Faux finishes and decorative paint effects

Marble, stone and timber effects for private homes, listed buildings and commercial interiors.

Heritage decorative techniques for period rooms and design-led spaces. Sample boards are agreed before full application so the finished effect reads naturally under your lighting.

Marbling and scumble glaze

White Carrara marble effect, hand-painted sample finish
White Carrara marble effect, hand-painted sample finish

Marble effects are painted on columns, panelling and joinery using traditional scumble and glaze techniques. Sample boards are agreed before full runs so veining and colour read naturally under your lighting.

We match Carrara, verde and decorative stone effects for period rooms and commercial features.

Wood graining

Wood graining on crosta panels
Wood graining on crosta panels

Graining recreates timber character on doors, panelling and architectural joinery where a real wood finish is impractical or historic schemes need to be extended.

Existing joinery is used as a reference so new work blends with the room.

Example finishes on panelling and columns

Faux marble and gilding on fluted columns in a private home
Faux marble and gilding on fluted columns in a private home

Fluted columns, dado panelling and decorative joinery are common in our residential work. Faux finishes are combined with gilding where original schemes used both stone effect and leaf.

Listed buildings and civic interiors

Grey granite faux finish on columns at the Trafford Centre
Grey granite faux finish on columns at the Trafford Centre

The same techniques serve listed homes and landmark public interiors, including bevelled faux granite at St Georges Hall Liverpool and large-scale marbling at the Trafford Centre.

Victorian mansion: gilding, marbling and stenciling

Decorative restoration in a private Cheshire home: faux marble columns, gold leaf, historic stenciling, staircase ornament and regilded mirror frames.

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