Although manufactured in New Mexico, this plaster isn't just for southwestern motifs.
"The biggest crime is when people say it's just a southwestern material," says Croft Elsaesser, vice president of product development and manufacturing for American Clay. "We've had it in NYC apartments, in Colorado timber-frame-style homes with exposed frame and plaster between timbers, and European-style homes done in a very colonial style with a lot of trim molding, chair rails and crown molding. This product lends itself to many architectural styles, including the Tuscan style. And of course, the mud adobes and mud brick looks of the southwest are indeed there as well."