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The Mediterranean courtyard shows up in houses across Spain, Turkiye, Greece, Libya and Palestine. The Csa climate class, with dry summers and…
The photos of Mediterranean kitchens rarely show the maintenance. Terracotta, limestone and encaustic cement tile all absorb liquid, so each of them…
Ask ten people what a loggia is and you’ll get a few different answers. The core idea is simple enough: a roofed…
Mediterranean bedroom ideas almost always start with the walls. Textured plaster does most of the work, with a sun-baked palette of cream…
Americans started decorating this way in the 1910s, borrowing the thick plaster walls, round arches and tiled floors of Spanish colonial and…
Greek interior design comes from houses on the Cyclades, in Pelion and in Zagori. Local lime, stone, marble and wood make up…
Tuscan interior design brings the farmhouses and villas of Tuscany indoors, and it does that with warm earth tones, natural stone, terracotta,…
Pergolas go up over patios, decks and walkways, either freestanding or attached to the house. The roof is a set of beams…
Mediterranean patios tend to fail in the same way. Someone buys terracotta pots, lays gravel, plants lavender and rosemary, and a wet…
A rustic beam can be a heavy old barn timber or a lightweight foam shell, and from the floor you often can’t…
Terracotta tile is red clay fired at a low temperature, either unglazed or with a light glaze. The iron in the clay…
Whitewash, sea blue, terracotta, ochre, olive green and lemon yellow. Those six cover most of what people mean by a Mediterranean palette,…
Mediterranean homes keep interiors cool through hot, dry summers with thick stucco-finished walls, low-pitched clay tile roofs, arched openings and shaded courtyards.…
Arched doorways are more than just a design element-they’re a piece of history, an expression of elegance, and a functional feature that…