Prepping century-old plaster and trim in Atlanta bungalows
The craftsman bungalows and older homes that fill neighborhoods like Kirkwood, East Atlanta, and the streets off the BeltLine come with beautiful original details and surfaces that need respect. Many still have plaster walls behind the paint, along with wood trim and picture rails that have been coated over so many times the profiles have gone soft. Rushing paint onto those surfaces is how you get peeling and lap marks, so we start by assessing what is plaster, what is drywall, and where old coatings are failing.
From there the work is patient and hands-on. We stabilize cracking plaster, sand and de-gloss aged trim so the new coat can bond, caulk the gaps that open up in a settled house, and prime bare or repaired spots before color. Cutting a crisp line where deep trim meets an uneven old wall is slow work, and it is exactly the part that makes an older Atlanta interior look cared for rather than just recoated.


