Tuscan Kitchen Decor

Tuscan Kitchen Colors
 

The interior design of a Tuscan kitchen décor is primarily dominated by the warm colors found in the Tuscan countryside and cool rich blue of the seas lapping its shores. Have a riot of colors lording over your kitchen the Tuscan style. Be true to the Tuscan theme by having the walls painted gold and the floors terracotta. Next brighten up your kitchen by having its variously painted in gorgeous yellow and green. Mix them with flaming red and rich blues.
 

Tuscan Kitchen Backsplash

The backsplash which is regarded as the heart and soul of a Tuscan kitchen theme can provide you ample opportunities to use a variety of eye-catching colors like green, rust, gold and cream to really enliven the atmosphere. These backsplash colors create their own splash that will surely drive away all the early morning blues that you might have.

Then there are kitchen counters made of granite, slate and travertine that do more than bring in the Tuscan countryside. It virtually transports you to the Tuscan countryside. All these materials are a reminder of the high quality of a Tuscan kitchen.

To conjure up a real Tuscan décor, focus on natural textures like stone, tile, iron and copper, tiles, aged wood and exposed beams. Create a pleasant clutter consisting of bottles, earthen jars, grapes and olives and you are truly in a Tuscan house.

It is very important for the walls of a Tuscan kitchen to have texture of the Tuscan countryside. The best material for giving the walls a textured look is Venetian plaster. However, it can become expensive if the kitchen is too big. A good alternative is to buy a texture additive with latex paint. You can buy the additive in different degrees of texture and therefore control the texture you want to give to the walls. The texture becomes heavier as you increase the amount of additive. After putting the texture in place you have to paint the walls.

The typical traditional Tuscan kitchen walls are hand painted with earth colors of rich gold, terracotta or similar material. The painting on a rough textured wall, rather than a smooth surface, gives the wall an almost authentic worn out look enhancing the old world atmosphere. If you are diffident about using too bold colors, use the lighter shades cleverly to give the wall a patchy old age look. You can have this effect by sponging off the colors at various places. The effect can be very realistic.
 

Ceiling fixtures

Explore the possibility of putting beams on the ceiling to enhance the countryside kitchen effect. You can make hollow beams by taking wooden pieces of the right width and length and framing them up. Give the beam an aged look by hitting it with a hammer or a chain. You can also sear the wood and scrape it up. Finally add your stain and finish it. If you can get hold of scrap wood the cost would be halved.
 

Tuscan Kitchen Furnishings

The furnishings of a typical Tuscan kitchen would be traditional and made of wood. They are heavy and old. A Tuscan kitchen would have a large wooden table at the centre provided with benches at the sides. The big table would be used not only for cooking work but also to have food. The central wooden table would be matched very well if you have kitchen cabinets made of wood. Normally the color of the wood is that of antique dark oak, although many these days have started using fruit wood. The fruit wood exudes warmth and blends well with the colors of the wall and floor of a Tuscany kitchen. Another excellent addition to the kitchen would be a cupboard where you can exhibit your selection of majolica and other old world pottery. Finally don’t forget the mainstay of the Tuscan kitchen – the kitchen island.

Worktops in Tuscany have changed over the years. Nowadays many prefer a dark marble top that goes well with the surroundings. These old style furnishings can be bought from antique shops at a very reasonable price. You can also get old furniture at flea markets, garage sales or even in people’s houses lying unused.
 

Flooring

Flooring can be the most expensive part of a Tuscan kitchen decor. There are several ways you can redo the flooring. Flooring made from stone or quarry tiles would give a classic Tuscan touch to your kitchen. The more expensive hard wood floor would be a better choice for a Tuscan kitchen. You can also go for the cheaper alternative-vinyl flooring- which looks like hard wood but is cheaper to maintain. Even stone floor can be faked by using vinyl tiles, which is a lot cheaper substitute.
 

Kitchen Accessories

Now comes the part you will enjoy the most, which is, selecting accessories and Tuscan kitchen accents. Here again you don’t have to spend a fortune. The style to the kitchen is imparted by the accessories that are chosen. These could be the cookware chosen, the pictures that are hung and the metal ware baskets that contain fruit. The cookware itself could be a Tuscan color of deep red. The work surface would have chopping board. The working surface would have a knife rack with all the cooking knives placed in their slot.

A Tuscan kitchen with its accent on nature cannot miss out on plants. Plants thrive in a warm Tuscan kitchen and in addition provide the much needed rusticity to the place. Next, have pots colored in Tuscan yellow or brown that would contain things like flour, coffee or sugar. Accessories like urns, jars, racks and dinnerware are wonderful as Tuscan kitchen accents.

Since Tuscan kitchen flourishes on food and nature, display the entire foodstuff you have. Have wicker baskets full of fruits and vegetables and terracotta pots filled with herbs. Vinegar and oil figure prominently in Tuscan cooking. Therefore have on display glass bottles filled with vegetables, fruits and herbs and steeped in vinegar or oil. Baskets, terracotta pots and bottles can all be bought cheaply at flea markets.

Other essentials of a Tuscan kitchen are grapes and anything to do with them. You can have on display grape leaves and grape vines or glasses and bottles. Get an iron rack and fill it with, empty bottles. A wonderful showpiece can be made out of a piece of old iron hung on the wall and decorated with grapes and grape leaves.

Supplement all that we have told with your own creativity and you will have Tuscany right in your house.

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