Lime Plaster Walls in Vancouver: Skip-Trowel and Layered Lime-And-Marble

Lime plaster is put on by hand with a trowel. The number of coats, and how the last one is finished, set the look of the wall.

We apply two kinds. One is soft and irregular. The other is layered and polished.

Skip-trowel lime plaster

A skip-trowel finish is old-world plaster applied entirely by hand. It leaves irregular movement and soft variation. The wall looks as though it has always been there.

We use Novacolor Marmur Medio. The card below shows 40 of its 111 colours.

Layered lime-and-marble plaster

This finish is lime and finely ground marble. It goes on in three coats. The last coat is compressed under the trowel and polished to a high sheen.

We use MEODED Stucco Lamundo. The card below shows 40 of its 88 colours.

See the work

Marmorino is a lime plaster too. The fireplace below is finished in Novacolor Marmorino KS. The client wanted a polished concrete slab look that would sit with the stone, cedar and brass in the rest of the home. Beside it, Stucco Lamundo goes on coat by coat.

Which one suits your room

Skip-trowel gives irregular movement and soft variation. The layered plaster ends in a high polished sheen. Your walkthrough is where we look at the room and its light together.

Try either one on a photo of your room in the colour visualizer. Then a sample board in your own light confirms the colour and sheen.

Planning your project

Every project starts with a walkthrough. Specialty finishes are priced on a time and materials basis. Book any season. Plaster applications need stable indoor temperatures.

Compare every finish on our decorative finishes page, read about Venetian plaster and Marmorino, or tell us about your project.