Published in many design and architecture magazines such as Architectural Digest, House and Garden and Elle Decor, this house is owned by the design firm Casa Midy.

The combination of contemporary design with traditional artisan methods of manufacturing results in the most chique of styling. 

Chairs, lighting, tables and artifacts are all designed by the creative owner.

Multiple French doors open to a central courtyard with a fountain making an inviting private outdoor room.

Bedrooms are old world Spanish-influenced elegance.

One of the bedrooms has a “courting niche.”

Girls would sit inside on the benches while the boys would woo them from outside.

A bathroom has a marble sculpted sink on an iron pedestal.  

An outdoor rooftop sink looks as though it is from ancient Pompei!

What many describe as “the best view in San Miguel” is from the rooftop terrace.

“ It is behind the walls you see how we live”

Casa de Vida Feliz is owned by an international businessman who travels all over the world.

The furnishings reflect his worldly taste. French provincial blends seamlessly into Spanish colonial.

A central courtyard has a garden patio and swimming pool.

Every once in a while a very contemporary painting reminds you that indeed this is the 21st century.

The owner has made it a point of collecting important Mexican painters.

The dining room tabletop looks like stone—and it is petrified wood!

The beamed kitchen ceiling is typical Mexican in design.

You’ll want to check out the downstairs powder room and wash your hands in a hollowed-out log!

The master bedroom has a wall-to-wall armoire.

The doors are iron designs over antiqued mirrors.

You’ll be richly rewarded if you hike up to the rooftop terrace and look over the side wall.

“ It is behind the walls you see how we live”