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Main House

Living Room
The living room of the estate is open to all guests for reading and relaxing by the fire. Wine and cheese is served nightly.

Breakfast Room

Witter Bynner Room
The Witter Bynner Room is a spacious, second-floor room with a large fireplace, a king-size bed, viga beams, and a sitting area with a full-size sofa and two overstuffed chairs facing the fireplace. Attached to this room is a private balcony with gorgeous views of the gardens, Santa Fe, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. This room was originally Bynner's study. The bath is private with a claw-foot tub-and-shower combination. The toilet and sink are in a separate space that can be closed off from the rest of the bath. This bath is accessed by going down three steps onto a private landing.

D. H. Lawrence Room
The D. H. Lawrence Room (on the second floor) is a junior suite named for Bynner's friend and traveling companion. Bynner and the Lawrences traveled together on an extended trip to Mexico, about which they each wrote a book. D. H. and Frieda Lawrence spent their first night in an American home in this house and were frequent guests here. The bedroom is separate from a sitting area and has a queen-sized bed, kiva fireplace and wide plank floors. The sitting area has a twin-size sofa-bed, bookcases and two chairs. The balcony overlooks an interior courtyard with a rustic staircase leading to the courtyard.

The Shaman Room
The Shaman Room is a very large room with a king-size bed, a polished brick floor, viga beams, bookcases, and a grand fireplace. There are two sitting areas, one with a twin sofa-bed and the other has two large chairs. There is a long built-in bench beneath an expansive picture window that looks out into the lush grounds. The private bath has a Mexican tile shower. The room also has a small refrigerator and Native American decor. Originally Bynner's study, this room was built for solitude, writing, and contemplation.

The Georgia O'Keeffe Room
The Georgia O'Keeffe Room is named in honor of one of New Mexico's most illustrious painters with whom he shared an interest in Chinese art and culture. Bynner and Georgia O'Keeffe were longtime friends. This is a very large rectangular room with a king-size bed, kiva fireplace, sitting area, viga beams, bookcases, and a pine wood floor. The sofa is a twin sofa-bed, and there is small refrigerator. The bath is private with tub and shower.

The O. Henry Room
The O. Henry Room is a standard-sized room with a queen bed, a kiva fireplace, viga beams, and a wood floor with area rugs. The bath is private with a large talavera-tiled shower. This room is named for the famed short-story writer whose work was edited by Bynner when they lived in New York. The sale by Bynner of three short stories by O. Henry paid for the construction of several rooms in the house.

The Ansel Adams Room
Ansel Adams, the famous photographer, was a close friend of Bynner. A frequent guest in this house, along with his wife, Virginia, Ansel Adams took photos of Bynner and his rambling adobe home. The Ansel Adams Room has a queen-size bed, a saltillo tile floor, and a large private bath with claw-foot tub-and-shower combination. The Eden Tree Courtyard is just outside the door.

The Willa Cather Room
Willa Cather was a friend of Bynner and a visitor to his home. The Willa Cather Room is named for the author of the most famous novel about Santa Fe, New Mexico, Death Comes for the Archbishop. This is a standard-size room with a queen bed, kiva fireplace, large chair and a saltillo tile floor. The bath, accessed from a common foyer, is shared with the Millay Room.

The Edna St. Vincent Millay Room
The distinguished poet, Edna St. Vincent Millay, was once engaged to Bynner. The room named for her is a pleasant room with a view across the grounds toward the Old Santa Fe Trail and the Sangre de Cristo mountains. The bed is queen-sized and there is a small sofa, kiva fireplace, viga ceilings, and a saltillo tile floor. The bath, accessed from a common foyer, is shared with the Willa Cather Room. This room also opens onto the small Eden Tree Courtyard.

The Igor Stravinsky Room
The Igor Stravinsky Room is named for the composer who made the Santa Fe Opera famous, and who was a house guest of Bynner for the opening season of the opera. It was originally built as lodging for Rita, Bynner's housekeeper. There is a queen bed, two overstuffed chairs, kiva fireplace and windows looking out onto tree-shaded patios. The bath is private with claw-foot tub-and-shower combination.

The Spud Johnson Room
Separate from the main building, the Spud Johnson Room was once the carriage house and is decorated in a Western cowboy motif. There is a queen bed, two large comfortable chairs, kiva fireplace, a saltillo tile floor and a private bath with a large, tiled shower. ADA compliant, it is adjacent to the parking area. Features include a portal with a brick floor and a red willow bench for enjoying the gardens and a fountain. Willard "Spud" Johnson was the writer and editor of The Laughing Horse, and was Bynner's secretary/companion before he was lured to Taos by Mabel Dodge Lujan.