| Moroccan home decor allure, charm, grace, | | | | your overall project begins to take shape. |
| seductiveness should be enough adjectives to | | | | Color Accents |
| describe the coastal style of countries occupying the | | | | Incorporate brilliant mosaic tile designs into rich orange |
| northern & southern side of the Mediterranean Sea | | | | red terra cotta or brick tiled floors. You can choose |
| where this decorating style originates. Moorish | | | | to continue the motif by applying the mosaics to the |
| influence, the demands of it's climate, available | | | | wall in the place of base mold, inlay them around |
| materials and maturity over time have set the tone | | | | door frames and be sure to make use of mosaic tiles |
| for this design and decoration that has spread | | | | for the kitchen or bathroom back splash. Select a |
| outward from the region. With bright colors you could | | | | foyer, hall or alcove to try a troweled on red or |
| get easily with a Moroccan-themed room. | | | | lavender burnished plaster paint application for a |
| As a much loved regional decorating theme, especially | | | | dramatic affect. |
| in south of Spain and north of Africa for the tradition | | | | Furniture and accessories |
| it represents, moroccan style will always have an | | | | Furniture may be elegantly crafted from fine |
| important place. Beyond, it is being altered by the | | | | hardwoods or simple rustic designs of common |
| popularity of other decoration themes having shared | | | | woods. Either way, pieces are low and heavy set and |
| similarities. Mediterranean will remain an influence for | | | | often include accents of tile, iron or marble. Lots of |
| sure as several themes merge into a new form. | | | | furniture on the market carries a Mediterranean tag |
| Already, in America, it's purity has been lost in a blur | | | | but that is as close as it comes to having the |
| of influences and mutations. But, that is all pure | | | | authentic scale and quality of the real thing. |
| speculation. What authentic Moroccan decoration | | | | Glass, iron and terra cotta have been decorating |
| means today is cause enough for enjoyment. | | | | basics for centuries. The appeal of these works that |
| Wall Texture | | | | you'll want to use in abundance is in knowing the |
| Walls are predominately textured. It is what gives | | | | materials used, the production techniques required |
| that pre-requisite aged appearance. An over-all | | | | and workmanship employed are time honored |
| application of neutral sand paint supplies a good base. | | | | traditions that can't be changed. It can still be |
| It's easier than working with tinted sand paint at a | | | | captured! Hang wall tapestry from mounted wrought |
| later stage. There are prepared burnished Venetian | | | | iron architectural pieces. Wrought iron grills can also |
| plaster paints on the market that provide lots of | | | | be wall mounted to create the illusion of a window, |
| texture. These can be used when working with color | | | | above doorways to accentuate an entrance or to |
| accents. Include plaster moldings, cornices and | | | | each side of a camel bone mirror to add interest and |
| columns when ever you can. Oh the color The sea | | | | old world charm. Go back to some of those base |
| and the sky and the warmth of the earth. Lavender | | | | paints to color in bulkheads or selected short walls. |
| and creamy yellow make a whimsical appearance in | | | | Pottery has important application. Either in natural |
| this mixture. Blue is always making an appearance. | | | | terra cotta or colorfully finished, over sized pots and |
| You will no doubt be using lots of accessories | | | | vases in classic shapes add drama, form and color. |
| -brightly colorful to muted earthy and aged metallic- in | | | | Continue enhancing the allure with iron and wood |
| your creation. You can see these colors samples on | | | | wine racks in the dinning room. Add tapestry runners |
| our armoires, doors, ceilings.... That's not a warning to | | | | on side tables and top the one on the dinning table |
| exercise caution and agonized pre-meditation in your | | | | with a cast iron candle holder for quite, romantic |
| selection of wall paint. Most walls will exhibit atoned | | | | dinners. Burnished brass urns, an indoor faux stone |
| or maybe even a wash effect by mixing some | | | | water fountain, and of course a thick relief, plastered |
| degree of white into all your color choices. By | | | | fireplace hearth are "musts" if you can work them in. |
| applying some of these same paints at full strength, | | | | The most difficult task you face is knowing when to |
| boldness can be added to appropriate spaces later as | | | | stop. |