There are still many Tuscan style homes around these days, built in the 2000’s or so, that went all in with heavily textured faux finished walls, dark woods, tapestries, heavy draperies with extra fringe and swags, etc. Not everyone went all white in the years following that trend.
Now that moody, darker interiors are popular again, I think there is a bit of a notion that basically we’ve circled back and landed right back where we were.
Not really.
Personally, I love the real Tuscany. We rented a house there years ago with another family when we lived overseas and boy, was it inspiring.
Here are some of the photos of that redone Tuscan country home. Even though it was the mid-1990’s when these were taken, you can see clearly what this home’s owner did to create a fresh look while appreciating the authentically old character of the building.
They combined white plaster walls with all the dark wood and muddy stone color. I loved the teal color on the windows and doors too!
A home rental in Tuscany with white plaster walls and orignal stone and wood.
Kitchen in this Tuscan home rental.
This was my son in the photos, he is now 37!
These walls were a white plaster too.
We loved all the old stone wood and the construction used in this Tuscan rental.
If you’ve read my blog for awhile, you know what I’m talking about here. A soft white always works when trying to make this style feel fresh. It truly brings out the best in the dark wood and stone that are there.
Seeing this video prompted my post today
An example of going light on the walls in a Mediterranean style home is seen in this video I recently came across on Lone Fox’s YouTube channel. In his video, he repaints the living room in his Spanish style LA home.
He went from Farrow and Ball, Old White to Farrow and Ball, Dimity. (I might have gone even lighter, but I think this was a stretch for him to do a white at all. :-)
See his video here. BTW, I love watching his videos! I first wrote about discovering him along with other Youtube channels here.
I have more examples on this idea in the posts below.
This blogpost was thoughtfully written by me, Carla Aston, and not by AI, ghostwriters, or guest posters.
Do you have an older Tuscan kitchen with a warm-toned color palette and think that your kitchen will be right on trend with the new moody warm interiors popular these days? You might want to read on….