I'm not sure if you have noticed, but the plaster cornice throughout the house is covered in gloss paint. Traditionally in a house of our age, it would have been painted with a lime wash, which definitely wouldn't have been shiny and glossy. We are also aiming for a more contemporary finish and gloss paint just wouldn't go with the look we are trying to achieve. This is what the cornice was like when we moved in. We tried stripping the cornice with a chemical stripper and in parts ... Read the Post