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Scottsdale, AZ

A Dining Room in Lime Wash

Orange-peel texture skimmed flat, then washed in mineral lime. The finish is only half the job — the other half is the four days of prep underneath it that nobody photographs.

The best-photographed project in the library. Five frames here are magazine-grade.

Location
Scottsdale, AZ
Disciplines
Lime Wash · Wall Prep
Frames
15
Coverage
Before & after
Before / After
Orange peel, skimmed flat, then washed in lime.
As found Washed Finished
Before Masked, papered, contained. The original orange-peel texture, still on the wall.
In Progress A broad knife pulling compound across the texture.
In Progress The wet edge: old texture on one side, flat plaster on the other.
In Progress Feathering the corner return.
In Progress Lime wash goes on in crossed strokes — the movement is built, not sprayed.
In Progress A second pass over an already-washed field.
In Progress Where the wash meets raw plaster.
In Progress Cutting in at the ceiling line with a small brush.
In Progress Wall finished, sconce boxes still open, shop vac still in the room.
Finished The same wall, done: two brass globes and a walnut dresser.
Finished The entry side, with an arched brass mirror.
Finished One sconce, one wall, no styling required.
Finished Window light raking across the ochre-peach wash.
Finished Mottled greige, and a black Windsor chair.
Finished Foliage shadow moving across cream lime wash.
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