Mexican Country Style

nicely done Not as detailed as their other books in my opinion but it completes a collection of books by the authors.. looking for mexican hacienda style tips this is a good if looking for mexican hacienda style tips this is a good book. marie d. everett said Great country look. A great look that seems reasonable to implement. I like the vibrant colors and simple ideas. The book was a gift for a sister who is decorating a home in Mexico.

Their design work has been featured in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and dozens of other magazines and newspapers. Based in Austin, Texas, Carr and Witynski are the owners of Texture Antiques, an interior design firm and gallery specializing in hacienda style, Mexican colonial furniture, and architectural elements. Carr have been at the forefront of the Mexican design movement for over twenty-five years as interior designers

From milking stools shaped like animals to grain-measure boxes and sculptural sugar molds, the pieces were like mirrors reflecting a rich local history as well as the ingenuity of the hands that made them. The result is Mexican Country Style, a showcase of the rich heritage of Mexican antiques. Carr have spent years winding their way by bus and burro through coastal villages and old colonial mining towns, bumping alongside sugarcane fields and down narrow cobblestoned streets in search of simple, robust country tables, workbenches, storage trunks, corral gates, and old, heavy doors. From mesquite-carved beams and window lintels to jail doors and coffee mortars, Carr and Witynksi found new homes in the United States for their salvaged finds. From the Inside Flap Authors Karen Witynski and Joe P. . Although artists and collectors have been enjoying and living with Mexican antiques and acce

Mexican Country Style is a celebration of a rugged, romantic beauty and soulful antiquity that is sweeping the country and making its way into the contemporary interiors, gardens, and commercial settings of well-known people and businesses. The authors traveled by bus and burro through coastal villages and old colonial mining towns to seek out simple, robust country tables, weathered storage trunks, and sculptured sugar molds, pictured in 170 photos, 140 in full color.