In Spanish Designed homes the beams and corbels are usually hand hewn and rustic in nature. Homes of the rich may have had beams and corbels that were decoratively carved, but still with a hand made character about them.

Once only seen in that particular region of the country, Southwestern homes are springing up all over. The design is cool, comforting, and meaningful. But what Southwest Decor Colors should you use?

Why do I love the Sonora Style Mexican Food? Why is it my comfort food? From refried beans to caramelized Flan these are just some of my favorite Mexican Style Foods.

Do you love everything Southwest Style? The Southwest holds many mysteries and you can often be captured with the color choices we make. One of the first Southwest Style choices to be made is wall color.

Living in the Desert Southwest USA isn´t a requirement for Southwest Style Decorating. Simple touches can give you the New Mexico or Arizona style to your home... even if you don´t live near the Colorado River.

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The art of Carol Grigg is both primitive and expressive. This painting Primal Skin - The Crossing I is a beautiful rendition of cave paintings depicting horses. The colors are subtle warm earth tones and would be a perfect addition in southwest style décor.

Faux finishes bricks painting on a wall is used in the desert southwest and hacienda decorating style. Mexicasa has over 170 pages of beautiful photographs that will inspire your faux painting a brick wall adventure.

Visiting the Grand Canyon just got interesting! A must-see site at the Grand Canyon. If you love to get butterfly stomach sensations on roller coaster rides, you will love this new Grand Canyon Glass Bridge Attraction.

Earthquakes Rock Yuma Arizona. Never much damage in the Yuma area... but earthquakes are a significant event. Yuma is directly placed on top of the Los Algodones Fault.