Sofa, reclaimed wood coffee table, brown and red rug, and large cream abstract artwork in cloister, colonnade, brick porch, logia, gallery paved in hexagonal tiles stone and bordered in arched brick walls and wood ceiling wraps an 1800s brick structure in Todos Santos, Baja California, Mexico, renovated and expanded by Ernesto Kut Gomez, Ellen Odegaard, and Yashar Yektajo.

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The gallery has a new whitewashed pine roof that covers the main villa, which includes two one-bed suites and one of the property’s three and a half kitchens. "We think it was a little church before," says architect Yashar Yektajo. The brick was stripped of plaster from a prior renovation. "It was completely rotten because there’s so much humidity here," he adds. "Now the brick can breathe, and the whitewash brings it together." Pinto, one of the couple’s two dogs, rests under a coffee table Ernesto and Ellen designed. The gallery is lined with original arches that lead to the courtyard.