Meet the Engineer behind Rose & Stone Staging

Most people don't expect a Complex Systems Engineer to end up styling living rooms. Honestly? It makes more sense than you'd think.

I've always been drawn to design - the way a room is laid out; why one space feels effortless and another feels wrong; what makes somewhere feel like home rather than just a house.

Long before Rose & Stone existed, I was the person rearranging furniture for fun and not-so-secretly judging show homes.

By day, I'm a Complex Systems Engineer - solving genuinely complicated problems, the kind with flowcharts, constraints, and more acronyms than anyone needs.

It turns out that mindset translates surprisingly well into design: the same instinct for spotting what's not working, and the patience to actually fix it rather than just decorate over it.

It properly clicked during my own house-hunting journey. Viewing after viewing, I noticed the same thing: empty rooms that buyers - myself included - scrolled straight past. Not because the properties were bad, but because nobody had answered the obvious questions. What's this room for? Would my furniture even fit? What would it feel like to actually live here?

So when I walk into a room now, I don't just see furniture. I see a list of unanswered questions - and I get genuinely excited about solving them.

That's Rose & Stone, really. Two things I love - design and problem-solving - finally given a creative outlet.

I'm based in Fife, building this one property (and one slightly too-enthusiastic spreadsheet) at a time, with plans to bring engineer-led staging across Scotland.

Engineer. Designer. Problem Solver.