Mediterranean style: tips to furnish your villa on the Lago d’Orta

Would you like to know how to furnish your house on the Lago d’Orta in a perfect Mediterranean style? In this article we show you some tricks. 

Imagine a Mediterranean town, overlooking the sea. White houses glistening in the sun, wonderful shades of blue, antique ceramics, basic interiors, rich in light and stone.

These characteristics are paradigmatic of the Mediterranean style, a timeless trend in décor and still among the most loved ones. That’s some good news, since your villa on the Lago d’Orta perfectly fits this style. Let’s see how. 

WHITE AND BLUE: MEDITERRANEAN COLOURS

Among the elements characterising the Mediterranean style, one of the most important is undoubtedly the colour. White and blue are the main two, as you can imagine if you think about the typical Mediterranean houses. You can see the first one on the facades and this use especially derives from its power to reflect the sun rays. 

Compared to the past, nowadays white is also used to give your home a sense of simplicity, clearness and light. The second colour is blue, which, thanks to its many different shades, recalls the sea and, in the case of a house on the Lago d’Orta, the lake. If we were to choose a further colour, this would be yellow: like the sun, a cornfield or a beach at sunset (better if private).

SIMPLICITY AND MATERIALS

The Mediterranean style usually consists of simple materials, rough and natural, such as stone, which you can use both inside and outside your house on the Lago d’Orta. 

We suggest you also use other materials such as wood, wicker and rattan, as well as ceramics and majolica. The use of recycled tiles, for example, is a hallmark of this style, capable of thrilling with the infinite decorative combinations.

NATURAL LIGHT

A feature of the houses for sale Lago Maggiore is the extraordinary correlation between outdoor and indoor, which is underlined through the natural light, as shown in the prestigious villas for sale Lago d’Orta. 

In fact, many of these properties boast wide windows overlooking the wonderful views of the Lake,  at the same time offering a natural light, warm and soothing, perfect to highlight every detail in the house. 

CHOOSE THE PERFECT FURNISHINGS

The style is defined also through the accessories and décor items, which need to be mixed up correctly, to get the so-called “wow effect”. You may need some skills, when it comes to place antique and contemporary elements together. 

Among the fabrics, we suggest you use cotton and linen, two materials characterising the Mediterranean style. 

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE GARDEN

Another trait characterising the Mediterranean style is the outdoor space. Lago d’Orta mild climate, combined with the beauty of its gardens and villas, offers many opportunities. Make sure that your garden is a distinguishing element. 

A beautiful pergola will be an irresistible attraction on summer evenings with friends, but also a terrace overlooking the lake must be designed to be used as much as possible. Green light for gazebos in light-coloured fabric, or even better covered with straw. Make space for plants and flowers and maybe an olive tree, which is the one that mostly characterises the Mediterraean style and which can also grow on the shores of Lake Orta (perhaps in a beautiful vase, which you can move indoors during Winter).