Renaissance-Beams

An applied process to give beams their natural look without the need for sand blasting, mechanical or chemical stripping with NO mess or the need to redecorate or repair plaster.

Penny came up with the process approximately ten years ago after a client asked if there was anything she could do with the black beams in her 17th century cottage. The local conservation officer would not allow sand blasting as it was a listed building and chemical / hand stripping was too messy and would take too long.

After a bit of trial and error a recipe was evolved. Over the next year the process (recipe and technique) were refined and improved.

August 2005 Penny was a finalist in the County Living Magazine "Women in Rural Enterprise" for the "back from black" beam process, from this feature enquiries and work came in further a field (Kent, Norfolk, Devon, Liverpool etc).

July 2006 Penny was a finalist in the "Cotswold Life" Business awards (Innovation of the year).

November 2006 Renaissance Beams listed in the Cotswold top 50 businesses in the "Cotswold Life" magazine.

Renaissance beams is a small family business that reaches as far as France.