Casa Mexicana Style Hardcover – October 1, 2006

Color is the first thing you see in the book.Bright exteriors and cool, calm interiors. Only after that you notice all the other excellent features:- superb photos- clever organization- interesting, informative text.You get a variety of different types of houses around Mexico City, on beach resorts and even in the jungle. These are city apartments,townhouses, beach houses, haciendas. But I loved most the houses in the small town of San Miguel de Allende.The majority of these houses were restored or redecorated by designers and decorators, frequently for themselves. So there are a lot of interesting things to learn from the book.Pay special attention to the house of Luiz Barragan and the Cuixmala house.And for those who like outdoor living the book will be an indispensable source of inspiration.

Received as a Christmas gift. Great book with beautiful pictures.

Enchanting views of Mexican haciendas. I never tire of leafing through the beautiful colorful photos. Many of them give wonderful decorating ideas.

The photograhy was beautiful, the houses plush and inviting, but the book read as an informercial for the interior design services of "friends" of the authors. I think Carr and others have done just as good of a job or better,and their books are more reasonably priced.The book was reminiscent of tourist phamplets, beautiul pictures tooting virtues limited to a selected service, in this instance a few "designers." Ideas were limited, and represented a selected "Mexicana Style." One house looked much like another as the architecture was similar or the designer was the same. Not represetitive of Mexican design. It was a pity, I expected more.

love the book, lots of ideas.... now looking for more books on this theme, we are decorating our mexico house...

Loved this book. Great inspiration and colourful delights for the eyes and the soul. Makes your heart fly with the possibilities in design, travel, art and texture - just great.

So whilst I loved this book, I was a little peeved to see that some of the photos were reprints from other books that this photographer has done. I was hoping for completely new ideas.However, saying that it truly is a wonderful book, full of inspirations and delights to get those creative juices pouring.

This was a Christmas gift to a contractor I know in Baja. They really liked it.

Fascinante entrar en esos mundos privados, descubrir la magia y alegría de la arquitectura mexicana.Llena de luz y colorido