Do you do Venetian plastering in Bournemouth?

Yes. Our studio is in Birmingham and we work across the UK, Bournemouth included. The travel is itemised in the written quotation, so there is nothing to discover later.

What does a project in Bournemouth start with?

A sample panel in your exact finish, colour and sheen, made for your wall and left with you to live with. Nothing proceeds until you have signed it off.

Yes. Preparation, materials, labour, protection and travel are itemised in writing before we begin, and the number does not move once it is agreed.

Which finishes can I have in Bournemouth?

All of them. We bring the same range to Bournemouth that we use anywhere: polished plaster, Marmorino, microcement, Tadelakt, limewash, liquid metal and marble effect. The choice is made from the sample boards, not from a catalogue.

How long does the finish last?

Lime carries on carbonating for years, so the surface hardens as it ages rather than degrading. It does not chip, peel or date the way paint does.

Venetian Plaster Bournemouth | Microcement & Polished Plaster

02 Why Finest Plastering

Five things about us

IWe do this and nothing else

No skimming, no general plastering, no subcontracting. Every wall is applied and burnished by hand by people who do it every day.

IIGenuine Italian lime

Supplied by Zavorè, who import it from Italy. We know exactly what is in the tub, and we would not use anything else.

IIISpecified by architects

We have worked on a Grade II* listed building, which is the highest listing grade there is.

IVThree bespoke samples

Made for your wall before you commit to anything. You choose the finish in your hand, not from a photograph.

VA fixed written price

Once it is signed, it does not move.

Ask for your three samplesMade for your wall, free

03 Proof

Walls we have finished

Our own work, photographed on site, not stock images.

Lime finish to a listed-building specification

Heritage, hotel conversion

Donington Hall

A Grade II* hall made into a hotel for MotorSport Vision, finished in lime to the specification a listed building demands.

See the case study

Media wall in dark marble effect with gold veining

Dark marble effect with hand-drawn gold veining

Residential, media wall

A marble wall with no marble in it

Full-height dark marble effect, gold veins drawn one at a time so no two repeat. Plaster, not stone.

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Nightclub feature wall in black and bronze textured plaster

Black and bronze textured plaster, close detail

Hospitality, nightclub walls and pillars

Black and bronze, worked by hand

Nightclub walls and pillars in textured black and bronze, matched by hand so nothing shows where one ends and the next begins.

See the full set

See the full gallery

04 The process

The order things happen in

Five stages, in writing, before we start. Nothing happens that you were not told about.

Day one

A call or a visit

We find out what the wall is made of and what the room has to cope with, and tell you which finish will suit it before we quote.

Week one

Your sample

A panel on your own wall, in the real finish and colour. It stays with you until you have decided. Nothing is agreed before that.

Week two

Itemised price

Preparation to protection, every part on its own line, in writing. Once signed, it is the number.

On site

The work

Floors and joinery covered, dust controlled, coats built up and burnished to the sample. Cleaned down at the end of every day.

Handover

Yours

Snags walked, aftercare explained, and a surface that improves with age. We stay reachable.

Book a free online consultationOnline, free, with a sample panel

05 The finishes

Six finishes, chosen in your hand

Polished plaster

Lime putty and marble dust taken to a high shine with the trowel. The classic Venetian finish, and the least forgiving of a poor wall beneath it.

Marmorino

Grittier marble in the mix, finished flat or with a low sheen. The most forgiving of the six and the one most rooms end up in.

Microcement

A thin cement-based coat with no joints. Over tiles, on floors, in showers. Modern and matt.

Tadelakt

Lime compressed with a stone and sealed with soap, the way Morocco has done it for centuries. Seamless, water-resistant, made for showers.

Limewash

A brushed lime paint rather than a trowelled plaster. Soft, cloudy and matt. The calmest finish we do.

Liquid metal

Metal particles in a binder, applied like plaster and ageing like metal. Bronze, brass, copper, iron.

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06 Bournemouth

Finest Plastering in Bournemouth

We work across Bournemouth and Poole, which are two things side by side: Victorian and Edwardian villas in Westbourne, Boscombe and Branksome Park, and the contemporary glass houses of Sandbanks, Canford Cliffs and Lilliput, where the budgets are high and the briefs are modern. It is also a hotel town, with seafront hotels that refit on a cycle.

In the villas we work in lime. In the contemporary houses the brief is polished plaster and microcement, often across large open-plan spaces with a sea view the wall has to compete with. Coastal air is harder on finishes than inland, and we specify the sealer for the room's exposure rather than using the same one everywhere.

Everything about how we work — the samples, the fixed price, the six finishes — is on our main Venetian plastering page. This page is about Bournemouth.

Westbourne Talbot Woods Canford Cliffs Sandbanks Southbourne Poole Christchurch Branksome

We cover the whole of Bournemouth and the towns around it. If your address is not listed, ask anyway.

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07 Questions

Common questions

Are you local to Bournemouth?

Yes. We work across Bournemouth, from Westbourne out to Christchurch and Branksome, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.

Does coastal air affect the finish in Bournemouth or Sandbanks?

It is harder on walls than inland air. A sealed polished plaster or a properly sealed microcement copes with it better than paint does, and a lime finish in one of the Westbourne villas copes better than most things. We specify the sealer for the room's exposure.

How does a job begin?

With a sample board, made in your finish and colour and left on your wall for a few days. You sign that off before anything else happens, or we make another one.

Will the price change?

No. It is itemised in writing before we start, preparation through to protection, and once it is signed that is the number.

How long will you be on site?

Three to five days for one feature wall, because lime has to cure between coats. A whole room or a bar is planned as a block with the dates agreed in writing.

Does it last?

It gets harder with age. Lime carbonates for years after it goes on, so the wall is tougher at ten years than at one, and it does not chip or peel like paint.

Do you work in bars and restaurants?

Yes, and usually overnight. Bar fronts, feature walls, hotel receptions and dining rooms, protected, worked and handed back before service.

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