sitting on a hill overlooking the Sierra la Laguna mountains near the suggestion of Baja, Mexico, lies Vancouver artist Patricia Larsen’s home. With the Pacific ocean in the distance as well as miles of desert in between, the simple 1,300-square-foot, one-bedroom concrete-block-and-plaster home is found 45 minutes outside of Cabo San Lucas. The spartan structure is so sympathetic to the brutal charm of this setting that it seems to be an integral part of its surroundings — an observation that makes Patricia smile. “I desired it to look like it was part of the earth,” she says. Architect Julio Gomez, a young Mexican designer from Oaxaca who shared her aesthetic, assisted her create exactly what she had envisioned: “a contemporary home with a clean, modern, ageless feeling.” Click with to go inside the breathtaking home.

To assist it blend into the environment, the home was painted a color that carefully matches the earth, as well as the sparse garden is focused on desert-friendly native plants.

For a remarkable contrast to the wicker settee’s stark simplicity, Patricia discolored the raw plaster walls in the open-air studio-sitting space with a mix of mud, graphite as well as plaster. The table is constructed out of a hunk of weather-beaten wood she discovered as well as put on bricks as a base. To match the natural mood of the decor, Patricia’s child wove a seat out of regional rope for the old metal Acapulco chair.

The living as well as dining spaces are split by a dual-sided brick fireplace in the center. The home’s open plan as well as neutral combination make it simple to switch furniture from one space to the next. casually put below a easy farmhouse dining table, a cowhide rug is completely in sync with the rustic decor.

Open shelves in the living space serve as both storage as well as screen for Patricia’s collection of Mexican pottery as well as natural artifacts.

In the living room, materials are casually layered — draping a closet, tossed over the sofa for a unwinded look.

In the airy kitchen, an unvarnished antique armoire as well as simple, open shelves store dishes, bowls as well as spices.

The kitchen’s raw-concrete sink is contemporary yet similar to old farmhouse ones.

Patricia fashions vignettes around her house from candles, pottery as well as her own artwork.

Darkening the walls produces a poetic intimacy in the bedroom, as does the mosquito netting, which is a necessity in this part of the world. A vintage rug softens the feeling of rough concrete floors underfoot. Patricia put her own spin on the lantern by draping it in branches as well as jewelry.

The easy however gorgeous hand-sewn clothes in Patricia’s wardrobe are developed as well as made by her as well as offered locally under the label Campesino, which implies peasant. The line also includes illumination as well as homewares.