Lime Wash and Uneven Walls

An interior wall of an English cottage. The wall body is thick stone or adobe, with lime mortar applied to the surface and then painted with lime wash. Therefore, the wall surface is completely uneven—with gentle undulations, trowel marks left by tools, several bulges and depressions. The junction between the wall and ceiling is a rounded transition, not a right angle, and the wall corners are also blunt. The color is creamy white or a very pale grey-green, with a powdery, completely matte surface. Up close, tiny particles and pores are visible. When grazing light falls on it, the entire unevenness of the wall is revealed. Avoid: making the wall surface flat and smooth, using glossy latex paint, making sharp right angles at the wall corners and ceiling junction, adding modern putty and leveling layers.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一面英國小屋的內牆。牆體是厚實的石砌或土坯,表面抹著石灰砂漿再刷石灰漆;因此牆面完全不平——有緩慢的起伏、有工具留下的抹痕、有幾處鼓起與凹陷,牆與天花的交界是圓潤的過渡而不是直角,牆角也是鈍的。顏色是奶油白或極淡的灰綠,表面粉粉的、完全沒有光澤,靠近看得出細小的顆粒與氣孔。掠射光落上去時整片牆的凹凸都被顯現出來。避免:把牆面做得平整光滑、使用有光澤的乳膠漆、把牆角與天花交界做成銳利的直角、加入現代的批土與平整層。