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Dani Brubaker spotted artist Patricia Larsen\u2019s handmade interiors here on Remodelista and on Instagram, and recognized a kindred spirit. Patricia specializes in using salvaged materials: she creates rather than buys what she needs and likes her rooms to have a welcomingly unbuttoned look. \u201cHer work is very raw, it\u2019s emotional, and she has this tendency to stop before it\u2019s perfect,\u201d says Dani admiringly. \u201cI emulated her style before we met.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dani herself  is a creative force: a painter turned lifestyle photographer (with a fashion client roster that includes Paul Smith, H&M, and Hugo Boss), she\u2019s been rehabbing old buildings as a sideline. For years, Dani was based in LA where the vast industrial space she converted into her studio became a popular wedding venue. Later, she turned an 1890 Texas ice plant into another event space that her daughter now runs.<\/p>\n

In 2021, upended by the pandemic and ready to leave LA, Dani purchased a five-acre historic property in Galisteo, New Mexico, just 15 minutes from downtown Santa Fe. It was while taking a breather in San Miguel, Mexico, that Dani sent a fan message to Patricia, who lives in the nearby town of Mineral de Pozos. The two met up, hit it off, and Patricia agreed to come work with Dani on the Galisteo remodel.<\/p>\n

Dani served as contractor and Patricia as creative director\u2014Patricia was in residence for the first and last months of the six-month project and in the interim Dani oversaw nitty-gritty things like the installation of a new roof, new plumbing and electrical systems, and radiant heat. Dani and Patricia shared a rented house across the street from the hacienda, and together did everything from ripping out old carpeting to turning scrap beams into furniture.<\/p>\n

Dani had intended to make the place her home base for years to come, but due to an unforeseen family development, she has to be in Austin, so the newly completed compound has just gone on the market. Here\u2019s a look around. Scroll to the end for a look at the structure\u2019s evolution and a link to the real estate listing.<\/p>\n

Photography by Dani Brubaker, unless noted.<\/p>\n


Above: The house is located on Galisteo Creek and has a grove of cottonwoods, a tree that Dani notes is sacred to many Native Americans, particularly in the Southwest. An old specimen that had died long ago was left in place as a stump: \u201cIt looked really sad so, to everyone\u2019s surprise, I had an excavator come and turn it upside down.\u201d It now stands as a sculpture in the center of the wrap-around driveway enclosed by a newly built coyote fence. Photograph by David Darby.,

Above: The 19th-century adobe-and-stone structure had long been owned by one of the founding families of Galisteo; its oldest part dates to 1750 and is said to be the first casita in the village.\u201dThe house is L-shaped\u2014it\u2019s two dwellings connected,\u201d explains Dani, \u201cwhat\u2019s now the living room was a barn.\u201d The exterior was given a fresh coat of stucco in \u201ca tree-bark brown.\u201d Photograph by David Darby.
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Above: The semi-enclosed entry, known in these parts as a zaguan, has its original door and restored stone floor. Dani preserved the house\u2019s existing layout but did extensive structural work. All of the flooring, originally dirt and later topped with plywood and  carpeting, was removed for the radiant heat to be installed. The mud walls throughout had to be patched and then received a topcoat of SureCreet, which Dani describes as a breathable concrete plaster: \u201cIt gets troweled on and Patricia figured out a way to add texture by raking it with a broom. She created the model and we all followed her example. Our crew originally tried to hide the irregularity of the walls but that didn\u2019t look right here.\u201d,<\/p>\n

The abstract photograph by Lindsey Calla is of rock formations in the Galisteo Basin. In addition to serving as a setting for lots of Westerns (John Wayne stayed in the Galisteo Inn next door), the village has attracted prominent artists over the years: Agnes Martin and Susan Rothenberg were both long-term residents, and Bruce Nauman currently lives there.<\/p>\n


Above: The interior is 3,733 square feet and had last been updated prior to the millennium (scroll to the end for a Before glimpse). \u201cIt had a very seventies vibe,\u201d says Dani, who considers what she and Patricia did as \u201cremoving all of the makeup to get to the original clean skin and beauty.\u201d \u201cThe house has such a strong personality,\u201d adds Patricia. \u201cIt was a great experience returning it to its ghost\u2014though not without its challenges: some days, the walls, ceiling, and floor seemed never-ending.\u201d <\/p>\n

The floors throughout are now concrete: Dani recruited \u201ca friend who is a genius with concrete\u201d to do the top coat.<\/p>\n

At a resale store, Dani and Patricia found the armchair and curved two-piece sofa\u2014they liked the fact that it\u2019s the same shape as the fireplace. They temporarily draped these pieces in drop cloths\u2014\u201dwe used uncoated cotton canvas, such as these\u201c\u2014and Dani decided she liked the way they look as is. They built the long bench along the wall from an old beam. A painting of Patricia\u2019s called Galisteo Dust hangs over it.<\/p>\n

