Santa Fe Houses

by Christine Mather and Sharon Woods

Santa Fe-style decorating is a coast-to-coast trend. Hundreds of thousands have scoured Christine Mather's previous books, eager to incorporate Santa Fe design elements into their own homes. Now, in Santa Fe Houses , Mather combines concrete and practical home-decorating suggestions with the beautiful photographs of her longtime collaborator, Jack Parsons, creating an invaluable guide for anyone interested in building, decorating, or remodeling a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609606476
• ISBN13: 9780609606476
• Release Date: April 2002
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 3.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 10.1" x 10.2"

Customer Reviews

Santa Fe Houses

This is an awesome book for displaying on your coffee table. The pictures are gorgeous and very colorful. Visitors in my home always enjoy looking at it.

Great Decorating Ideas

Bought this book for decorating ideas, especially exterior colors, when we bought our Santa Fe bungalow. Excellent source for color and a bonus resource for southwestern decorating ideas.

A glimpse inside

Wonderful. They are not all mansions, not all ethnic, just so well and individually done. I keep it on my coffee table with others in the same genre` and my guests have trouble putting it down. Great!

A good referance book which also serves to inspire

We are building a 4000 sq. foot straw bale home in Oakville, Ontario Canada in an adobe style. There is NOTHING in Ontario to act as inspiration and we must rely on our numerous trips to New Mexico and Arizona to inspire us in the design of our home. This book had some lovely photos that got our imaginations stirred so we would recommend it to others in our circumstance. A good book if you need inspiration and you're miles away from the southwest. Most of the photographs are well shot and beautiful. It is amongst the many books we've ordered from this site and is one of the biggest, thankfully.

BEAUTIFUL BOOK!

This is a gorgeous book with amazing glossy pictures on every page.After a visit to Santa Fe I got this book for my Mother. I thought that it would be a lovely Mother's Day gift.There are 240 pages- and page 241 through 248 is the Santa Fe Directory.Included in the directory are all types of companies relating to the home- and their addresses and phone numbers-such as: Adobe and Construction Companies, fireplace companies, wood product companies, decorative details, antique door companies, lighting companies, tile companies, and so on. Also in an index of Santa Fe bookshops, Santa Fe food stores, and Santa Fe plants and pots stores. And 7 home preservation organizations are listed- with their address and phone numbers.The chapters are divided into 4 categories: Earth, Fire, Water and Air. In the Earth section: Color: Native colors of the EarthSeason: WinterPlace: PuebloRooms: Entryways and SalasCollecting: Native American ArtIn the Fire section:Color: Santa Fe RedSeason: Fall/ HarvestPlace: The HearthRRooms: Kitchens and Dining RoomsCollecting: Devotional ArtIn the Water section:Color: Taos BlueSeason: SpringPlace: Rivers and AcequiasRooms: Bedrooms and BathsCollecting: Ethnic ArtsIn the Air section:Color: PinkSeason: SummerPlace: GardensRooms: Portals and CourtyardsCollecting: Garden Art Within these categories are gorgeous photos of each type of theme. Fountains are one of the items featured in the water section.Pictures of beautiful interior Santa Fe fireplaces are featured in the fire section, and so on.I highly recommend this book. It is a lovely big coffee table book with incredible photos.