Canonbury Georgian Terrace Full Interior Repaint

The Challenge

Restoring the decorative integrity of a Georgian interior that had been divided, reconfigured, and broadly neglected for fifty years required extensive plaster repair and careful assessment of which architectural elements were original. Several rooms had been skimmed with modern plaster over original lime, and the joinery — original panelled doors, sash windows with original shutters, and deep cornice mouldings — was buried under up to twelve layers of paint, entirely obscuring the profile detail.

Our Approach

We stripped all joinery by hand using Eco Solutions Panel Wipe, revealing the original moulding profiles and eliminating decades of paint build-up before any new coatings were applied. Plaster was repaired using lime-compatible fillers on original lime plaster sections and standard fine-surface filler on later areas, with the distinction carefully recorded. The colour scheme was developed through an extended colour consultation process, settling on a historically informed palette: Little Greene Bone for the principal floor reception rooms, Edward Bulmer Celestial Blue for the first-floor bedrooms, and Farrow & Ball Estate Emulsion Elephants Breath for the upper floors. All woodwork was finished in Little Greene Oil Eggshell in Loft White.

The Result

The restored house is a testament to what patient, skilled preparation and historically sensitive colour choices can achieve. The original plasterwork in the first-floor drawing room — a dentil cornice and ceiling rose of considerable quality — is now visible for the first time in decades. The owners report that the house feels both authentically Georgian and entirely comfortable for modern family life.