Without regard for the obstacles between now and then, the indicia of a Tuscany home with Tuscany Style and Tuscany design are observable and definable in text and pics.  Tuscany home style and design pics are abundant on the Web and in bookstores Some pics are exceptional in the stories they tell.
	Tuscany home style and design reading text – correct, comprehensive, concise, knowing text – is hard to come-by
	Three Tuscany home style and design recommendations from home designers – #1 Italian Rustic: How To Bring Tuscan Charm Into Your Home: From Walls Glowing with Natural Pigments to Terra-Cotta Floors, Wood-Burning Ovens, Outdoor Pergolas, Swimming Pools, Gardens, and More by E. H. Minchilli et al., Artisan, 2009 Starts and stays rustic, the farmhouse and villa Pics chock-full of information – materials, colors, applications, inclusions, and exclusions Unusual design and building insights and guidance [reminds AG of AG]   #2 Tuscan Elements by A. Black, Watson-Guptill, 2002 Ties #1 for pics – both first-rate Short of #1 for practical insights to design and construction – there are some, but not many – and that’s what gets it #2 Beats #1 for interiors design and decoration materials and methods, particularly the section on wood features and furniture

#3 Italian Country Living by C. Clifton-Mogg, Ryland, Peters, & Small, 2005 Touches from rustic to chic, offering significant though limited pictorial value in that realm of Tuscany design and décor twixt rusticity and modernity Not the best in this designer’s opinion, though it gets higher reader ratings on Amazon, but better than all but two of the multitudinous rest  Pics trump words that seem to strike this designer as middling to Architectural Digest and a real estate broker’s blurb Blessed-be, this one does not come near the home design disaster with a name: California Tuscany  . .so California . . . so not Tuscany