A warm plaster finish for a quiet entrance hall.
Polished plaster walls, applied in tonal layers, through the entrance hall and the rise of the stairwell. Calm, warm, and unmistakably hand-finished.
The brief was a hallway that felt softer than paint but quieter than a feature material. Polished plaster sat in the right place. We built it up over four layers, each one trowelled at a slightly different angle so the surface keeps a sense of movement once it catches the light.
- Entrance hall
- Stairwell
- Polished plaster
- Burnished finish
What was done.
The stair rise was the slowest part. Plaster on a sloped wall settles differently to a flat one and the joins between the two have to be feathered carefully so the eye reads them as continuous.
How it was made.
The final burnish is what turns a plaster wall into a polished plaster wall. We worked across the surface in small sections with a steel trowel, slowly, until the wall began to reflect light rather than absorb it.
How it feels now.
The hall is now quietly the calmest room in the house. Mid-morning the wall sits flat and warm, and by late afternoon it has a soft glow that paint can not really do.
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