Rebel Venetian — est. Truckee, CA
Venetian plaster, hand-applied, in the greater Tahoe area.
Drywall, tile, concrete, stone, floors, fireplaces, cabinetry. Whatever the surface is, we can make it something you want to put your hand on.
Why plaster
Paint covers a wall. Plaster becomes one.
Alive
It moves with the light
Healthy
It's lime, and lime breathes
Lifelong
Paint dies. Plaster ages.
Who runs it
I’m a plasterer.
That’s the whole job.
I’ve been in the trades thirty-five years and never stopped working with my hands. Plaster is what I went deep on. Italian lime, troweled wet, finished by hand. Nothing on the wall but skill and material.
Novacolor named me to their 2026 class of ambassadors, then I won their bootcamp in Venice. I teach this trade internationally. And none of what leaves this shop is just me: Chris, Hayley, Maggie and a crew of more than twenty do the whole homes, the commercial rooms and the commissions.
Novacolor Ambassador
2026 class, 1 of 10
2026 Novacolor Bootcamp
Winner
Best Local Artist 2026
Truckee / North Lake Tahoe
Finishes
No two walls the same, and no fixed list.
The six below are the ones we're known for, and the ones you can put your hand on in the showroom. They're where people start, not the limit. Everything is mixed and worked by hand for the room it's going into, in the light that room actually gets, which means there are finishes that don't exist yet until somebody asks for one.
Marmorino
Polished Venetian, the classic.
Wall-to-Floor Waterproof
Showers and wet rooms, no grout.
Florenzia
Layered, with depth and movement.
Concrete
Rebel Concrete Board Form & Polished Black Bronze.
Pietra Intonaco
Stone-textured Italian plaster.
Rebel Originals
One-off art installations.
Metallics, microcement, lime paint, polished concrete, and finishes made for one room and never repeated.
The work
There should be a little REBEL in every home.
Most of what we do is whole-home plaster on high-end Tahoe builds, and that isn't the only way in. A fireplace. A powder room. A kitchen hood. One wall you walk past every day. Same crew, same material, same standard, whatever the size of it.
Full Homes
Whole-home plaster, finished to one standard across the house.
Features
One thing in the house, done properly.
Art Installations
One-off sculptural pieces, made by Kyle, never repeated.
Commercial Spaces
Showrooms, studios, restaurants and hospitality.
Photography — Lisa Romerein · Scott Shots
Rebel Academy · Nov 2-6, 2026
Applicators fly to Truckee to learn this from Kyle.
Five stars on Google
We put Rebel Venetian through the wringer, and they delivered. We push timelines, expect precision, and demand high-end results, and their team consistently rises to the occasion without compromising quality.
Their work in our Tahoe Modern showroom, five distinct wall applications, each with its own depth, movement, and character, speaks to a true mastery of the craft.
The quality of the work and materials, the timeliness, the communication are all some of the most professional I have ever worked with.
Contact
Start a project.
- (530) 412-0295
- [email protected]
- Based in Truckee, CA
Service Area
Truckee · Tahoe City · Incline Village · Northstar-at-Tahoe · Tahoe Vista