Behind Adobe Walls: The Hidden Homes and Gardens of Santa Fe and Taos

by Lisl Dennis and Landt Dennis

Book Overview

At last, a beautiful, affordable style book that offers a rare insider's look at the highly personal and innovative aesthetic for which the Southwest is famed. Santa Fe residents Lisl and Landt Dennis have documented eighteen of the most unusual and awe-inspiring homes and gardens of the Santa Fe and Taos area. Meet the owners and designers, tour their homes, and witness the grand vision and loving detail they have devoted to their living spaces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811811646
• ISBN13: 9780811811644
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.6" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

perfect

This book is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Perfect condition and rapid delivery. Excellent service.

I Live Here!

I would NOT loan out my copy of this book! I live in Taos (moved AFTER reading the book) and have since been to some of these homes, they are wonderful...and not at all pretentious...as one reviewer said. I use this book even today for inspiration in my own Taos home.

Good survey of contemporary ideas

I got this book so I could see more examples of the contemporary solutions in Southwest design. It has some good ideas, but most are more folk-art-based. Some of the photograhy is centered around the object more than the space, so it's not very effective if you are looking at it from an architectural point of view. It is a good start for ideas if you are looking to add some flavor to a design. Also realize that the book is not just gardens but interiors, too. Most of this work is very elegant; some is kind of gaudy.

Inside details on southwestern homes

This book is filled with idea inspiring photos of southwestern adobe homes. The rich descriptions combined with the photos have given me many decorating ideas for my own home. If you love southwest and adobe style as I do, you'll love this book.

This is NOT the original Book "Behind THE Adobe Wallsl

The original book "Behind THE Adobe Walls" is about the culture and not about gardens or decorating.