High Feather Ranch Bed and Breakfast

Country:

United States

Zone:

USA Southwest

Description

The 4600 square foot Ranch House was built in 2001 specifically as a B&B. Enjoy plenty of outdoor living with an additional 2200 square feet of covered portales and private patios. A Feng Shui practitioner participated in the design and building stages in order to balance life force energy. Using "green building" techniques throughout, the Innkeeper selected strawbale for it's natural origins as well as the insulation and "outsulation" properties. Using massive oak timbers and siding reclaimed from an 1860's era Tennessee tobacco barn, along with the strawbales which are from barley grown in Colorado for Coors beer, standing dead spruce Viga posts and beams from the Jicarilla Apache Reservation along with antique mesquite doors, gates and a mantle piece from Mexico saved over 16,000 board feet of newly milled lumber. The massive hand hewn beams, Vigas, and antique doors and gates lend to the rustic elegance of the Ranch House. Fourteen foot high ceilings in the Great Room and Dining Room are accented by up lighting and accent lighting that makes the warm wood colors literally glow. The beauty of hand troweled plaster walls, brick floors, wide bancos and expansive views along with the aroma of piñon wood burning in the fireplace in the Great Room is true Southwest Style.

From these humble materials you have a home that is warm in winter and cool in summer. It has a gently organic, sculpted quality. Every window and door opening is smooth and hand-rounded. Walls are not quite plane and their modest undulations give them a fluid grace in spite of their great thickness and bulk. The Ranch house belongs to the landscape as truly as the tan dirt of the High Desert, the chromatic skies and the rugged peaks that surround it.

Location

Welcome to the middle of nowhere! Find yourself surrounded by the rustic elegance of the Ranch house with forever views to 1000's of acres of gorgeous High Desert and Mountain scenery. Yet be only 15 miles south of Santa Fe, New Mexico just off the historic Turquoise Trail National Scenic Byway. All of the guest rooms have stunning views, private bathroom with hand tiled slate shower and floor and hand-crafted soaps, whirlpool or soaking tub, fireplace and private patio . Every guest room has a seating and reading area and is furnished with antiques and unique art, King bed, and down pillows and comforter.

Advice to our visitors

The Ranch, 130 acres on a High Desert mesa ringed by mountain ranges, is yours to explore during your stay. Enjoy mornings on the spacious Sunrise Portal or from your private patio. Catch the gorgeous New Mexico skies change from blue to pink to magenta, purple and gold from the Sunset Portal. And then the nightly show continues with the twinkling lights of Santa Fe in the distance, the stars and the Milky Way. Relax in your luxurious in-room whirlpool tub after a day of adventuring to nearby Indian Pueblos, award winning golf courses, horseback riding, National Parks and Monuments, Georgia O'Keefe country or an extravaganza of museums, shopping and dining in Santa Fe. Fly in a hot air balloon! Stroll private paths on our mesa or adventure into the arroyos. Do a bit of bird watching, gather wildflowers, enjoy the galleries and artist studios in nearby Cerrillos and Madrid. Hike or mountain bike at the nearby Cerrillos Hills State Park or climb Sandia Crest. Lay in the hammock and read a book. Do nothing at all.

Prices

Nightly rates from $195 to $300: U$S 195
Nightly rates include a bountiful gourmet breakfast and all the peace and quiet you can handle: U$S 300

Prices shown are subject to changes. Please consult.

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