The Tuscan Villa

Sun, stone, and centuries of civilized living converge in "The Tuscan Villa." Clara renders the quintessential Mediterranean interior: terracotta tile floors absorb and radiate warmth underfoot, arched doorways frame views of successive rooms like a renaissance painting, and rustic wooden beams cross a ceiling of aged plaster. The walls carry the lived-in warmth of Tuscan ochre — a color that changes with the light from honey gold to burnt amber. An iron candelabra, a hand-painted ceramic bowl, olive branches in a terra cotta urn — each element is deliberately simple, letting the architecture and the warm Tuscan light do the real decorating.