Customer Reviews

Santa Fe Houses

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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 Earth
Season: Winter
Place: Pueblo
Rooms: Entryways and Salas
Collecting: Native American Art

In the Fire section:

Color: Santa Fe Red
Season: Fall/ Harvest
Place: The Hearth
RRooms: Kitchens and Dining Rooms
Collecting: Devotional Art

In the Water section:
Color: Taos Blue
Season: Spring
Place: Rivers and Acequias
Rooms: Bedrooms and Baths
Collecting: Ethnic Arts

In the Air section:
Color: Pink
Season: Summer
Place: Gardens
Rooms: Portals and Courtyards
Collecting: 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.

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.

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!

We just built a house in Santa Fe, and used this book for inspiration throughout the process. It is not a "decorator" type book, but includes many creatively adapted houses and rooms, all beautifully photographed. Some other books of this genre focus on multi-million dollar houses. This one includes historical photos and highlights some of the fun, quirky ideas that make this "The City Different." Be aware that some of the businesses and products listed may be out of date. However, the photos are not - it is still a great reference for Santa Fe style.

i redid my whole house using this book and my sweat saved me hundreds of dollars and i love the house soooo much now..this book is a keeper

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.

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.

Love this book - I want to live there! Thank you to all the owners for sharing your houses and homes, rooms and gardens. Beautifully photographed, a very stylish book. Recommend read from the smallest detail to grande overview plans. A pleasure to own.

I had never returned a book before, but because I would not even put it on my book shelf, much less my coffee table, I sent it back (which Amazon honored). Very dissapointing as I thought it would be filled with great ideas. Unless you like the junk yard look for your Santa Fee home, don't bother!