Italian Rustic: How to Bring Tuscan Charm into Your Home |  | Authors: Elizabeth Helman Minchilli, Domenico Minchilli
Creator: Simon McBride
Publisher: Artisan
Category: Book
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Pages: 226
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ISBN: 1579653642
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Product Description
A celebration of Tuscan farmhouse style, with practical advice on how to bring the look home.
For anyone who has ever dreamed of living under the Tuscan sun, Italian Rustic is the next best thing—a step-by-step guide to recreating the romance and appeal of the weathered Italian farmhouse. This nuts-and-bolts guide to building Italian-style walks the reader through all the elements that make the rustic Italian home so unique, from the hand-laid stone walls to the artisanal stucco wall finishes.
Author Elizabeth Minchilli, an American design writer based in Rome and Tuscany, received dozens of questions from readers after publishing her last book, Artisan's Restoring a Home in Italy. The queries went beyond the usual searches for fabric and couches. "People were hungry to know how terra-cotta tiles were laid, or how fireplaces were built," she says. Italian Rustic, researched with the help of her Italian architect husband, is the user-friendly result: a book that explains, in clear text accompanied by photographs and drawings, how to lay a tile floor a la Italiana, or add a Tuscan-style pergola to any garden.
With more than 300 stunning photographs shot on location in Tuscany and Umbria, the book contains profiles of local artisans, engaging text on how the farmhouse style evolved, and targeted advice on how Americans can find Italian-style building materials and craftsmen close to home. This essential sourcebook will appeal to anyone building an addition or an entire house from scratch, or for homeowners who want to add just a touch of Italian style to their houses.
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 Lush beauty and sensible know-how October 15, 2009
Dan Blagg (Umbria, Italy)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The photographs by Simon McBride are up to his usual high standard and can help guide anyone interested in creating Italian charm in his/her own home to the desired point. And Elizabeth Minchilli has written practical information for step-by-step processes for treating walls, doorways, windows, floors, ceilings, etc., with a special Italian flair. You don't have to be a millionaire to achieve the warm feeling of an Italian family home! Italian Rustic is a good buy for lovers of Italian decor.
Italian Delight October 9, 2009
Maria Theresia Rehder (Santa Croce, Umbertide, Italy)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Elizabeth's latest work is simply delightful, as all her previous books are. If one is lucky enough to own a property in Italy, the book can serve as an immense support when restoring or improving house and grounds. For all other Italy lovers it is a perfect chance to inhale the glory of this wonderful country. Complementi to the author as well as to Simon McBride the equally gifted photographer.
Tuscan Charm October 15, 2009
H. James (New York City)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This book is a great gift for anyone interested in design and craft!
Beautiful pictures - great illustrations and helpful hints.
You can create your own Tuscan home anywhere -
a resource list in back even if you just want a few Tuscan touches!
A must to have!
Italian Rustic:How to Bring Tuscan Charm into Your Home October 25, 2009
H. Lund (Vancouver, B.C. Canada)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is beautiful, full of gorgeous photos and tons of inspiration on every page. I was surprised to find that it isn't yet another book with decorative ideas like flower arranging or table settings - though I'm a sucker for those and have a shelf full - it concentrates instead on architecture, wall colors and finishing and many other detailed tips and instructions that will permanently give your house a Tuscan Charm. This is not about a ten minute decorative "fix" , these are changes only an architect familiar with the Tuscan magic could suggest and describe. The book wasn't what I expected, it is better than that. Wish the builders came with it!
Amazing book December 13, 2009
W. kemp (Mass.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is absolutely wonderful. I purchased this book for a friend who had just returned from a trip to Tuscany. She told it me was as true to what she experienced there as anything she had ever seen. I had also read it it and plan to make some changes to my home based on the ideas presented by the talented author.
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