French Mediterranean Style Home

French Mediterranean Style Home

The homes of this region in France are simple and ornate. A French Mediterranean Style Home offers a stucco exterior with a hint of limestone all covered by a low profile clay tile roof.

The deep-narrow "French" arched doorways and windows flanked with fully functioning shutters that can be opened in the morning to let in the sunlight and closed at night for added privacy.

More rustic in appearance, the furnishings include time-worn painted and un-painted antiques accentuated with lace and brightly colored Provincial fabrics. This form of "French Country" is as relaxed as it is enthralling, and as mystifying as it is confident.

Common features of French Mediterranean Style Home may include:

Stucco exterior with Limestone accentuating the French doors, windows and foundation.

Low profile clay tile roofs.

Arched Deep-Narrow French Doors.

Deeply Inset Windows.

Fully functioning Slat-Board or Louvered Shutters.

Wrought Iron work accentuating the Verandah and Balconies.

The interior walls are roughly plastered (Venetian Plaster), and at times wheat straw is mixed in it to make a textured surface.

Exposed timbering in either flat or vaulted ceilings.

Large mantled bulging chimneys over the fireplaces.

Golden yellow and cornflower blue are the most common interior colors of "French Country". You may find either a deep red, French green, or salmon-pink incorporated into patterns as well.

Recommended French-Mediterrean Style Books:

Provence Interiors

French Mediterranean Style

Provence Interiors

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