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This book explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically. With an emphasis on adobe construction, McHenry discusses the planning of every aspect of one's home from the financing to the foundation, the floors to the fireplaces. The prospective builder must be prepared for a long period of frustration, doubt, worry, and plain hard work, but the helpful ideas found on the pages of this book...
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The growing popularity of Southwestern and Mexican architecture and interiors has created a demand for additional information about these historical styles.
In 500 photos and line drawings, Sandra and Laurel Seth present authentic exteriors, fireplaces, doors, walls, floors, stairs, ceilings, tiles, hardware, cabinets, construction details and much more. Adobe! presents a vast practical source of ideas and reference for home owners, decorators, architects,...
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These homes comprise a combination of history, furnishings, art, and interior and exterior spaces with adobe construction, adobe style, or detailing. This beautiful volume features examples of luxurious adobe or adobe-style homes, including a centuries-old renovated hacienda, once the home of a past president of Mexico; a mid-century Clifford May masterpiece; a luxurious estate that pairs Southwestern style with Asian influences; a contemporary dwelling...
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"Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land itself-fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of earth. Though they are...
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At last, a beautiful, affordable style book that offers a rare insider's look at the highly personal and innovative aesthetics 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....
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Open the door to self-reliance...create and maintain natural clay finishes over a variety of surfaces. Beautify walls or make works of art with natural materials collected from the Earth or purchased inexpensively from ceramics suppliers. Learn about arches, domes and woodless windows. Savor the story of Taos, New Mexico, known for its self-sufficient lifestyle and earthen architecture. Discover how the old houses were built and learn simple ways...