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Living in Tuscany Under the burning Tuscan sun roll marvelous hills, vineyards, olive groves - all postcard-perfect landscapes nestling medieval towns, rural villas, and contadino farmhouses, endless niches of dreamy dwellings exuding all the charm for which the region is revered of the look and feel of Tuscan living - bring the magic of Tuscany home. Wine Country Architecture and Interiors The rich and varied architectural history of the northern California wine country and the fertile soils that produce abundant vineyards has attracted those who are conscious of preserving the qualities inherent to the area. Wine Country Style takes an intimate look at the lifestyle of nineteen homeowners of the Napa and Sonoma valleys, an area of the country that shuns fast-food restaurants, billboards, and commercial motels - variety of styles: Tuscan, French Country, Franciscan Mission, Mediterranean, Modern, Rustic, American Colonial, Victorian, Palladian, Italianate, Asian, with farmhouses, barns, and cottages completing the eclectic blend that comprises the architectural styles of the bucolic wine-making Napa and Sonoma valleys. Faux Fun: Rocks, Blocks & Bricks Faux painting and faux finish techniques for painting stone-like wall finishes. With this DVD you'll easily learn how to transform ordinary paper and create torn paper rock patterns, then you'll learn how to apply them to your walls for a stone-like decorative wall creation. You'll also learn how to paint a stone block patterned wall finish. From there, you'll learn how to create a textured faux brick wall surface. With both the brick and block wall finishes, you can inter-change their application processes and create a textured block wall or simply a painted faux brick pattern. |
Tuscan style decorating is rustic, warm, and inviting. Italian country Tuscan decor is full of texture and natural elements. |
Tuscany style - Decorating Ideas |
Tuscany style - Decorating Ideas |
Tuscany style - Decorating Ideas |
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Colors in Tuscan style decorating come from the earth: |
terra cotta, browns, deep reds, oranges, golden yellows, blues and greens |
Furnish with natural textures |
such as stone, tile, aged and distressed furniture, window shutters, exposed wood
beams, iron and copper |
Hang decorative grapes - dried herbs - garlic ropes, wine bottles, Terra cotta pots.
Images of wine bottles, glasses, grapes, cheese, and bread and you'll feel like you're in the heart of Tuscany. |
Accent with fun decorations |
- Think food and nature - |
Bringing Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From the Heart of Italy Mayes's book "descibes the essence" of Italian lifestyle, while Heuser's actually "captures the rich color and artistic spirit" of the Tuscan home. Both authors suggests unique ways to recreate the warmth and beauty of the Tuscan country home into your personal life. Interior inspiration for creating the authentic Tuscan look and feel in your home decorating! Dreaming of Tuscany: Perfect Hilltowns; Splendid Palazzos; Rustic Farmhouses; Glorious Gardens; Authentic Cuisine; Great Wines; No country inspires as much fascination as Italy, and no region in Italy inspires as much adoration as Tuscany—for its interior design, art and architecture, fashion, artisans and crafts, food and wine. In Dreaming of Tuscany you'll experience the essence of a place that dreams are made of, ensuring you'll get the most out of your experience. Sharing her recommendations of favorite insider places and word-of-mouth gems, best-selling lifestyle author Barbara Milo Ohrbach acts as a guide to food markets, exquisite shops, overflowing antiques markets, not to mention cooking courses, outdoor painting classes, ancient palazzos and small museums. And you can live like a Tuscan once you return home, with this book providing sources for everything from luscious bed linens to peppery olive oil. |
Napa Valley Style Tour through luxury homes - Victorian mansions, Italian villas, hillside cottages, converted farmhouses and wineries; contemporary or modernist structures, and the marvelous gardens that make the California Napa Valley so very special. Faux Fun Painting: Venetian Plaster You will learn how to apply Venetian plaster and create a classic polished plaster wall finish. Plus, you’ll learn a new way of working with Venetian plaster to create an old world crackled plaster wall finish. Additionally, you will be guided on how to avoid making common mistakes with these products and how to fix problems if they occur. DVD is an excellent tool to learn how to paint his or her walls with fun and easy decorative painting techniques using both Metallic paint and Venetian plaster! |
Italian Country Living familiar image of the Italian countryside - hills crowned with groups of tall cypresses and rambling stone houses - dates back to early medieval times. But all the main features of that landscape are still there, particularly in the countryside of Tuscany, where many of the houses featured can be found. The first part of the book explores the essential ingredients of the style, taking in colour and texture and looking at the inimitable mixture of simplicity and comfort evident in furniture and fabrics, and going on to admire the innate gift the Italians have for living outside. The second part looks in more detail at the individual country houses. Whether Rustic, Contemporary, Exotic or Traditional |
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