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Ellen Finch

What Paint Finish is Replacing Limewash? This is the Richly Textured Alternative Designers Are Using on Walls Now

Living room with beige curved sofas, dark wood coffee table and off-white limewash walls.

Since we started reporting on limewash as a trend a few years back, the wall finish has positively exploded in popularity. Its textured look adds depth and interest to even the most box-like new builds, and it’s often used by designers as a way to intensify colors – it even lends a little something to an all-white palette.

But as happens with all interior design trends, some of us are starting to feel like limewash is a little, well, overdone. Of course the finish still has its place – but for those of us looking for fresh ideas, what’s the wall texture we should look to to deliver that same depth and intensity, without the feeling that you’ve seen it done before?

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