KyroAtelierThe Art of Surface
Polished Plaster · Surrey

Polished plaster in Surrey
and the surrounding counties.

Burnished, stone-hard mineral walls applied by hand and finished on site in your own light.

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Premium Italian Materials

Lime, marble dust and natural pigment

Surrey Based

Hampshire · Surrey · London · Berkshire

Polished plaster is a lime and marble-dust finish applied in thin layers with a steel trowel and then compressed until the surface takes on a deep, stone-like sheen. It is not paint and it is not a wallpaper: it is a solid mineral surface that becomes part of the wall.

KyroAtelier applies polished plaster by hand across Surrey, from single feature walls in Guildford and Woking to full-house schemes for interior designers and private clients.

What polished plaster actually is

Traditional polished plaster is built from slaked lime and finely ground marble. Each coat is laid thin, allowed to set and then compressed with the trowel. The compression closes the surface, which is what produces the reflective depth and the cool, hard feel under your hand.

Because the colour is mixed into the material rather than painted onto it, the tone moves as the light moves across the wall through the day. That movement is the reason a polished wall never looks flat the way a painted one does.

  • Applied in two to five hand-trowelled layers
  • Colour mixed bespoke in the studio to your scheme
  • Burnished to matt, satin or high polish
  • Sealed or waxed where the room needs it

Where it works best in a Surrey home

Polished plaster suits rooms where you want depth without pattern: living room chimney breasts, hallway returns, dining rooms, dressing rooms, media walls and stairwell voids where the height shows off the movement in the material.

In bathrooms and wet rooms the finish is built up and sealed so it can take splashing and steam, which is why it is now a common alternative to large-format tile in Surrey renovations.

How a commission runs

Consultation on site, sample panels mixed for your room, a written proposal with the programme and cost, then application by the same hands that made the samples. We protect, prepare and make good, and we leave the room clean.

The studio is based in Surrey, so most commissions are within a short drive of the workshop. We work throughout the county and across the surrounding areas of London, Hampshire, Berkshire and West Sussex.

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