| Home Decorating is a very personal decision, | | | | Tuscany decorating is based on a cultural heritage. |
| different with every individual. Your home decor | | | | Adding accessories can bring out the Tuscany Italian |
| reflects your personal style and individual quirks. If | | | | Heritage. |
| you're having problems making a decision about your | | | | Accessories that are homemade are common for this |
| home decorating theme, consider a Tuscany theme | | | | home decorating idea. Ceramic vases are a big thing |
| for your home. Tuscany style combines subtle | | | | in Tuscany decorating, especially those made of terra |
| elegance and simplicity, using a palette of earthy | | | | cotta. Terra cotta items is a running theme in |
| warm tones. Tuscany decorating comes from the | | | | Tuscany home decorating. Silver frames, silver |
| Tuscany Valley in Italy and is meant to bring the | | | | candlesticks and copper pots, or anything else copper |
| outdoors in. This great home decorating idea uses | | | | are all common in the Tuscany design. When I think |
| distinct materials to help accomplish this goal. Tuscany | | | | of Tuscany, I think of wine and grapes and cheese. |
| style is unique as well as beautiful with warm inviting | | | | Beautiful wine glasses, and, if you can find them, |
| colors and a cozy feel. | | | | antique wine glasses would be a beautiful addition to |
| Textures are a big part of the Tuscany theme. It | | | | your Tuscany decorating. Large glass jars filled with |
| involves the use of stone and primitive tile for the | | | | olives, vases filled with colorful flowers and, again, |
| flooring but wood or laminate floors can also be | | | | anything terra cotta add to the ambiance of Tuscany |
| added to the mix. Textured plaster for the walls in a | | | | decorating. |
| warm color is also another important ingredient in the | | | | Tuscany fabric is in a class all by itself. When using |
| big picture and here is where you can really be | | | | Tuscany fabric in this home decorating theme, look |
| creative and add your personal stamp on a room. If | | | | for fabrics made of fibers from the banana tree, |
| you like beams, you can add them to a Tuscany | | | | Savannah and tobacco cloth, burlap and abaca fiber. |
| styled room. They conjure up a warm, cozy and | | | | These fabrics create a natural space and |
| rustic feel. Mosaicing a floor is another way to add | | | | environment and are quite versatile for just about |
| charm to a Tuscany theme. Consider tiling with slate | | | | anything in your decorating project. Curtains, drapes, |
| or Mexican tile in your entryway. It will really set the | | | | blinds, dividers, screens, placemats, floor-mats, these |
| tone for your entrance into Tuscany decorating. Also | | | | can all be created from the various tuscan fabrics |
| mosaicing a table top in rustic tile, such as again slate, | | | | because of their weight, density and flexibility. |
| terra cotta or travertine will add to the Tuscany | | | | Decorating your home in the Tuscany style makes |
| decor. Partner it with a rod iron table bottom and | | | | good use of colors in the red and yellow family in |
| you've got a real Tuscany home. | | | | bright or muted shades. See if you can find these |
| Any home decorating theme that focuses on nature | | | | colors in tassels and tie-backs to accent your drapes. |
| uses wood and the Tuscany style makes great use | | | | You can also add ribbons in these colors and add |
| of wood. One example is using large wooden beams. | | | | them to candlesticks, jugs, baskets and anything else |
| You can use the real thing or they now make "faux" | | | | you can think of. Any item or accessory which |
| wooden beams in different material including | | | | resembles the sea, earth or forest make great |
| styrofoam. Do a Google search for faux wooden | | | | additions to Tuscany style home decorating. Color, |
| beams and you'll be able to come up with some | | | | texture, fabric and accessories will create a warm |
| ideas. Tuscany home decor also utilizes wooden | | | | and inviting feeling in any space in your home. |
| furniture. It needs to look aged and you can | | | | Tuscany style is one of simplicity and nature and is a |
| accomplish this with different colored stains. Although | | | | great home decorating idea. |
| buying antique furniture would really do the trick. | | | | |