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Why Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster went all in on plaster.

Painting a custom home takes a crew. Plaster could be done with a small team, and back then only a handful of people were showing this kind of work online.

The bigger idea: offer a wall nobody else can make. A finished fireplace or accent wall gets you in the door, and the quality of that work speaks for the rest of the job.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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From the brush to the trowel: the shift that changed everything.

Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster was already doing glazes and faux finishes when he moved into Italian decorative paints in 2017. Metallic paints applied with a trowel opened a new world: the trowel type, the material and the movement all change the effect.

His construction background still matters. A marmorino can forgive the wall. A metallic plaster needs a level five, because one speck of unsanded dust makes the trowel jump.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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When did working with his hands become something he loved?

Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster kept painting on weekends for anyone who called, and kept teaching himself: new paint lines, new tools, the right brush and roller, never just the first thing on the shelf.

What hooked him was finishing. Start a wall, finish it, step back and say "that's done, what's next?"

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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There are almost as many people from his hometown living in Toronto as there are back in Italy.

Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster was born in Toronto after his parents tried their luck in Canada. His dad was in the trades too, a tile setter working in marble, porcelain and ceramic.

By the early 1970s his father had opened his own tile store in the city. The trade runs in the family.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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Born in Canada, raised in Italy, back in Toronto at 17 with two days' notice.

His uncle offered him a flight, a place to stay and work. His dad's answer: "What are you waiting for?" Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster landed that Thursday and remembers being amazed by the lanes on the 401.

It never felt like starting over. At 17 he was continuing, straight into his uncle's painting business.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny from Spiver Canada and Decorative Plaster.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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The man who put a trowel in Johnny's hand: Don Antonio.

Before him, Johnny of Spiver Canada was the one fetching tools and materials. Don Antonio was the first to say "here's the trowel, show me," and took the time to teach him how to use it. That is what it means to be lime burned.

He was a well respected builder in his community, and when Johnny left for Canada he told him there would always be work waiting if he came back.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny of Spiver Canada.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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At 14, Johnny of Spiver Canada was already on a job site in Italy.

He started as a laborer carrying mortar, blocks and bricks for an old school builder who took a house from the foundations all the way to the finished interior. That builder put a trowel in his hand. Johnny learned to plumb walls with mortar points, fill them with a lime plaster made with live lime, and pull it flat with a straight edge.

The lesson he still carries: the value of starting something and finishing it yourself.

From the Lime Burned podcast with Michelangelo and Johnny of Spiver Canada.

#limeburned #limeplaster #venetianplaster #plastering #craftsmanship #italianplaster #decorativefinishes #artisan #plasterlife

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New video out now: Johnny of Spiver Canada on the Cold Joint Podcast

The full interview is live on the Lime Burned YouTube channel. Johnny started in construction in Italy at 14, found decorative plaster along the way, opened his showroom in Canada in 2020, trained with Spiver Italy and now distributes Spiver across Canada.

This is also the launch of the Cold Joint Podcast, a new extension of Lime Burned made to give artisans everywhere a seat at the table to share their craft, their knowledge and their story.

Made in collaboration with Spiver Canada.

#limeburned #coldjointpodcast #spivercanada #spiver #venetianplaster #decorativeplaster #plaster #artisan

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#Limewash#walldecor#faux#design#toronto

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#limewashpaint#walldecor#faux#spiver#monarch

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Productive visit @spivercanada @spiver_official today. Looking forward to seeing my Client’s upcoming Etobicoke home have this wow factor finish from her fireplace facing to a floor surface elsewhere in her home. We are excited!
#EtobicokeDesigner #InteriorDesign #AVAinteriorDesign #EtobicokeHomes #EtobicokeBuild

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One of my absolute favourites! Curvy Fireplace with a microcement finish

Big shout-out to Cait @beautifullybianco and huge thanks to @kirksrenovations for helping out with this one!

Microcement by @spivercanada

#microcement

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