Espresso Stone N17
A serious depth of tone — built to wrap a room rather than punctuate it. Within the Microcement range, Espresso Stone N17 carries carrying a gentle yellow-honey lift and near-black brown undertones — an almost-black with body in overall character. The natural home for Espresso Stone N17 is single feature walls behind joinery — and increasingly open-plan wet zones. Pairs with reclaimed bricks, walnut, copper, and undyed linen. Borrows its character from modern luxe interiors and re-reads them in a modern context.
Best used in feature wall, wet room
An almost-black with body reads its best where the light is even and natural. Below are the rooms we've installed this shade in most often.
- single feature walls behind joinery
- open-plan wet zones
- split-level stair walls
Shades that sit beside Espresso Stone N17
Picked by family, warmth and tonal proximity within the same range.
How Espresso Stone N17 is applied
Espresso Stone N17 uses the standard Microcement build. The technical specification is the same across colour — only the pigment changes.
Questions clients ask about this shade
Won't Espresso Stone N17 make the room feel smaller?+
Deep shades like Espresso Stone N17 actually blur a room's edges, making walls feel further away rather than closer. The trick is to wrap the colour onto skirting and trim so there are no high-contrast lines to remind the eye where the room ends.
Is Espresso Stone N17 suitable for a shower or wet-room?+
Espresso Stone N17 can be specified for wet-rooms with our standard microcement wet-zone build: primer, two base coats with reinforcing mesh, two finishing coats, then a tanking membrane and two coats of polyurethane sealer. The colour itself doesn't change suitability — finish and sealer do.
What does Espresso Stone N17 pair with from your range?+
We most often pair Espresso Stone N17 with the three closest shades in its family — see the pairings panel below. Beyond that, it works beautifully with terracotta, brick, hand-thrown ceramics and warm timbers.
A real-finish sample so you're not judging a colour from a screen.