The Venetian CompanyThe Venetian Company
Marbled plaster wall in deep teal behind a floating oak staircase

Venetian plaster · Microcement · Nationwide

The Venetian Company

Unique and sophisticated designs, laid by hand.

A team of finishing specialists covering all aspects — Venetian plaster and microcement, from a single feature wall to a full house. Bathrooms, wet rooms, staircases, media walls, swimming pool areas and floors, in homes and commercial spaces, nationwide.

Marbled wall behind a floating oak stair

Feature walls, Staircases

Marbled wall behind a floating oak stair

Double-height stairwell, no joins

Staircases

Double-height stairwell, no joins

Microcement wet room, seamless

Wet rooms, Microcement

Microcement wet room, seamless

Bathroom pigmented to colour

Bathrooms

Bathroom pigmented to colour

Stair run in polished plaster

Staircases, Feature walls

Stair run in polished plaster

Plaster against marble, arched window

Bathrooms

Plaster against marble, arched window

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Two materials, and they are not interchangeable.

Both are laid, burnished and sealed on site, in passes, by hand. Which one a room wants is the first thing worth working out — it is usually settled in ten minutes on the phone.

Lime, marble dust, pigment

Venetian plaster

Built up in thin coats and burnished back as it cures. The polish comes from the tool, not a topcoat, which is why the depth sits under the surface rather than on it.

Decorative before it is practical — it belongs where it will be seen and lit.

  • Walls and ceilings
  • Feature walls, media walls
  • Staircases

Cement, polymer, fine aggregate

Microcement

Goes on a few millimetres thick, straight over what is already there — tile, screed, board — so floors rarely need lifting. It cures to one continuous surface with no grout lines to discolour and no joints to crack.

Harder wearing, and happy with water underfoot.

  • Floors
  • Wet rooms and bathrooms
  • Swimming pool areas

The sample board

Six finishes from recent work. Up to two samples come with your package, so you hold the surface before anyone starts.

Plaster in raking light with the trowel strokes standing proud of the surface
Trowelled
Polished plaster with soft cloudy movement in a pale warm grey
Polished
Microcement laid flat and seamless in a soft warm grey
Microcement
A coarse sand-grain plaster finish
Textured
Plaster pigmented to a soft blush, laid in broad passes
Pigmented
Deep teal plaster with high-contrast marbled veining
Marbled

How a job runs.

  1. 01

    A call first

    Ten minutes on the phone with Adam Knowles. The space, the areas involved, and roughly what you have in mind. We can visit to see it before anything goes ahead.

  2. 02

    Finish, colour, samples

    Once your finish, colour and other requirements are agreed, samples can be provided as part of your package — up to two included, additional samples £80.

  3. 03

    Quote agreed

    Pricing depends on the size of the area and your desired finish. It is agreed before we commence, and we can suggest alternative finishes to suit a budget.

  4. 04

    Date and deposit

    Once a date is mutually agreed, a 50% deposit secures the booking — it lets us buy the materials for your project, and it is non-refundable. The balance is due on completion.


Filmed on site · Every wall mixed, laid and finished by hand

What it costs

What's included
  • Up to 2 samples included
  • Additional samples £80
  • 50% deposit secures the booking
  • Deposit non-refundable
  • Balance due on completion
What to have ready for the call
  • Address of the project — Where the work is.
  • Photographs of the area — Wide shots beat close-ups. These are what let us price on size.
  • Measurements — Rough is fine. Do not hold up the call for them.
  • The finish you want — In your own words, or the inspiration photos you have been saving.
How pricing is agreed
  • Once your finish, colour and other requirements are agreed, samples can be provided as part of your package — up to two included, additional samples £80.
  • Pricing depends on the size of the area and your desired finish. It is agreed before we commence, and we can suggest alternative finishes to suit a budget.
  • Once a date is mutually agreed, a 50% deposit secures the booking — it lets us buy the materials for your project, and it is non-refundable. The balance is due on completion.

Start your project

Ten minutes with Adam Knowles is usually enough to tell you whether it is the right finish for the room — and roughly what it will cost.