Cotto tile
16th–18th century Tuscan cotto with deep patina.
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A villa lifted from a hill outside Florence.
Tuscan European
Hand-troweled walls. Cypress beams. A fire in cracked stone.
The Direction
Hand-troweled walls. Cypress beams. A fire in cracked stone.
Tuscan European is the romance of a 17th-century villa in the Chianti hills, translated to Florida or the American West. We use rough hand-troweled lime plaster with intentional imperfection, antique cotto floors with three centuries of patina, cypress beams that look like they were salvaged from a Renaissance barn. The fireplaces are massive and cracked. The light is hazy and slow. Time is the most expensive material.
Material Library
Signature Materials
Cream plaster
Rough hand-troweled lime plaster, intentionally imperfect.
Cypress beam
Reclaimed Italian cypress, age-checked and dried.
Aged stone
Carved limestone fireplace surrounds with original fire-cracks.
Flax linen
Loose, oversized linen slipcovers in flax cream.
Antique walnut
18th-century farmhouse tables and credenzas.
Inside the Direction
Rooms We Compose
01
Great room with massive stone fireplace and crackling fire
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Kitchen with hand-painted ceramic backsplash and cypress beam ceiling
03
Loggia with antique iron chandelier and overgrown gardens
04
Library lined with leather-bound books and a velvet wingback
Considerations
Questions, Answered
Mediterranean Estate is grand and formal — Mizner's Palm Beach. Tuscan is rustic and romantic — a Chianti farmhouse. Mediterranean has polished limestone; Tuscan has cracked stone. Both are timeless; the emotional temperature is different.
Not if the bones are right. Authentic proportions, real reclaimed materials, and restraint in furnishings are what separate a true Tuscan villa from a faux one. We won't build the latter.
Yes. We routinely integrate quietly modern appliances and lighting into Tuscan envelopes. The trick is making the integration invisible — hidden refrigeration, panel-front everything, induction cooktops beneath carved stone surrounds.
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