Venetian Plaster, Birmingham
The oldest and simplest of them. Colour that soaks into the wall instead of sitting on it as a film.
Limewash is slaked lime, water and pigment, brushed on thin and soaking into the surface. It gives a soft, cloudy depth that changes with the light and cannot be reproduced by emulsion, because emulsion sits on top as a plastic film and limewash becomes part of the wall.
The lime paint we use is supplied by Zavoré and machine-tinted to the agreed colour before dispatch, so every tub on a job matches.
On old buildings it is often the most appropriate thing you can do and the least expensive. Solid walls, lime plaster, stone, brick and cob all take it, and all of them need to breathe. It is also the easiest finish to refresh: another coat in five years rather than stripping anything back.
Several thin coats, brushed and allowed to carbonate between them. The colour looks alarmingly pale when wet and settles as it dries, which is why we always leave a sample patch on the actual wall rather than asking you to judge it from a card.
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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