Two stacked four-bedroom residences at the Quivira Golf Resort, Los Cabos, bought by a family who had fallen for the terrain and wanted one home large enough for married children, grandchildren and lifelong friends. Interior design is by
Hillary Kent, who merged the two units into a single unified retreat. Mercantil handled purchasing.What makes this a procurement project rather than a furnishing one is the specificity of what the scheme called for. Neutral tones and clean architectural finishes are lifted by
custom terracotta tiles, hand-embroidered Otomí headboards, woven accents and handcrafted local art — none of which can be ordered from a catalogue.Otomí embroidery is made by hand at the pace of the person making it. Terracotta is produced to the run you commission. Local art exists in single pieces. Sourcing a scheme built on those things means commissioning and waiting rather than specifying and reordering, and it means the whole delivery is paced by the slowest maker on the list — which is exactly the coordination our
artisan network across México exists to carry.Merging two residences also doubles the quantities while the pieces stay one-off, across two outdoor living areas, a private pool, a firepit and bedrooms laid out for privacy — see our
custom kitchen cabinetry work for the millwork side of a residence like this.Interior design: Hillary Kent. Architecture: Álvar. Two four-bedroom villa residences, Quivira Golf Resort.