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Above: The kiva fireplace is original. The decision to whitewash the vigas\u2014the dark wood beams\u2014was controversial: \u201cThat\u2019s a cardinal sin around here,\u201d says Dani, \u201cbut they were a mix of tones and we wanted a consistent vibe throughout.\u201d They used Behr\u2019s Alpine Frost on the walls and Behr\u2019s Alpaca Blanket on the ceiling and the concrete top coat (the tint was applied to the floor with a Home Depot weed sprayer).
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Above: The piano came with the house and survived the construction covered up. It stands in what Dani and Patricia call the library\u2014they assembled the shelves from scrap beams and concrete blocks (leftover from the new backyard patio). The Wassily Chair and mudcloth came from a local house sale. The curtains here and in the bedrooms are simply draped diaphanous tabletop fabric that Patricia brought from Mexico and washed to make it gauzy. When they ran out of the Mexican fabric, they mixed in some muslin. Photograph by David Darby.
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Above: Dani relocated the kitchen to what had been the master bedroom: \u201cI cook a lot and wanted to look out at the cottonwoods and the creek.\u201d It has open shelving built Mexican style out of painted concrete blocks joined with rebar. The counter is quartz, and that\u2019s a Smeg dishwasher (\u201cgetting it connected here was a nightmare\u201d) and fridge with one of Patricia\u2019s signature tumbleweeds-as-decor on top (\u201cshe chased after it down the road\u201d).,<\/p>\n

The window opening was existing\u2014after discovering that new windows would take months to arrive, Dani went with inch-and-a-half-thick storefront glazing that arrived in a week and has worked well. Patricia used leftover wood to build the table with the crew\u2014and painted a diamond pattern on top.<\/p>\n


Above: \u201cOpen storage in the kitchen is a look I love,\u201d says Dani. \u201cIt keeps me accountable to stay clean and not hide things in drawers and cabinets.\u201d The old blanket chest has traveled with her from house to house; it holds pots and pans and has a bottom drawer filled with table linens. The paneled double doors\u2014also built by the crew\u2014leads to a pantry\/laundry room.
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Above: Between the two guest rooms, Dani installed a kitchenette built in the style of the main kitchen: \u201cI wanted a place for my daughter and her family and other guests to have their own space.\u201d
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Above:There are three bedrooms; a portrait of the mother of the woman Dani bought the house from hangs in this one\u2014\u201doff to the side rather than centered, as is Patricia\u2019s way,\u201d notes Dani. The square light, like all of the pendant lights in the house, is a Noguchi Akari rice paper lantern from the Noguchi Shop: \u201cThey\u2019re just about the only new things I purchased.\u201d (Read about the iconic designs in Object Lessons).,<\/p>\n

Note the square cut-out in the wall: \u201cIt\u2019s a truth window to show what the hacienda is built from,\u201d says Dani. \u201cYou can look in and see adobe, stone, hay, and the many other things they used to bind the dirt.\u201d<\/p>\n


Above: Dani\u2019s room has a shaggy sheepskin as a focal point. Like all of the beds, it has a washed canvas drop cloth as a bedspread. None of the rooms came with closets; they built in two here that look as if they\u2019ve always been there.
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Above: In her bathroom, Dani used an Eleganza soaking tub from her previous house paired with John Pawson fixtures byCocoon. \u201cWe centered the faucet so two people can be in the tub.\u201d The floor is finished with penny tiles.
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Above: The other guest room has its original fireplace and a new corner cupboard. Of the halo over the bed, Dani tells us: \u201cI walked in one day and Patricia was painting a circle on the wall: she used a nail in the center and a jaggedy piece of string to draw its outline.\u201d,

Above: The guest bath has a restored corner fireplace. \u201cThat mirror,\u201d Dani says, \u201chas traveled many miles with me.\u201d <\/p>\n

Voor<\/h3>\n


Above: The previous owner\u2019s living room\u2014with a gas fireplace mounted over an original fireplace\u2014is now the main bedroom, and what was the kitchen is a guest room. The weathered old threshold between the rooms was preserved: it now leads into the main bathroom. <\/p>\n

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Above: In one of the guest rooms, Patricia tries out paint colors using sand dollars, parts of a tumbleweed, and other curiosities as inspiration.
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Above: Dani\u2019s all-star crew\u2014that\u2019s Patricia with the headband and Dani herself with the brimmed hat. <\/p>\n

The property is known as 4 Magadalen; for many more details, go to the real estate listing.<\/p>\n

More by Patricia Larsen and family:<\/p>\n