Mexican Details

In "Mexican Details", designers Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr travelhroughout Mexico and the Southwest in celebration of the character-richetails of Mexican furniture, architectural elements, and handcrafted accentshat resonate with beauty and originality. From chip carved benches andand-hewn tortilla tables to painted trunks and carved-stone mouldings theoulful nature of Mexican design abounds. Decorative accents includentricately woven textiles, glazed ceramics, wooden masks, and folk artbjects that bear evidence of the hands that crafted them. Carr and Witynskilso look at creative reuse, revealing in vibrant detail how mesquite doorsan be newly fashioned into headboards, iron window grilles are converted tooffee tables, and stone water filters blossom as flower planters.;Theections included are: Colour and Texture - examines Mexico's long historyith vibrant colours and rich textures; Cocinas - how Mexican tiles andulinary antiques bring a kitchen to life; Outdoor Living - open-air spacesnspired by breezy portals, cobbled courtyards, and carved-stone fountains;