dancingleaf

If it's what I think you are talking about, it's very popluar and prominent in our area, has been for at least sixty years, that I know of. All of our main level rooms (with the exception of the kitchen) have always been that way, and when we started on the refinishing of the upstairs we had it done to the main living area and we also had it re-done in the lower level bath, which we gutted and replaced a couple of years ago. We intend to have it done in our office sometime in the next couple of months. As we have no intention of doing anything other than painting in these rooms, stucco gives a more vibrant cast of light than that from flat walls. However if they are wanting to put up wallpaper as opposed to painting, you do have to sand the stuff down. Personally, I like the stucco, but then I'm older than you feel. ;)