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Limewash, honestly
It cracks, it clouds, it changes with the weather. That is exactly why we keep specifying it.
Limewash is not a paint. It is crushed limestone in water, and it behaves like stone: it breathes, it clouds, and it changes with light and humidity.
Why we accept the cracks
Clients sometimes worry about the movement in the finish. We see it as the point. A limewashed wall never looks the same twice, and it ages the way old houses do.
Our advice: let the first coats cure for a full season before deciding whether you want more.
Elise Vermeulen
Founder, Enfilade Studio
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Essay
The case for fewer doors
Every door is a decision. We remove most of them, and make the ones we keep worth walking through.
Lighting
Lighting a hallway you actually walk through
Hallways are where a house is read in sequence. We light them like a gallery, not a corridor.
Projects
Inside Maison Verbeke
Fourteen months, one sightline and a garden wall that took three tries to get right.