- 1). Study villa designs, which can include Italian, ancient Roman, southern French, and Asian concepts of interior decorating. Visit museums, both virtual ones online and brick and mortar ones, along with decorating show rooms. Select and visit several villas for décor ideas. Keep a list of the concepts that are most appealing to you and that can be transformed into unique decorating ideas.
- 2). Consider where natural light is at different times of the day and how it changes throughout the year. Note what rooms and design elements will be highlighted the most at certain points.
- 3). Use your gathered research to devise a style or fusion of styles to decorate the villa. Take pictures of the villa to use as visual references in this process. Draw a floor plan to arrange the ideas.
- 4). Make lists of needed materials and items for each step of the decorating process. These would be for preparation of ceilings, walls and floors. Other lists would be furniture, window treatments, lighting, floor coverings and accessories. Something to consider is that an ancient Roman villa might have frescoes painted on its walls, or mosaics inlaid into the floors.
- 5). Obtain the tables, chairs, rugs, couches, beds, tables, end tables, sheets in accordance with the stylistic choices you made. Pick changes of certain items such as Egyptian cotton sheets, dishes and handmade rugs for each season, as well as special holidays.
- 6). Get accessories to go along with the style you have developed. Examples of potential accessories include paintings, candleholders and candles, baskets, fountains, coffee table books, urns and sculptures as well as plants to accent your chosen villa style.
- 7). Work from top to bottom with decorating the villa, going from the ceiling and walls to the floor.
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