Limewash
Limewash is a mineral finish that sits in the wall rather than on top of it. The colour moves as the light does, so a wall reads differently at nine in the morning than it does at six in the evening, and no two square metres are identical. It breathes, it resists mould without chemicals, and it ages rather than peels.
Rooms we’ve finished
That bedroom took four days across two coats, working around a joiner who was still fitting the headboard panels. Most of our work happens like that, on live sites with other trades in the room, so we plan around them rather than asking everyone to leave. Walls, ceilings, and the awkward returns above door frames that everyone forgets to price.
Ceilings and larger spaces
Ceilings are where limewash either works or falls apart, because cove lighting throws light sideways across the surface and shows every hesitation. Coffers, recesses, deep cornices, curved returns. We work slowly on these and we don’t cut the number of coats to hit a date.
Painting and decorating
Not every job needs a specialist finish. We take on interior and exterior painting, preparation, filling, woodwork and masonry, to the same standard as the limewash because the same hands are doing it. Sometimes normal emulsion is the better answer and we’ll say so.
Working with designers
Most of our work comes through interior designers and we’re used to how that runs. Sample boards before commitment, colour matched to the scheme rather than to a chart, and site visits when the spec is still being decided. We turn up when we say and we clean up after ourselves, which shouldn’t be a selling point but apparently is.
How we work
A wall gets prepared, sealed, then two coats brushed on in a cross pattern, left to carbonate between coats. Timescale depends on the surface and the room, and we’ll tell you the honest number rather than the one that wins the job. Quotes are fixed, not day rates.
