Wining AND DINING

Learn 3 ways to bring wine country to your own backyard.

• USE WOOD. Want to have an organic feel to your space? Add elements of oak, redwood, cedar or walnut. Wood brings nature in without the fuss of breaking down walls. Woodwork, oak doors or a farmhouse table can take your home from basic to timeless.

• CREATE SPACE. Make your home feel more spacious by pairing back on the amount of furniture and other items to only keep what you actually need. Move your existing furniture around to create the best flow from one space to the next. You will bring in more light and nature.

• STUCCO. Stucco is a California classic. While not automatically intrinsic to farmhouse style, this material can bring a sense of California wine country to your home through texture. You can use this in a variety of ways that don’t involve stucco on all your exterior siding, such as on the ceiling alongside exposed beams, or even partake in the current trend to put stucco on your kitchen range hood.

The kitchen in this Calistoga home focuses on the views outside the windows, rather than upper cabinet storage. Light from the windows highlights the texture and organic feel of the oak cabinets.