Faux finishes from our portfolio
Trafford Centre marbling and stone effects, plus related commercial and residential work. Each photo opens the matching case study.
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
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
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
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.
Marbling and stone effects at the Trafford Centre
The Trafford Centre Great Hall needed marble and stone effects at commercial scale: staircases, columns and balustrades that read as stone under retail lighting and stand up to public use.
Related work on the same programme includes grey granite faux columns and red China marble effects, documented in the Trafford Centre case study.
Listed buildings and civic interiors
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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