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9780811811644

Behind Adobe Walls The Hidden Homes and Gardens of Santa Fe and Taos

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  • ISBN13:

    9780811811644

  • ISBN10:

    0811811646

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1997-04-01
  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Summary

At last, a beautiful, affordable style book that offers a rare insider's look at the highly personal and innovative aesthetic for which the Southwest is famed. Santa Fe residents Lisl and Landt Dennis have documented eighteen of the most unusual and awe-inspiring homes and gardens of the Santa Fe and Taos area. Meet the owners and designers, tour their homes, and witness the grand vision and loving detail they have devoted to their living spaces. With two hundred gorgeous full-color photographs, Behind Adobe Walls is an essential keepsake for the Southwestern native or visitor, and a visual inspiration for anyone who would like to create their own Santa Fe, wherever they may call home.

Author Biography

Landt Dennis and Lisl Dennis, working frequently as a team, have contributed to Town & Country, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Home, Travel Holiday, Caribbean Travel & Life, and Harper's Bazaar, and are the authors of five books together, including Chronicle Books' Santa Fe and Taos: Under a Coyote Moon. The Dennises live in Santa Fe.

Landt Dennis and Lisl Dennis, working frequently as a team, have contributed to Town & Country, Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Home, Travel Holiday, Caribbean Travel & Life, and Harper's Bazaar, and are the authors of five books together, including

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 7(2)
Introduction 9(1)
Houses... 9(8)
...and Gardens 17(4)
Casa Alegre
21(8)
Native Son
29(8)
A Taos Legend
37(6)
The Beginning of the Trail
43(6)
The Little House that Could
49(6)
Santa Fe Mayan
55(10)
Once Upon a Time
65(6)
Bigger Is Better
71(6)
Feliz Navidad
77(6)
Less Is More
83(6)
Right at Holy Ghost
89(6)
White on White
95(6)
Flea Market Finds
101(8)
A Place in the Shade
109(6)
Dead Horse Ranch
115(8)
A Bit of Old England
123(6)
Mmm, Mmm, Good
129(4)
Keep It Simple
133(8)
Bibliography 141(2)
Index 143

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