Latin Style: Decorating Your Home with Color, Texture, and Passion

by Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque

Book Overview

In Latin Style I show you how to use space, texture, and color to explore the brilliant nuances of Latin American d?cor and enjoy some of the most exciting attributes of a truly chic lifestyle. ?Juan Carlos Arcila-Duque Make every day a vivid celebration with Latin Style . Latin Style captures the spirit of the Latin aesthetic, the power of its details and traditions, and its unwavering, timeless chic in a rich montage of photos, concepts, and practical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401603653
• ISBN13: 9781401603656
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson Inc
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 2.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 1.0" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Almost as good as a vacation to South American

This is a charming book full of color, and the quirky style of what the author calls "Latin Style". This is much more than just a decorating book. The author chooses pictures that give you a sense of what it would be like to experience Latin style. There is a stunning photo of a small cabana with large hammock swinging in front, the hammock facing an endless ocean. The picture beckons you to enjoy total peace. Then there are glorious pictures that speak of movement. A native hauling a load of bananas across a sky of palm trees, then a swirl of a brilliant red skirt as a woman dances by, followed by a collage of intriguing dishes. For those interested in decoration, there are pictures of haciendas. Plaster walls, heavy antique furniture, and the jolt of pure orange paint on a wall. One truly romantic home pictured has a "grand old corridor...with an assemblage of paints and old lithographs and ...dark brown leather brown chairs--again that necessary hint of masculinity." (p 85). Very enjoyable and interesting book.