Lime
Breathes, heals, and ages into something better
Slaked lime and aggregate, built up in thin coats. Soft, luminous, and alive to light. The oldest of the four by a couple of thousand years.
Explore LimeNatural wall finishes, applied with intent
Lime, Roman clay, and microcement for homes across Boise and Meridian.
10 years of working in plaster
We apply four natural finishes, and we will tell you plainly which one belongs in your room, including when the answer is the one that costs less. Lime breathes and heals itself but marks easily. Roman clay is the most beautiful of the four and the least suited to a kitchen. Microcement will outlast the others in a wet room and never develop the character they do.
There is no best finish. There is the right one for the wall you are standing in front of.
Four materials
The finishes
Roman Clay
Hand troweled depth, no two walls alike
Natural clay and lime putty, laid on in overlapping passes. Every stroke stays visible. Made for the rooms you want people to notice.
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Microcement
Seamless, waterproof, built for hard use
A thin cement composite that cures hard and continuous. No grout lines, no seams, nothing for mold to hold onto. The answer for bathrooms and kitchens.
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Tadelakt
Burnished lime, sealed with soap, shaped without a single seam
Moroccan lime plaster, compressed with a stone and sealed with olive oil soap. Waterproof by chemistry rather than by coating. The finish that built the hammams.
Explore TadelaktOur approach
How we work
We tell you the trade-off first
Every finish gives something up. You will hear what it is before you commit, not after.
We work to the wall, not the calendar
Surface preparation decides how a finish looks in year five. We do not shorten it to hit a date.
We stay local
Boise metro and Meridian. We know how these houses are built and what this climate does to a wall.
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The finishes in place
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What people say
“They talked us out of the more expensive finish. Told us straight that lime would mark up next to our range and that microcement was the right call. That was the moment we decided to hire them.”
Susan N.
Boise, ID
Microcement · Kitchen
“Our house is from 1921 and three other contractors quoted us on a finish that would have sealed the walls up. Nu Terra was the only one who explained why that mattered.”
Chad B.
Boise, ID
Lime · Living and dining rooms
“The dining room wall is the first thing anyone comments on now. It changes completely depending on the time of day, which we did not expect and would not trade.”
Noah A.
Meridian, ID
Roman Clay · Dining room
Start with a conversation
Tell us the room and we will tell you the finish. Consultations are free and there is no obligation.