Improving the energy efficiency of our homes has never been more important. If you live in a listed building or period property with draughty windows, building regulations often prevent the installation of double glazing, which is why our bespoke secondary glazing is the ideal way to transform the comfort…
Bedroom with large window, venetian blinds and a roman blind
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Window dressing, by Malcolm Duffin

If you have just had new windows fitted, it is only natural that your thoughts will turn to curtains. Or it may be that with this year’s spring clean you want to give your windows a treat with new blinds or drapery.
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Time to open up your garden

Over the past two years, we have all begun to appreciate the value of our home and gardens. Our homes have become our sanctuaries and our gardens the place to escape to, relax in and enjoy the restorative powers of the outdoors.
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Stunning window and door designs handcrafted by CR Smith

Given a blank canvass, how would you design your front door? How do you create the perfect entrance: one that has gorgeous kerb appeal, a warm welcome and brightens up your hallway?

White casement bay window with royal oak sills and surrounds in a living room
Blog, Windows

What makes one window different from another?

What distinguishes good quality windows from the rest can often come down to the finer details and the choices customers have to style a window to suit their individual tastes and home.
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