I usually imagine each of the signoras who lived with this house-where she shelled peas, rocked the grandchild, placed a vase of the pink roses. Now I would like to take one of these women back to my home in California to show her how Bramasole journeyed to America and required root, the way the doors a couple of open to the air flow from San Pablo bay also to the distant view of Support Tamalpais, how the table has expanded and the garden offers burgeoned…

The “bard of Tuscany” (New York Times) now offers a about Getting Tuscany Home: Sensuous Style From your Heart of Italy lavishly illustrated book for everybody who dreams of integrating the Tuscan lifestyle-from house decoration and cooking, to eating and drinking, to gardening, socializing, and celebrating-into their own lives.

When Frances Mayes fell deeply in love with Tuscany and Bramasole, millions of readers basked in the knowledge through her three bestselling memoirs. Right now Frances and her spouse, In Tuscany coauthor Edward, share the substance of Tuscan existence as they have lived it, with specific ideas and motivation for visitors stateside to create the wonder and soul of Tuscany into their own home decor, meals, gardens, entertaining and, most important, outlook on life. In her inimitable warm and evocative build, Frances helps readers develop an eyesight for genuine Tuscan design, with advice on how best to:

• Select a Tuscan color scheme for the house, from earthy apricot tones to invigorating shades of antique blue.

• Personalize an area with fanciful door frames, unique painted home furniture, and fresco murals.

• Cultivate a Tuscan garden, adding fountains, vine-covered pergolas, and terra-cotta urns among the natural herbs and flowers

• Select the best Italian vino. (Frances details lunches at local vineyards and imparts suggestions for pairing meals and wine.)

• Create an atmosphere of irresistible, anytime hospitality-a casa aperta (open up home).

• Make primo discovers at neighborhood antiques marketplaces. (And to help really bring Tuscany home, shipping tips and market times for many Tuscan towns are included.)

• Established an imaginative Tuscan table using majolica and vintage linens.

• Benefit from the abundant flavors and easy simpleness of the Tuscan kitchen, with details on everything from olive oil and vino santo to pici and gnocchi, plus special homegrown menus and recipes.

• Make the most of a vacation to Tuscany, visiting Frances’s favourite hill towns, restaurants, small museums, and various other soothing places.

With more than 100 photos by acclaimed photographer Steven Rothfeld (including many of the Mayes’s California home and its own Tuscan accents), twenty-five all-new meals, and lists of resources for travelers and shoppers, Bringing Tuscany Home is a treasure trove of practical advice and memorable images.