I wouldn't have thought that worm holes on 400-year old pine wood would be one of my favorite local decorations, but they really are.
I have found and heard a lot of conflicting information about "old wood" or "troje" wood, but I'm going to believe the government on this one, and guess that pre-Hispanic Purepecha people built homes entirely out of wood and these wooden cabins were/are called trojes.
Starting about a decade or so ago, it became fashionable to take the wood from abandoned trojes and use it to make furniture and put it in modern construction. You can spot troje wood by its tell-tale worm holes. There is also a lot of beautiful work done with old wood doors.
Our friends Meg and Fred Snyder of Copper Instincts do beautiful work using copper and troje wood to make high-end furniture. We hired a local guy, Nacho,to build our lovely kitchen table and cabinets.
A quick google search also found Patzcuaro Fine Mexican Furniture.
