Many new foreign home owners I have met in this part of the world comment that they want their Spanish home to look 'rustic', and to achieve this they often buy at second hand markets and 'rastros' here furnish and decorate their home.
Maybe 'rustico' here implies more than just terracotta and old wood, I think it could be re-cycling and conservation, totally in keeping with the old Spanish way of life in the countryside!
The Spanish house below has features that I believe to be rustic, balanced with interesting, earthy and natural colours. Do you think my definition is correct?
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Beautiful arches!
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I want that house! You take beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteGood question. I keep wanting to use the word "rustic" to define the word rustic! I think of rustic as a place where a lot of natural elements are still present. Where many things are left rough or unfinished. Tasteful, but indelicate. But I could be wrong, and I haven't bothered to look it up.
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