Summer, 2016
THE CITY SPACES HOME & DESIGN
By: KRYSTA AYERS
Photography by: BERNIE MAESE JR. Styled By: LADONNA APODACA
w o l a g n u B I Reinventing the
The California Bungalow, cohesive with its dark warm tones, was purchased by Trujillo in November of 2000. “None of this was here.
It was just a shell,” Trujillo recalls when he starts telling me the
n a quiet neighborhood in the Manhattan
history of the house. His real estate search to find the home that
Heights Historic District, a house on Elm
best suited him started and ended with the different historic districts
Street stands with the charisma that it has held since 1929.
in El Paso. “I love the older homes. I’ve always been keen to them.
I like them because you don’t see many that are alike. You see one
Owner, Michael Trujillo, opened up the wrought iron front doors and
and the second one is totally different.” We both agreed that steering
welcomed me to his home with a friendly and sincere smile, ushering
away from the “cookie-cutter” houses that are now built was the
me in as if I was an old friend. My eyes were quickly introduced to
best decision.
the dark décor: the large brown couches with multiple throw pillows positioned in the living room next to a remodeled fireplace, the
Trujillo and his partner of 12 years, Nathan Mitchell, have put their
hardwood floors stretched out across the entire house and the dark
personalities in this home to truly make it their own. “I just started
prominent dining room table.
going project to project, year to year,” Trujillo tells me about the long
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