Calle Largo Ranch

Mark Schwebel, designer-builder at Big Art Building, designed Calle Largo Ranch and captivated judges with the attention to detail it takes to make minimal, organic design exceptional. White oak cabinets and matching white oak floors frame a custom Fawn Brown BlueStar 48” Dual Fuel Range, the anchor of the kitchen. Floor-to-ceiling silver travertine, imported from just east of Rome, Italy, and Taj Mahal quartzite countertops, finished with a subtle whitewash to prevent yellowing, round out the palette. Ceiling beams, milled from white fir Schwebel personally sourced from dead timber left by the 2021 Caldor Fire near Lake Tahoe, add rustic texture overhead, while the white oak itself was cut by a friend in New York’s Hudson Valley and shipped to New Mexico. Rather than adding upper cabinetry that would have crowded the intentionally compact kitchen, Schwebel eliminated it in favor of a window and routed extra storage into a butler’s pantry.