Puerto Vallarta is not just a quaint little coastal town, nor is Riviera Nayarit just the best-kept secret on the Mexican Pacific coast. The beauty of the coast, its exotic vegetation and especially its clean beaches take your breath away. The idea of keeping our beaches clean has become our mission. We are the only region that has been able to get 5 beaches certified by the Mexican Institute of Regulations and Verification (Instituto Mexicano de... 

Chairs continue to seduce designers and architects. Plastic, steel and leather are some of the more common materials used. The trend is towards one-piece items where the seat and back are together. Clean lines are still current. If chairs were simply “seats with a back, usually with four legs in which only one person can sit”, as defined by the Spanish Royal Academy Dictionary, then they wouldn’t be considered as important as they are. They’re... 

¡FOR SALE! DIEGO RIVERA STUDIO IN ACAPULCO Rivera murals add value to Mexican property. A mansion on the market in Mexico’s legendary beach resort of Acapulco has an unusual selling point — five murals by one of the country’s most renowned artists, Diego Rivera. Three of the murals are publicly unseen, late works by the world famous Mexican artist who died more than 50 years ago made and his name painting massive murals on buildings... 

There’s no task that strikes more fear in the heart of a decorator than choosing the right paint color. And even trickier —  choosing the right white. 1.) Choose a white according to your furniture style. Very bright pure whites (like Benjamin Moore’s Super White) tend to work best in minimal interiors with very modern furniture. Traditional furniture incorporating dark antique woods often looks out of place in bright white interiors but looks... 

The ghost of a fingerprint in the top left corner of an obscure portrait appears to have confirmed one of the most extraordinary art discoveries. The 33 x 23cm (13 x 9in) picture, in chalk, pen and ink, appeared at auction at Christie’s, New York, in 1998, catalogued as “German school, early 19th century”. It sold for $19,000 . Now a growing number of leading art experts agree that it is almost certainly by Leonardo da Vinci and worth about...