If one day you started noticing that you are tired of plain house walls and set your mind on redecoration consider stucco as a good advantageous alternative to a substantial facelift. On the whole stucco possesses a great deal of unseen benefits: it’s extremely durable and has a very long life span, there are no identical stucco walls or ceilings, every stucco work is a decorative masterpiece and unique combination of skills and techniques, plus it stays cleaner and tidier than any ordinary flat paint because the surface is raised and cannot be touched with a whole smudgy finger or hand!

Usually you just have to browse through the phone book for one of the thousands of local painters or stucco contractors and splash a lot of money for the stucco work to be done. But there appears a logical question why do you have to waste your money on something that is pretty simple and can be done with your own hands?

First of all, you can easily buy stucco in your local hardware store. Stucco is a fine grained hard plaster made up of different ingredients depending on the stucco type, but may consist of cement, marble, dust or glue. Secondly, find out how large is the area that you are planning to put stucco on. For example, some house owners prefer to stucco only their ceilings while others prefer to do all of the walls in the house. What is more, you may even just stucco one wall to provide a sort of space change in depth of your room. In every store you will find a bunch of special brushes that are designed for spreading on stucco. Let’s say you feel like having the old standard stucco walls which are simply raised a bit and look like small peaks, than you will be recommended to purchase a standard stucco brush.

Besides, stucco can be applied in many textures and techniques. In fact it has been used in a great deal of architectural styles as well as for decoration and sculpting. So you can decorate your stucco any way you feel like and even spread it on flat and smooth and then create various designs in it. Simple cookie cutters, stamps, rags, sponges – anything you can think of can be used to create a unique stucco wall pattern and texture. The only thing you might need is your imagination and little experiments on a piece of cardboard before you start the actual stucco work. Usually once you finish your stucco wall, you’ll be waiting to do every single wall in the house room! The choices are boundless and the finalized product will stay up for a long time.