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In this picture you can preview our custom Great
Southwest Dry Bar, Anasazi Bar Stools & New Mexico Half Circle Shelf. We
Thank Valery for this great picture at her home in CT
We thank Valery for sending us pictures of her
Great Southwest Dry Bar at her home in CT
5/02/08
Custom Southwest Bench
Another recent production here at Great Southwest
Furniture Design. Today we're presenting our custom Aurora Special Bench
with storage. Seat is hinged allowing you to store anything you want this
particular model measures 48" wide in a golden oak stain. This piece is
inspired by our Aurora Special bedroom furniture collection. Various colors &
finishes available.
4/30/08 The Meaning Of
"Cinco De Mayo"
Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for “Fifth of May”),
national holiday in Mexico commemorating the Mexican Army’s defeat of French
forces on May 5, 1862, in the Batalla de Puebla (Battle of Puebla).
During the battle, General Ignacio Zaragoza led the vastly outnumbered Mexican
army to victory over the French forces of Emperor Napoleon III. The triumph of
Mexican forces at the Battle of Puebla became a symbol of Mexican unity and
patriotism.
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico, and also in regions of the United States
with sizeable communities of Mexican origin, including the Southwest, southern
California, and other areas. Festivities often include sports events, parades,
mariachi music and dancing, picnics featuring Mexican food, and beauty contests.
Cinco de Mayo is sometimes confused with Mexican Independence Day
(September 16), which commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1810 when
revolutionary priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla issued a proclamation declaring
Mexico independent from Spain.
4/30/08 Custom Old World Plasma TV Stand
Our newest addition to our Old World Style Furniture
Collection is this custom made plasma TV stand.
Delivered this week in Phoenix, AZ features hand carved
panels in alder and stained in Minwax "Gunstock"
A new addition to our Southwest accent pieces catalog.
This is a custom corner cabinet in the mimbres style. This particular model
features 8 different wildlife carvings.
This cabinet can be made as a regular square cabinet
with custom dimensions & stain.
From our own old World Furniture Collection
comes this massive hand carved complete king size bed.
This is a custom piece with a tall
headboard. You can order yours in a different color or with a lower headboard
combinations are endless since it's made specially for you !
Two Tara Hume Lamps For Quick Sale. This lamps were returned by a customer because she changed her mind about the color. Both lamps are new and never used. Usually this lamps are shipped in 4 weeks. In this case they will ship in a matter of days. If you're interested visit The Tara Hume Table & Floor Lamp Page. Free Shipping Included Lamps sell at a regular price of $225 in this case we'll sell them for
$199 there's a special PayPal button to make the purchase. Whenever sold the button will be removed
4/21/08 Great Southwest Round Dining Set
A great addition to our furniture catalog. A new Great
Southwest Round Dining Set.
Exquisitely carved pedestal round table with a earthy
tone stain & Southwestern inspired selection for the fabric.
This set can be specially customized made for you. If
you like this model in a different stain and another choice of fabric, visit our
dining furniture page for more
information.
4/19/08 More Leather Decor, Western Leather Vase
A special addition to this new line of Western decor.
The craftsmanship is awesome.
The vase is made from hand tooled leather with a wooden
core and it's adorned with a hand engraved concho and laced leather on both
sides. Mounted on a stain finished, hand rubbed hard wood base.
To learn more about this stunning piece, the picture on
left will take you to the Western Leather Decor or enter the following link:
From R.A. Guthrie Designs we now offer their new and
exclusive line of Western Leather Decor to include wall shields, clocks & wall
sconces.
Made out of high quality leather and with outstanding
craftsmanship.
Learn more about this new line or original decor
Leather Decor
4/18/08 Made in the Southwest - Handmade Gems Of
America's Southwest
Author Laura Morelli presents MADE IN THE SOUTHWEST -
the only guide that leads travelers to the best handmade crafts of the
Southwest. On your next trip, bring back a load of finely-crafted boots, rustic
furniture, and jewelry.
Uploaded new pictures of our latest piece in the Old
World style. A unique curio cabinet for specially crafted for our long time and
appreciated customer in Marlborough, CT, Thanks Valery !
Visit This page for more pictures and information about
this stunning piece.
Available for the first time, renowned
artist R.A. Guthrie's artwork and photography is
available in a gallery wrapped giclee canvas. Depicted
in an oil reproduction.........More
Information
4/15/08 New Line Of Iron Furniture
We just uploaded our new page for Southwestern Iron
Furniture, We offer this line of
metal furniture to be custom made to meet our
customer's needs.
Some time ago
we though about setting up a section in our website to
feature pictures sent by our customers when the
furniture is in place.
The web page is now available. As an example we
want to share this awesome picture provided by our
customer in Cody, WY of their Southwest Anasazi
Dining Set.
If you have pictures of any kind
with furniture produced by our company we'll like to ask
you the send it to us to be featured in our website.
When you think of Southwest come to your mind images of sun, blue skies and the
beauty of the American Southwestern region.
Is in this area of our country that a particular furniture style was born. Also
called New Mexican, Taos or Santa Fe style. Most of the designs you will find
available share common design, features.
Most of this furniture is hand carved and the quality ones are made from
scratch. Southwest style furniture is very special. With it's warm earthy tones
complement other styles. Elaborated furniture can feature painstakingly hand
carved panes, legs and aprons.
This style originated in areas of New Mexico & Arizona. Their simplicity was
driven by the scarcity of materials. Early Spanish settlers used primarily pine
wood, wood pegs instead of iron for example. Influenced by Native American,
Colonial Spanish & Mexican cultures the style has been growing in popularity.
With the Internet revolution dozens of websites offer now online catalogs with
their designs. Next time you come across a website with this particular
furniture take a look and note their differences some have very plain straight
lines not really having the entire Southwestern look.
A good furniture designer & manufacturer will put a lot of care in their
products. Attention to detail is important. Giving furniture an old look not too
rustic will result in elegant pieces you can enjoy for years to come.
We invite you to visit and browse our catalog, of elegant Southwestern
furniture. here at
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