How to use grey Venetian plaster throughout home, the right way
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, in a cave or in a land far away, you may have noticed the last 5 or so years have been dominated by many shades of grey within the world of home decoration and interior styling.
It’s served its purpose and given many a stylish backdrop for photos, video, and just to appease the desire for nice things.
Having been on the delivery end of painting, palette and producing works of art with all types of grey materials, we felt it may be useful to share some of this knowledge for those of you who are still inclined to go for the grey.
As with any interior design or decoration, it comes down to your own tastes and personality as to which colours or shades you may decide to go for.
With such shade variance available and the option to tint to suit, your options for bringing grey into Venetian plaster can cater for most people.
So how do we do it?!
Simple, really, first, you must decide which areas, rooms or details you’d like to introduce the Venetian plaster to.
Being a premium product, you may need to keep a watchful eye on the stack of fun coupons you’ve allocated for the works, as large areas or intricate designs can soon see the costs creeping up.
However, the flipside to this is that most installers, ourselves included, will usually have a minimum charge to justify the time travelling and repeated visits to the project.
These are not products you can rush or force to do things, so you are somewhat limited in speed and progress by the nature of the materials.
Using grey with Venetian polished plaster
This finish is well-suited to the colour and really adds a level of depth and elegance that a painted wall cannot achieve.
It can be supplied in lighter shades for a subtle effect or bolder shades for a more noticeable installation, as with all of our work, we settle on a shade in advance once it has been viewed on a sample board.
Sumptuous and elegant, the polished plaster will always look incredible when installed correctly with mesmerising patterning woven into its very fabric.
Grey Venetian polished plaster can be used as a standalone product which, is eye catching enough for most, textured lightly or with a completely flat and smooth appearance.
Use it on its own or add some metallic wax into the mix for a subtle shimmer, these can be chosen from all the usual metallic favourites (gold, silver, copper, bronze)
Your polished plaster will appear very different depending on the type of light hitting the surface, and the sheen level controlled during the finishing stages.
Polished plaster has been and will continue to be the choice for those wanting an instant wow factor on their feature walls.
In a commercial setting such as this Grey Venetian plaster wall in a barber shop,
Using grey with textured Venetian plaster
Adding heavy texture or layers of depth to your designs can be very desirable in the right setting.
Giving you a more rustic, raw, organic or natural feel.
When using grey Venetian plaster for the wall or surface, this can really add to the effects, even more so if you decide to include a metallic wax or additive.
Doing so can make the art piece pop in ways that a flat finish can only dream of.
You’ll also find that the larger grain plasters can be built up for higher levels of definition and whilst it may take several layers to achieve, the starting layers could be created with a smoother or more compressed style.
The result will be a more captivating installation.
Combine with a liquid metal or other contrasting colours to really stand out, and it also lends itself nicely to the world of stencils.
The type of texture you opt for will steer the decision on which material to use; some of the products will hold their body a lot better than others.
Rustic Venetian plaster using grey colour
This finish will work well in areas where you want the appearance to look traditional, rustic or limewashed.
Textured plasters are particularly effective when colour washing and ageing techniques have been implemented.
You may decide to use this across several walls or areas and tie it in with the overall theme for the space, which needs to be considered with the paints you plan to use elsewhere.
Also, worth mentioning is that when using a textured plaster, what is the likelihood of the wall or surface being continually touched? Having an installation within an area of high foot traffic can lead to its changing appearance over time from repeated hand rubbing or leaning against.
Grey Concrete Venetian plaster
It’s a bit of a current fan favourite and will undoubtedly continue to be popular for those with a penchant for industrial-inspired design.
Concrete Venetian plaster can be supplied in a variety of grey shades. custom tinted or with more ageing and patina effects applied.
Using this style of Venetian plaster can give your space a colder, harder-wearing or edgy feel when used in the right context.
These types of finishes can be achieved using the larger grain marmorinos as well as specific concrete products, such as Archi + concrete by Novacolor.
You could opt to have a wall or surface coated in a more rugged and textured style or for a smoother, compressed and polished design.
Having the versatility available in this range of Venetian plasters means you can enjoy more than 50 shades of grey, in a variety of textures.
Each installation is tailored to your tastes, so the application of topcoats is where the design will really take shape, so between your ideas and the skills of the artist at work, which will hopefully be us 😊, you will end up with a surface as you’d dreamt.
Grey Venetian plaster blended with liquid metal
Using this powerful combination of textures and creativity can bring your feature walls to life in ways that a solo grey venetian plaster could only dream of.
Imagine seeing and feeling the cold, shiny metal infused with coarse textures, and the cementitious characteristics of concrete.
An architectural dream brought to life in a way that is unique to you, in your chosen shade/s of grey.
Choosing this range, you may decide to coat several areas such as walls, floors or ceilings, then dress the room accordingly with the introduction of colour pops against a stark background.
Of course, if you’d appreciate the Venetian to have a more aged look and feel to it for a more period property, this is also possible with some extra steps.
We’ve no doubt the concrete-themed designs will remain popular for the years ahead, given the way trends have evolved over recent years.
It’s worth pointing out at this stage that if you wanted to make use of Venetian plaster or concrete within your bathroom, then the better product range to use would actually be microcement.
You’ll still achieve the look and feel that you’re after with a seamless stone finish; it’s just that these products are more resilient and waterproof than traditional Venetian plasters.
They also come in a wide range of appealing grey shades.
All of the work we install is done so on a project-by-project basis, with the utmost care and craftsmanship.
If you’d like to discover which options may work best for your space, feel free to get in touch via email hello@signature-walls.co.uk