This is what’s called a nail over plaster ceiling. No matter what shape your ceilings or walls are in Kelly Plastering can nail metal lath over any old plaster and make it look brand new. It’s always better to save you plaster rather than tear it out and replace it with Drywall. Click here to see some reasons why plaster is better than drywall.
This building did some remodeling and added four doorways. That meant they needed to recreate the existing cornice so it could wrap around the doorways. To do so Kelly Plastering first brushed rubber on the existing cornice to create a mold for plaster casting. The end result was an exact match of the antique ornamental plaster.
Kelly Plastering is currently repairing ornamental plaster cornice at this beautiful 1920s art deco building on Michigan Avenue. They are capable of matching crown molding, cornice, or anything else that may save the historically significant aspects of a building or home.
