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We've got stucco going up on the exterior of our home and the interior as well. While exterior stucco is pretty common around here, we're also having stucco applied to the interior side of the exterior walls. This is actually less expensive than sheetrock, because the stucco adhere directly to the blocks, without all the paper and wire work required on wood construction.

All the interior sides of the concrete blocks will be covered with stucco. Then the mud crew will plaster over the stucco. The end result will leave all the interior walls looking the same, so there won't be color or texture differentiations between the rocked walls and the stucco walls.

The brown coat is completed and the crew has begun to apply the color coat to the trim. Utility Building Systems is supplying our stucco, soffit and facia, and rain gutters.

Alison Moore Smith is a 61-year-old entrepreneur who graduated from BYU in 1987. She has been (very happily) married to Samuel M. Smith for 40 years. They are parents of six incredible children and grandparents to two astounding grandsons. She is the author of The 7 Success Habits of Homeschoolers.