Stucco'd On You

Come to visit the Roediger House and drive up into the driveway, and you'll find yourself on the south side of the house. That's what this is a shot of:



Before the addition was put on over the last year, there was a mix of brick making up the foundation under the house, which you might be able to see in this close-up of the bay that is in the center of the above photo:



To get the new part to tie in with the old, my general contractor thought we should extend the stucco on the foundation all the way to the side steps coming up on the porch. While I liked the old brick being exposed, it was rather a mismatch and wasn't really sitting all that firmly, and the result is an aesthetic improvement: