Lath

Lath is a moderately fancy name for the styrofoam and chicken-wire that is put on a home before stucco can be applied. 

Here's our side patio:

And here's the garage side of the house.  The coolest part of the lath process is that I was able to choose the fascia profile.  This is the part of the house directly below the roof tiles and there's a lot of options.  I chose a nice, but fairly simple profile.  This is also made of styrofoam which is pretty impressive.

And here's the front of house, with all the lath DONE!