Finished Ceiling Restoration

Making progress

Manhattan Townhouse Plaster Restoration 

Coffered ceilings are an elegant architectural feature which have stood the test of time. They may have originally been designed as a more lightweight option to stone, while evoking a measure of formality. Some speculate they also hide ceiling imperfections while adding perceived height and drama overhead. They are indeed beautiful. When water damaged the stunning ceiling in this Manhattan townhouse, we came in to remove the old plaster, clean, scrape and prep for a new surface.

Not only did we patch and paint the ceiling, but also we recreated some of the molding in our shop. It’s intricate work crafting the wood for the coffered effect, even before transporting, installing, priming and painting it. There’s a great deal of satisfaction at the end of the project like this, and the outcome was an historic plaster ceiling restored to its former glory.

After partial ceiling collapsed.

Attractive space with perfect ceiling trim

Beautiful historic molding

Sutton Place Plaster Molding Restoration

Interior molding raises the bar on style, elegance and interest. It provides a focal point whether around doors and windows, along the tops or bottoms of walls or near the top like a picture rail or around the middle somewhere with a chair rail. These architectural design elements serve as transitions between spaces and are usually crafted with wood or plaster. In this apartment, in the revered Sutton Place neighborhood, water had damaged historic molding.

The project required a creative twist to replicate the original trim. We first patched the wall and trim space. Our team created a custom tool for shaping plaster to the precise form of the original molding. It’s the kind of task that blends tradesman skills with art, form and acute attention to detail. Once the plaster was built up and crafted into an exact duplication of the existing molding, we primed and painted. No one knows or will notice any repair up there, well, except us, the homeowners, and now you, and everyone else who reads this. It’s tricky work, and truth be told, we love creative challenges.

Creating perfect match historic trim

Working toward molding restoration

Back at the beginning with water damage