Today, most of the houses in Corfu are covered with plaster, painted in one of five colours, at least in theory it should be so.
Our house, which is adjacent to the second oldest village in Corfu, will have walls of thick stone, specifically limestone, bonded with thick white grout. The effect we want to achieve is similar to the small house in Perithia:

We quickly resigned ourselves to a strong yellow stone, because over the years the yellow would turn dark yellow, and we wouldn’t want that. So we asked the engineer for a stone with as little yellow as possible, hoping that even if it yellowed a little over time, it would remain bright.
Last week we received three samples: from Joanina, Igoumenitsa and Perithia in Corfu. These stones differ, both in shade and in the way they split – Joanina is practically white (too white!) and not very manageable to make irregular shapes with.

Of the other two, we chose the Perithia stone, while the Joanina stone will be used to make lintels for the windows.

Construction of the walls will start sometime in early November. Or at least that’s what we’d like to think.