Decorative Finishes & Painting Los Angeles

A standard 2,000 to 3,000 sq ft home runs about 5 to 7 days for a full interior repaint, and that includes real prep: patching, sanding, priming, and two coats, not just rolling fresh color over what is already there. Specialty finishes run on their own schedule and take longer. A Roman clay ceiling in a single room can take 3 to 4 days by itself, because each coat has to cure before the next one goes on.

Yes. We do full exterior repaints: pressure wash, scrape and sand, spot-prime bare wood and stucco, then finish coats in a premium exterior-grade system rated for the LA sun. On stucco we caulk and patch the cracks first, because exterior paint fails at the cracks and edges long before it fails in the open field. We are not just spraying a fresh color over a tired wall.

Look at the wall in raking light, meaning light coming across it at a low angle, in the morning or the evening. A good Roman clay or Venetian plaster wall has even, intentional movement and no hard start-and-stop lines. A bad one shows trowel marks, blotchy patches, dark seams where the plasterer stopped and restarted, and low spots telegraphing through from poor prep underneath. Almost always, a bad plaster job traces back to skipped prep, not the plaster itself. That is why we spend most of the job on the wall before the finish ever goes on.

Limewash is a thin mineral coating with a soft, cloudy patina. Roman clay is a smoother, modern clay-based finish with subtle movement. Venetian plaster is a polished, lime-based finish with a stone-like sheen. Microcement is a thin cementitious coating used on walls, floors, and wet areas, durable and seamless.

Yes. Surface prep, patching, sanding, priming, and sealing, is built into every painting and decorative finish scope. Specialty finishes require specific substrate prep that we account for upfront.

Yes. We color-match paint, stain, and decorative finishes to existing samples, and can blend transitions or refinish entire surfaces when matching is not feasible.

Many do. Microcement, tadelakt, and sealed Venetian plaster are appropriate for wet areas when correctly detailed. We confirm system suitability for each substrate and exposure during design.

Timelines depend on area and system. Single-room decorative finishes often install in 3 – 7 days including prep and cure; whole-home applications run multiple weeks and are sequenced with other trades.

Surface prep, substrate condition, the finish system, number of coats, sheen and color, ceiling and trim work, access (scaffolding or lifts), and total area drive pricing more than the finish name itself.