Marmorino

Lime plaster burnished to a soft sheen. Walls, fireplaces, feature surfaces. Reads quiet up close, holds the room from across it.

Marmorino is the finish most people picture when they hear Venetian plaster. Fine lime, troweled in thin passes and burnished by hand until the surface picks up a low, stone-like glow. No paint, no sheen sprayed on top — the shine is the material, worked.

It suits the surfaces you want to feel considered: a great-room fireplace, an entry wall, a powder room. Up close it's calm and matte-leaning. From across the room the burnish catches light and gives the wall depth a flat paint never will.