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On a recent stay in Santa Fe, my brother texted something about a friend\u2019s daughter\u2019s bakery. We only had two days, so I ignored the message\u2014until we were looking for a quick breakfast stop. From now on, I\u2019m listening to my big brother. Bread Shop turned out to be a highlight, yes, for baked goods\u2014its sour dough boules must be the best in Santa Fe, they\u2019re that good. And also as a model of utilitarian chic.<\/p>\n

Self-taught baker Jacob Brenner opened in January 2020 six weeks before the pandemic hit, with his brother, Zac, an artist, as his lone helper. The response was so wildly enthusiastic that Jacob\u2019s wife, Mayme Berman, lent a hand during the daily rush\u2014and soon became Bread Shop\u2019s chief business and aesthetics officer. At the time, they were located in a tiny storefront across from their current location in a lively creative enclave known as Lena Street, aka the local\u2019s alternative to Canyon Road. (Jacob\u2019s parents happened to be the first to develop Lena Street in 1999\u2014\u201dit was a really rundown bus yard on a dead end,\u201d says Mayme\u2014and are their landlords.)<\/p>\n

Bread Shop has since become a community hub assembled with help from friends and family: at the get-go Daniel Strongwater came up with the playful bread-shaped logo; Jacob\u2019s mother, Rachel Watson, a ceramic artist who works a fews doors down, makes Bread Shop\u2019s dishware; and regular Joey Blaha came up with the memorable curtains. If you\u2019re in town, I\u2019d make a beeline for Bread Shop and its neighboring shops and caf\u00e9s. In the meantime, take away some shoestring remodeling inspiration.<\/p>\n

Photography by Krysta Jabczenski unless noted, all courtesy of Bread Shop<\/a> (@bread.shop.sf<\/a>).<\/p>\n

1. Learn from what was.<\/h3>\n
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Above: Bread Shop is located in what was originally a welder\u2019s workshop and its interior not reflects that. Fittingly, there\u2019s also a metal canopy over the door and Corten Box Planter<\/a>s from Veradek in the front and back: \u201cThey\u2019re sturdy enough to hold our wild summer displays but also look great (if a little brutalist) in the winter months,\u201d says Mayme. Our neighbor and dear friend Rebecca Bluestone tends all the flowers and landscaping.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Discover furniture designs on open-source sites.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n