Lime plaster & decorative finishes in Toulouse
Lime, carrying on from timber
Lime plastering
From the scratch coat to the base coat, through to a floated, sponge-finished or polished surface. Lime clothes the wall in a deep mineral material and lets it exchange moisture with the room — in an old house as in a new build.
Decoration & ornament
Mouldings, sgraffito, relief stucco and faux finishes: beyond plastering, the possibility of creating genuine bespoke wall decoration, designed with you and worked into the fresh material.
Stucco & decorative plaster
Thin-coat plasters, Marmorino, Venetian plaster, tadelakt: finishes trowelled tight and coloured through the material, giving a wall depth and a mineral sheen without a single coat of paint.
What lime changes
A wall that breathes better
Lime lets water vapour through. On old masonry — traditional Toulouse brick, stone, earth — it supports moisture exchange instead of blocking it, whereas a cement render traps moisture and ends up damaging the wall. To choose according to your wall, see which plaster for which wall.
Healthier indoor air
Mineral and highly alkaline, lime emits no volatile organic compounds and gives mould no foothold. Pigments are added to the mix itself: no plastic film seals the surface.
Depth of material
A lime surface is never perfectly uniform: it catches the light and changes with it throughout the day. That is what sets a hand-finished wall apart from a painted one, and it cannot be imitated.
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wall to finish, an old plaster to restore, a new build to complete in natural materials? Tell us what you need: we will reply promptly and provide a detailed, free, no-obligation quote.
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Our other services
Timber is only one of the materials that make a healthy home. We also cover natural finishes and interior finishing work: one point of contact, from structure to colour.
Carpentry and timber building
Traditional timber framing, restoration of historic roof structures, timber frame construction, cladding and bespoke carpentry. Where it all started, and the reason for everything else.
Renovation work
Interior finishing, fit-out and joinery, alongside the timber work. A renovation carried out by the same hands as the structure, with no coordination to manage on your side.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, provided the surface is prepared for bonding. Plasterboard is smooth and non-absorbent: it first receives a suitable bonding coat, which the lime then grips. It is common practice, including in new builds.
No, and it hardens over time: an air lime keeps on setting for months. It remains softer than cement, and that is deliberate — a plaster more rigid than its background cracks and comes away. A repair blends in without having to redo the whole wall.
Air lime (CL) sets slowly on contact with the air: it is the lime used for limewash, stucco and fine finishes. Natural hydraulic lime (NHL) sets with water and copes with exterior and exposed areas; its number — 2, 3.5 or 5 — indicates its strength. The choice depends on the background and the exposure, with one rule: a plaster must never be harder than the wall it covers.
Lime resists water and suits facades as well as interiors, while letting the wall breathe. Clay regulates humidity and can be repaired with water, but does not tolerate liquid water and remains an interior material. Cement, by contrast, is impermeable: on old masonry it traps moisture behind it and ends up damaging the wall it was meant to protect. That is the main reason it is kept away from historic buildings.
Yes. The colour comes from natural pigments added to the mix — so there is no surface layer of colour to wear off. Samples are made on site, on the wall itself: a lime colour can only be judged once dry, and in the light of the room.
It depends on the number of coats and above all on drying, which is slow: each coat must have hardened before the next, and that time varies with the season and ventilation. Lime copes poorly with frost and with intense heat. The schedule is set at quote stage, after seeing the site — it is not work that can be rushed.
Yes. Toulouse and the surrounding metropolitan area first, and up to around 300 km away for projects that warrant it. Not sure whether we cover your area? Just ask — we will reply quickly.
