You're part of the avauntular crew, Janie. :)

My mother's house in Washington State had plaster (it was built in the 1920s) and because the walls were so thick it stayed cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. That clay on the walls looks interesting. I have a form of custom paneling that the folks who built this house put in in 1976; the "picture frame" pattern is classic and one of these days I may get up the nerve to paint it. It is beautiful as wood paneling goes, but with so much wood in such a large room it is quite dark all of the time. Good luck making the choices on this!

SRS