Choosing the right flooring for your home is certainly an important moment: the floor will set the style for the entire house. If you like the rustic style, you will definitely find yourself having to choose between different possible materials, but most importantly, you will ask yourselves the following questions:
- Does rustic flooring work for all areas of the house?
- Is rustic flooring suitable for both indoors and outdoors?
- Not all rustic floors are the same: which material should you choose?
- Are terracotta floors recommended for country houses?
Rustic Terracotta Flooring
Let’s start with the material: terracotta floors are the most popular and appreciated, as they have the advantage of being used both in elegant, design-oriented environments and as rustic floors for both interiors and exteriors.
Rustic floorings for outdoor
Nothing to object to regarding terracotta outdoor flooring. Just think of a country house patio covered in stone, a poolside edge, or a garden in a villa in a residential area of a city: rustic terracotta floors are functionally effective as they are naturally anti-slip, the material is frost-resistant, walkable, and vehicle-accessible. The warm and welcoming colors blend perfectly with the countryside or the surrounding garden.
Flooring for Basements: Rustic Floors for Cellars
In addition to outdoors, terracotta bricks can be used as rustic flooring for interiors. The cellar, whether in a country house or in the small villages typical of our country, often has a rustic style both for the flooring and the typical open kitchen in masonry. Rustic flooring for interiors is often used in this context due to its intrinsic technical characteristics of strength and durability, as well as the more “imperfect” style typical of handmade craftsmanship and wood-fired baking. Rustic flooring for the cellar is often made of raw bricks (classic sanded) or sanded (worn by foot traffic) with multiple tonal variations and a rather pronounced grout (sand and cement) to recall the typical kitchens used by our ancestors.
Rustic Floors for Interiors
A rustic floor for interiors can certainly be used in country houses, villas, cellars, or equipment storage areas in old farmhouses. The durability of terracotta in humid environments and its natural coloring blend perfectly with the cellar’s environment. Wooden barrels on a rustic terracotta floor in light colors are certainly a typical image of our country and our heritage, evoking tradition, well-being, and familiarity.
Rustic flooring for interiors is the typical representation of our past and our land, rich in charm, craftsmanship, and good taste. Just think of flooring for a country house, and terracotta immediately comes to mind. This doesn’t mean that this type of flooring isn’t also perfect for spaces with a modern rustic style of decor.
Flooring for Country Houses
Those looking for flooring for a country house cannot help but be enchanted by terracotta. This material is extremely durable, maintains the typical charm of a house built in the fields, and easily withstands the humidity that often affects such properties. Its natural color (in all its shades) blends perfectly with these rural homes.
You can choose from many different finishes and colors to create the perfect flooring for a country house. The most appreciated shades in this type of environment, besides the natural color of Umbrian terracotta, are moka and red. To give the floor an aged rustic look, you can opt for the ars vetus or raw finish. If you want to achieve flooring for a modern country house, there are other natural colors, such as white or black, and glazed finishes for cladding, which blend perfectly with the desired furniture style.
The masonry kitchen with rustic flooring is exactly what you’d expect to see in a country house. A traditional and welcoming environment to spend the best moments with family. Another rustic element that cannot be missed in such a home is the exposed wooden beams with terracotta tiles. To give an even more rustic touch to a rural home, you can furnish it with solid wood furniture, antique vases, decorative accessories, and glazed terracotta elements.
Not only interiors: rustic outdoor terracotta flooring can enhance environments such as the portico, courtyard, or garden of a farmhouse or country house.
Rustic environments of quality and authentic tradition. Starting from the choice of supplier.
Fornace Bernasconi has been successfully producing handmade terracotta bricks for rustic flooring, both indoors and outdoors, for decades with professionalism, passion, and expertise. Our experience and advice are focused on creating terracotta floors that are crafted to perfection, offering undeniable aesthetic appeal while ensuring long-lasting durability. We remind you that Fornace Bernasconi supplies nationwide, offering not only the supply of materials but also installation and treatment services (All-Inclusive package): this way, we guarantee the perfect outcome of both rustic and elegant terracotta floors, with a stain-resistant treatment guaranteed over time.
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