Historic Casita in Galisteo, Artfully Modernized

Dani Brubaker noticed artist Patricia Larsen’s handmade interiors right here on Remodelista and on Instagram, and acknowledged a kindred spirit. Patricia makes a speciality of utilizing salvaged supplies: she creates fairly than buys what she wants, and likes her rooms to have an unbuttoned look. “Her work may be very uncooked, it’s emotional, and she or he has this tendency to cease earlier than it’s good,” says Dani admiringly. “I emulated her model earlier than we met.”

Dani herself  is a artistic drive: a painter-turned-lifestyle photographer (with a style consumer roster that features Paul Smith, H&M, and Hugo Boss), she’s been rehabbing previous buildings as a sideline. For years, Dani was based mostly in LA the place the huge industrial house she transformed into her studio grew to become a well-liked wedding ceremony venue. Later, she turned an 1890 Texas ice plant into one other occasion house that her daughter now runs.

In 2021, upended by the pandemic and able to go away LA, Dani bought a five-acre historic property in Galisteo, New Mexico, simply quarter-hour from downtown Santa Fe. It was whereas taking a breather in San Miguel, Mexico, that Dani despatched a fan message to Patricia, who lives within the close by city of Mineral de Pozos. The 2 met up, hit it off, and Patricia agreed to return work with Dani on the Galisteo transform.

Dani served as contractor and Patricia as artistic director—she was in residence for the primary and final months of the six-month venture and within the interim Dani oversaw nitty-gritty issues just like the set up of a brand new roof, plumbing, electrical system, and radiant warmth. Dani and Patricia shared a rented home throughout the road from the casita, and collectively did every little thing from ripping out previous carpeting to turning scrap beams into furnishings.

Dani had supposed to make the place her dwelling base for years to return, however as a result of an unexpected household improvement, she needs to be in Austin, so the newly accomplished casita has simply gone available on the market. Right here’s a go searching. Scroll to the tip for a have a look at the construction’s evolution and a hyperlink to the true property itemizing.

Images by Dani Brubaker.