46 | Oregon Home IF YOU’VE THUMBEDthrough any interior-design projects lately, you’ve likely encountered homes where the walls seem to be glowing. “Plaster is red-hot right now,” says Heith England, a plaster expert who has built an entire firm in Hood River, Sustain, around plaster. “People walk into a home with plaster and it just makes you feel different.” Glass-windowed homes on bluffs overlooking the Columbia, WARM WELCOME Plaster is everywhere — and a Hood River company has built an empire around it. rustic timber-frame havens, starkly modern high desert retreats, new-traditional renovations, farmhouse cabins — there is really no limit to the types of homes where plaster is playing a starring role in Oregon. The material — a mix of lime, sand, water, and often other materials like gypsum — has a millenia-old history of use by humans, both for construction and for artistry. Ancient Egyptians applied plaster to floors and walls in their temples;
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