Do you do Venetian plastering in Bristol?

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

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 Bristol?

All of them. We bring the same range to Bristol 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.

Microcement Bristol | Venetian Plaster & Polished Plaster

Q: 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.

02 Why Finest Plastering

What you get with us

IOne trade, done properly

We do not skim, we do not take general plastering, and we do not pass work on. Decorative lime, applied by hand, is all we do.

IILime from Italy, nothing else

It comes through Zavorè, who import it. We know what is in it because we have asked, and we have never found a reason to change.

IIIOn architects' specifications

Including a Grade II* listed building, which is as high as listing goes.

IVThree boards for your wall

Made before you commit to anything, so the decision is made with the finish in your hand.

VA fixed price, written down

Agreed before we start. Signed means settled.

Ask for your three samplesMade for your wall, before anything is agreed

03 Proof

Proof, not promises

Three of our own projects, as they were handed over.

Lime finish to a listed-building specification

Heritage, hotel conversion

Donington Hall

Grade II* listed and converted into a hotel for MotorSport Vision. Lime throughout, applied to the listed-building specification.

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

A media wall in dark marble effect with hand-drawn gold veining. It turns the corner and runs behind the shelving without a seam.

View this project

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

Black and bronze plaster on the walls and pillars of a nightclub that was trading the next night.

See the full set

See the full gallery

04 The process

How a job runs

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 consultationSample panel included

05 The finishes

Six finishes, and how to tell them apart

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 Bristol

Finest Plastering in Bristol

We work across Bristol, and it is one of the cities where decorative plaster is already understood and asked for by name. Georgian Clifton, with its crescents and terraces of painted stucco; Victorian Redland and Cotham; the warehouses and new apartments along the Harbourside; and an independent restaurant and bar scene around Stokes Croft, Gloucester Road and Wapping Wharf that fits out often and well.

In Clifton and Redland we work in lime, and polished plaster or Marmorino in a Georgian room there looks as if it was always meant to be. The Harbourside apartments are modern and flat, where microcement and polished plaster go on cleanly. The independents want a bar front or feature wall that gets photographed, which usually means Marmorino or liquid metal.

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

Clifton Redland Montpelier Bishopston Cotham Harbourside Long Ashton Southville

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

Get a fixed written priceItemised, and it does not move

07 Questions

The questions people ask first

Are you local to Bristol?

Yes. We work across Bristol, from Clifton out to Long Ashton and Southville, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.

Is a lime finish right for a Clifton or Redland house?

Yes. Clifton's Georgian terraces are lime through and through, and polished plaster or Marmorino there is both the right material and the finish the rooms were built for. In the Harbourside apartments it matters less and microcement is often the better choice.

What does a project 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.

Is the price fixed?

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

How long does a job take?

A single feature wall is usually three to five days on site, because the coats have to cure between applications. A whole room or a bar front is planned as a block and the dates are fixed in writing before we start.

How long does the finish last?

Lime carries on hardening for years, so the surface gets tougher with age rather than tired. It does not chip, peel or date the way paint does.

Do you do bars and commercial work?

Yes. Bar fronts, feature walls, hotel receptions and restaurant dining rooms, worked overnight or around service so the room is trading again by the next day.

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