Interiors studio Decada Muebles has filled this boutique hotel in Oaxaca City, Mexico with pieces made by the region's artisans.
A majority of the Escondido Oaxaca Hotel takes over a former family home that dates back to the 19th century.
Inside are four of the hotel's total 12 guest rooms ? the last eight are located just beyond the house within a more contemporary concrete tower erected by architect Alberto Kalach.
The Escondido Oaxaca Hotel lobby. Top image: a bedroom in the concrete tower
This mixture of old and new influenced Decada Muebles' design of the hotel, which has been almost exclusively decked out with pieces crafted by local craft makers.
"We wanted to create a feeling of timelessness inside an authentic Oaxacan house, where the guests could feel the presence of a craftsman's hand through their work in every nook and cranny," the interior design studio told Dezeen. "With a mix of minimalism and clean lines in our furniture choices, and the lush landscaping and garden design, we aimed to maximize the possibility of relaxation and sense of serenity as the underlying state while at the hotel."
The hotel restaurant features green cement tiles
Guests enter the hotel via the old house, walking through a spacious lobby that's dotted with oversized terracotta plant pots.
Red bricks run across the floor, while the walls are loosely rendered with stucco ? faded patches of paint left behind from the house's old fit-out are still visible.
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