Tablaroca en San Juan Capistrano

Adobe and lime plaster need to breathe. Board and a modern coating over an old adobe wall trap moisture inside it and do more damage than leaving it alone, so on the genuinely historic fabric the right answer is a plaster restoration specialist and a breathable lime system rather than board over the top of it. Where drywall does live here, the dominant look is Mission Revival and Spanish: sand-finish and hand-troweled walls, skip trowel on the newer interpretations of the same idea, arched openings, bullnose corners, and heavy beams crossing ceilings that the board has to die into cleanly. The 1970s and 1980s brought conventional ranch tract on the flats, which is orange peel walls and sprayed acoustic ceilings, and everything from 1980 or earlier sits inside the asbestos presumption until a certified consultant has sampled it. The 1990s and 2000s gated Mediterranean at Marbella and Pacifica San Juan is production knockdown with two-story entries. Up in the hills there are working horse properties, and the drywall side of those is guest quarters, tack rooms, converted garages, ADUs and offices built into existing structures. Inland summer heat is a practical detail rather than a romantic one: compound sets faster out here, so texture goes on early in the day or it flashes.