Circa 1880 house
in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Here's how we did it:

A lot of the original plaster was coming loose from the wood lath.

Wallpaper was put on in 1936 by WBR. All the wallpaper was removed before we got there, except for walls we obviously had to demo. How they put wallpaper on the ceiling, I don't know.

Door was filled in with new framing. The outside wall had sagged, and was pulled back into place with a come along, and bolted.

Wall that needed additional bracing was covered with 3/8" OSB.

We covered all the floors with plastic, Ram board, and drop cloths.

Clean up is simple with the floors covered extra good. Old floors are left without a scratch.

It comes in a bag, and goes in a bag.

We scraped off all the old lime and sand plaster that was loose.

All the wood lath was covered with metal lath. Most of the large areas were filled with brown mortar.

Finished plaster.

With new paint, this should look like 1880 again.

Plaster restored with REAL plaster.