Lime & Venetian plastering — Hemel Hempstead
A wall you
want to touch.
Hand-troweled lime plaster, burnished until it holds the light. Slow work, for rooms that deserve quiet.
Lime plaster is the oldest finish we still trust. Slaked, troweled thin and burnished by hand until it holds the light the way river stone does. Nothing painted on. Nothing hurried.
Three finishes
Each wall
decides.
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from £68 / m²
Marmorino
Crushed marble in slaked lime, laid in five thin coats and burnished to a soft, deep sheen. The classic Venetian finish for hallways, living rooms and chimney breasts.
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from £120 / m²
Tadelakt
Waterproof lime, polished with a river stone and sealed with olive-oil soap. Shower walls, basins and bath surrounds without a single tile line.
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03
from £42 / m²
Lime wash & polished plaster
Breathable, mineral colour for older houses, and a tighter gloss-burnished plaster for rooms that want a mirror-calm wall.
By eye, by hand
No two sweeps of the trowel are alike. That is why a lime wall looks different at nine in the morning and at six in the evening.
The method
Five thin coats.
One calm wall.
- i
Prepare
We read the wall first: damp, movement, old paint. A sound base is most of the job.
- ii
Base
A breathable lime base coat, flattened and left to cure for as long as it needs.
- iii
Colour
Two to three coats of tinted lime, each laid in short, overlapping sweeps of the trowel.
- iv
Burnish
Pressed hard with a clean steel trowel until the surface closes and starts to glow.
- v
Seal
Natural wax, buffed by hand. The wall is ready to touch in a day.
We kept running our hands along the hallway for a week. Visitors do the same without being asked.
Enquire
Tell us
about the wall.
We visit, we touch the surface, then we quote a fixed price. No rush, no pressure.
01632 960412
hello@hushlime.example
Hemel Hempstead, St Albans, Berkhamsted, Harpenden