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by: Deborah Gaskill
Isn't that what the Italians are well known for-family, feasts, and celebrations? Therefore, shouldn't the Tuscan kitchen be one of the first and foremost rooms to consider when planning an authentic Tuscan style home?
A large Tuscan farmhouse table to gather your family around, ample countertop space for preparing your meals, warm and inviting natural colors and earthen materials are always a must in kitchens of Tuscan home décor.
In Tuscan kitchens, this day and age, you will often see large islands with massive overhead pot rack wrapped with grape vines, herbs, and native flowers from the Tuscan hillsides. It is even quite chic to use a little chicken wire or even paint a Tuscan Countryside scene on one or more cabinet doors to achieve that Tuscan farm house ambiance.
Traditionally, though the cabinetry was somewhat inornate and very rustic. Natural slate, cut stone or colorful glazed terra-cotta wall tiles are commonly seen in the backsplashes under the rustic dark-stained kitchen cabinetry.
The ceilings in the kitchens and other rooms of the Italian Villas and Tuscan House Plans often have dark rustic hand hewn beams separated with infilled plaster.
The walls often become works of art with their frescoes (painting in wet plaster) and wall murals of astonishing Italian countryside scenes. And quite appropriately so, as Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), most famous for painting the Sistine Chapel, is a Tuscan native. How appropriate to incorporate a beautiful wall mural in the décor of your new Tuscan house plan.
Homes in and around Tuscany depict many of the same features of the Country French Style, such as verandahs and porticos for outdoor living and dining, clay tile roofs, terra-cotta floors, arched windows and doorways with wrought iron railings and accents throughout the home.
Whether you happen to be of the Italian descent or not, building a Tuscan style home can bring out your desire for a wonderfully passionate lifestyle!
I have personally selected the following Tuscan house plans for their beautiful renditions of the Tuscan and Italian styles. While reviewing each of the Tuscan house plans, you will see how well the elements most important to the ambiance of the homes in Tuscany and Italy are demonstrated.
Tuscan Style Furniture and Accessories
Furniture of the Tuscan home style is often dark or painted and may or may not have wrought iron accents. The wood is often rustic and aged looking in a more casual setting and smooth and richly carved in more formal areas.
You may also find beautifully hand painted furniture in Tuscan and other Italian style homes. Tuscan farmhouse tables are a definite must in any Tuscan style home.
The period pieces and styles are often mixed as is in many of the European Countryside homes. Therefore, it makes decorating a Tuscan style home quite simple.
Fresh baked bread, wine, pasta, olives, oils, vinegar's, and aromatic cheeses are always a staple in the Italian kitchen. Therefore, decorative containers, dishes, baskets, and pottery designed for these types of foods in mind are easy decorative accents to display.
If you are dreaming for an authentic Tuscan style kitchen and bake often, then you must consider having a brick oven built or at least an oversized Tuscan style chimney hood over your cooking range to take its place aesthetically.
Sunflowers, herbs and lavender bundles either in vases or hanging from the ceiling are a popular floral accent to add to a beautiful Tuscan home style.
Tuscany is also well-known for its terra-cotta planters, urns and pottery. You can't go wrong displaying these wonderful treasures in and around your Tuscan style home.
Tuscan Fabrics and Wallpaper
Rich fabrics, damasks (tone on tone), and woven textures are often seen in the beautifully decorated Tuscany style homes in warm tones of reds, golds, olive and sage greens, and terra-cottas.
Traditional patterns come in a wide range and include various width stripes, florals, fruit and vegetable motifs designed for today's Tuscan fabrics and wallpapers.
Though there are many different Tuscan design choices, and many that catch our eye, we have created the following list of our favorite Tuscan fabric and wallpaper collections in effort of saving you valuable research time:
If you aren't as handy with a paint brush as Michelangelo, perhaps, you would want to consider a beautifully designed Tuscan wallpaper mural.
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