It's Just Another Day In Paradise: July 2009

Friday, July 31, 2009

Furnishings: Old and New Concepts Santa Fe Style

No matter what the design RED seems to

be used in many design color elements.

Love the lighting in the room and the elements

of Christianity.

This house just says, "I'm the NEW money of Santa Fe."

Me likes it!

Simple, yet there's that element of animal print to POP the design.

Love the beams, the door and how they modernized

the Santa Fe architecture with furnishings.

Fun and Bright...very much the colors of the mountains

and flowers of Santa Fe.

More and more stone is being used but check out

the arches and ceiling. Open and airy yet so rich in detail.

Contemporary in presentation but look at those

fabulous doors.

You just want to walk through this home and see all

their treasures.

You can see how Santa Fe hit the Jack Pot with

beautiful art, rugs and look at the flooring and walls.

More and more designs in Santa Fe are bringing elegance

and an edge to their design.

Typical Santa Fe style with its reds/rounded fireplace,

rugs and crosses. Oh, see the fun ladder...so Santa Fe.

There's a little POP in this modern concept.
Not truly any Santa Fe styles in here but the wood on floor is great.

The darker shades bring out the warmth of a room. Sleepy now!

Fabulous blanket over the beds. And the rug is a great match

for the overall concept.

The Jungle prints will always be in style, as well as Asian pieces.

You can see the ceiling work although not typical of the true

Santa Fe beams it has the element expressed in a modern concept.

Large vases and rich browns continue the feel of a great new modern concept.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Santa Fe - A Favorite City

Spanish Design

An old world flavor and appeal, large with expansive rooms

and arches with lots of rounded corners on the exterior are

qualties that make up a Spanish style home.

Patterned tile floors and wall surfaces, carved doors, spiral

columns, and grand courtyards are some of the things you will find in a

typical Spanish design.

Rammed-Earth Design

The corners are sharp and defined and the walls are

thick providing good insulation from the heat of the desert southwest.

Rammed-earth is a combination of soil and concrete compacted

into forms. When the forms are removed solid earth walls remain giving a

layered effect much like a rock wall along a river.

Mediterranean Design

Territorial homes are similar to Santa Fe style, in that the flat roof

are often made of stucco or brick on the exterior. A true territorial home will not have viga beams. It wont have a wood lintels above the windows and doorways. The rectangular shape will be higher in the walls and corresponding ceilings. There will be porticos around the outside of the homewith a series of connecting arches.

Santa Fe, the oldest capital in the U.S, was called the

"City of the Holy Faith" by the Spanish in the 17th century.

At the time Spanish soldiers, officials, and Franciscan

missionaries struggled to conquer and convert the native Pueblo

Indians. In a massive revolt, the Indians attacked and nearly

burned all of Santa Fe to the ground. The Spaniards were able to

regain control and the celebration of that event is celebrated each

year in Santa Fe.

Native Americans offer a wide variety of jewelry and other

hand-made crafts during La Fiesta.

Flags of family crests lining one side of the Plaza feature names

of long-time New Mexico families.

Fiesta de Santa Fe is four days of celebration with an arts-and-crafts
market, food booths, & multi-cultural entertainment.

Zozobra, or fondly referred to as, "Old Man Gloom". awaits his last
howl of outrage before being consigned to a fiery flame with thousands
chanting, "Go away gloom."

According to Santa Fe's favorite legend, the Zozobra will not have his way.