CASA DEL BALAM YUCATAN

CASA DEL BALAM YUCATAN

CASA DEL BALAM YUCATAN

Design The Yucatan has undergone a remarkable restoration renaissance of late: ancient pyramids now share the dense jungle landscape with revived haciendas, and colonial homes boasting high-beamed ceilings and cool tile floors posture amidst elegant plazas and renovated nineteenth-century mansions. A dazzling photographic journey, Casa Yucatan focuses on architectural elements, water spaces, and open-air living in houses both colonial and contemporary, including haciendas and coastal retreats. Award-winning authors of the Mexican design series-Mexican Country Style, The New Hacienda, Casa Adobe, and Adobe Details-Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr are the owners of Texture, an interior design firm and gallery specializing in hacienda style. They have been at the forefront of the Mexican design movement for more than twenty-five years. They divide their time between homes in Austin, Tex as, and the Yucatan.

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A dazzling photographic tour, Casa Yucatán invites you to step into the cool, gracious galleries and gardens of colonial homes, old haciendas, and art-filled seaside escapes that dot the Yucatán Peninsula.

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Contents Foreword Introduction Design Textures Achitectural Elements Water Spaces Open-air Living Casas Yucatan Haciendas Coastal homes The New May House Resources Travel Guide

About the Author

Award-winning authors Karen Witynski and Joe P. Carr have been at the forefront of the Mexican design movement for over twenty-five years as interior designers and antiques dealers. Their Mexican design book series includes six titles: Mexican Country Style, The New Hacienda, Casa Adobe, Adobe Details, Casa Yucatan, and Mexican Details. Based in Austin, Texas, Carr and Witynski are the owners of Texture Antiques, an interior design firm and gallery specializing in hacienda style, Mexican colonial furniture, and architectural elements. Their design work has been featured in Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, and dozens of other magazines and newspapers. Individually, Witynski photographs homes and gardens for national publications and Carr is a hacienda consultant and furniture designer.

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Introduction Spanning from city to countryside to coast, the Yucatan boasts traditional Maya villages amidst ancient archaeological ruins, sprawling haciendas, solitary beaches, bustling markets and old colonial towns with shady plazas that pair elegant city homes with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century churches. In its mysterious mix of Maya temples and Spanish Colonial convents, the region is rich with pre-Hispanic and colonial architecture.