| The many ways you can incorporate | | | | grill made of wrought iron will serve as a |
| Mediterranean ideas into your decorating. | | | | simple decoration on a wall, or you can use |
| Clay, terra cotta, wrought iron and other | | | | it to create the look of a window or to |
| influences that can help you achieve this in | | | | accent entrances, doorways or mirrors. All |
| your home. | | | | of these will add color and charm. Use the |
| | | | basic paint colors to allow these accent |
| How can you bring more color into your home? | | | | pieces to stand out. |
| There are so many different ways that this is | | | | |
| just a short list of them. | | | | Pottery is an easy way to add color to a room |
| | | | as well as form and a sense of drama. It can |
| Using mosaic tile, with its bright colors of | | | | be in its natural state of terra cotta or it |
| the terra cotta or brick hues will | | | | can be glazed in lovely colors, but either |
| automatically bring a floor and a room to | | | | way it will add a lot. Try giant pots, |
| life. Bring the concept even further into the | | | | elaborate vases in old world shapes and you |
| room by putting these mosaics on the walls as | | | | will create a bright dramatic look for your |
| molding, around door frames, and as back | | | | home. Add wrought iron racks and candelabras, |
| splashes, if you are doing a kitchen or | | | | wood embellishments, table runners that |
| bathroom. Start small by putting the tiles | | | | reflect the colors of the pottery, and you |
| in small space such as an alcove or a foyer, | | | | have a lovely romantic setting. Other touches |
| and use a dramatic sweep of lavender or red | | | | that will add to this ambiance are urns of |
| caulking that you can easily apply with a | | | | burnished brass, a water fountain made from |
| trowel. | | | | stone or one of the new resins that resemble |
| | | | stone, a relief over the fireplace and other |
| Furniture is another sure fire way to add | | | | touches that add to this look. |
| drama and color to a home. The wood may be | | | | |
| simple or complex designs, but if you keep | | | | The purpose of all of this is to create the |
| them low and include different accents made | | | | look of a bright Mediterranean idyll, full of |
| of marble, iron or tile, you will create a | | | | sunshine and warmth. Create this by a main |
| bright Mediterranean look. This is probably | | | | theme that creates the interest, and continue |
| more authentic then the types you will be | | | | it will small touches that you and your |
| ready made in the stores. | | | | guests glimpse at every turn. |
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| These kinds of materials such as terra cotta, | | | | To do your planning, perhaps it would help to |
| glass and iron have been used to decorate | | | | envision yourself with a glass of Chianti at |
| homes for ages. These materials have an | | | | a villa by the Mediterranean. Picture |
| appeal to everyone because we all realize | | | | yourself sitting in an garden enclosed by a |
| that they are time tested decorating ideas | | | | stucco wall lined with sunflowers. The exit |
| that involve care and craftsmanship, and are | | | | is a wooden door with wrought iron scrolling |
| therefore very respected. | | | | for hinges and pulls. In the background, you |
| | | | can glimpse the terra cotta tiles on the |
| Another idea for color is a tapestry on the | | | | roofs of the local homes. Yours will look |
| wall. If you use wrought iron mountings to | | | | like that soon. |
| hang it, it will look even more authentic. A | | | | |