Venetian Plaster, Birmingham
The look of poured concrete on a wall that could never carry it. Cool, flat, quietly industrial.
Concrete effect is built with either a lime or a cement-based system depending on the room, worked to leave the tonal variation, pour lines and occasional blemish that make real concrete look like concrete. The mistake most people make is going too even. Actual concrete is patchy, and a wall that is perfectly uniform reads as grey paint.
Apartment interiors, warehouse and mill conversions, bathrooms, kitchens, commercial receptions, and any room where the joinery is doing enough work already. It sits well against timber, brass and exposed brick. In a wet area we build it in microcement so it can be sealed properly.
Base coats, then the finish worked in passes with deliberate variation, and sealed to suit the room. The tonal range is agreed on a sample panel first, because the difference between convincing and flat is a decision made before we start rather than an accident of application.
Our own projects, photographed on site. Not every photograph on this page is this finish — the gallery is grouped by project and says which is which.
Our studio is in Birmingham. These are the cities we are asked for this in most often, and each has its own page.
A photograph and a rough size is enough to begin. You will have next steps within one working day, and a sample panel made in your finish before anything is agreed.
Send us a photograph of the wall and a rough size. We will tell you what it needs and roughly what it costs.
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