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Everyone notices the walls first

Genuine Italian lime, applied by hand and polished with the trowel. Specified by architects. Trusted on commercial and heritage work.

02 Why Finest Plastering

The reasons people pick us

ISpecialists, not generalists

Decorative lime is the whole business. Nothing is skimmed, nothing is subcontracted, and the people on your wall do this and only this.

IIReal Italian lime

Imported from Italy by Zavorè. The tub says what is in it, and so can we.

IIIArchitects put us on the drawings

Our work includes a Grade II* listed building, the highest grade of listing in the country.

IVSamples before signatures

Three boards, made for your wall, in your colour. Nothing is agreed until you have held them.

VOne price, in writing

Itemised, agreed, and then left alone. It does not move after it is signed.

Ask for your three samplesYours to keep, before you commit
03 Proof

See it before you choose it

Our projects, photographed on the day they were finished.

Lime finish to a listed-building specification Lime plaster, close detail
Heritage, hotel conversion

Donington Hall

Donington Hall: Grade II* listed, now a hotel for MotorSport Vision, with every lime finish to the conservation brief.

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 dark marble media wall with gold veining, drawn by hand and polished in place. No joints anywhere.

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

A nightclub in black and bronze textured plaster, walls and pillars worked by hand to one continuous surface.

04 The process

What happens, and when

The same shape on every job, so there are no surprises in the middle of it.

Day one

First call

We talk, or we visit. The substrate and the use of the room decide the system, and we tell you which one before anything is priced.

Week one

The sample

A real panel in the real finish, made for your wall and left with you. You sign it off, or we make another.

Week two

A written price

Every part of the job on its own line, preparation to protection. No allowances, no extras, no movement once it is agreed.

On site

On the wall

Protection down before a tub is opened. Dust controlled. Each coat built and burnished to the sample. Clean-down at the end of every day.

Handover

Finished

We walk it with you, leave you the aftercare, and stay on the end of the phone. The wall carries on improving for years.

Book a free online consultationFree consultation, sample included
05 The finishes

Six systems. One of them is right for your wall

Polished plaster

Marble dust in aged lime, burnished until it shines like stone. The finish most people mean by Venetian plaster.

Marmorino

Coarser marble in the mix, finished matt or with a low sheen. Forgiving on a long wall and better with age.

Microcement

Thin, seamless and sealed. Over tiles, on floors, in wet rooms. The modern one.

Tadelakt

Moroccan lime, polished with a stone and sealed with soap. One continuous surface, which is why it suits showers.

Limewash

Brushed lime, chalky and cloudy, with almost no sheen. The softest of the six.

Liquid metal

Real metal in a plaster binder. It tarnishes and patinates the way metal does. Bronze, brass, copper, iron.

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06 Sheffield

Finest Plastering in Sheffield

We work across Sheffield, up on the hills in Nether Edge, Ranmoor, Broomhill and Dore, where the large Victorian stone villas and tall rooms are, and down in Kelham Island and the Cultural Industries Quarter, where the old cutlery works have become apartments, bars and studios. The Peak District starts at the city's edge, with stone cottages and farmhouse conversions in every direction.

In the Nether Edge and Ranmoor villas we work in lime. Kelham Island is brick, steel and modern board, where polished plaster and microcement sit well against the industrial fabric. In the Peak cottages, limewash and a soft Marmorino are the honest choice.

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

Nether Edge Ecclesall Fulwood Dore Broomhill Kelham Island Hillsborough Totley

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

Get a fixed written priceFixed before the first coat
07 Questions

Before you ask

Are you local to Sheffield?
Yes. We work across Sheffield, from Nether Edge out to Hillsborough and Totley, and a job here is planned as a single visit rather than stretched across weeks.
What suits a Victorian villa in Nether Edge or Ranmoor?
A lime finish. Those houses are lime beneath, and polished plaster or Marmorino in one of their tall rooms is both the correct material and the one the room was built for. Kelham Island is a different answer: modern board, where microcement and polished plaster are easy.
What is the first step?
A panel on your wall in the real finish and colour. You live with it, then you sign it off. Nothing is ordered or priced until you have.
Is the quotation fixed?
Yes. Every part of the job is on its own line in writing before we begin, and the total does not move once agreed.
How many days does it take?
One feature wall is normally three to five days, with curing time between coats. Larger work is planned as a single block and the programme is written down first.
How long does lime plaster last?
Decades. It keeps hardening as it ages rather than wearing out, and it does not chip, peel or date the way paint does.
Do you take commercial work?
Yes. Hotels, bars, restaurants and offices, usually worked around trading hours so the room is back in use the next day.
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