Albuquerque · Santa Fe · Rio Rancho · Taos · New Mexico
Luxury Interior Design in New Mexico
Design-forward interiors and hands-on project management for New Mexico's most discerning homeowners. Local roots, national-caliber work, one team from concept to move-in.
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Where New Mexico Homes Meet Award-Winning Design
Living with Lolo serves New Mexico homeowners with full-service luxury interior design and hands-on project management, led by a founder who grew up here. Lauren Lerner was raised in the Tanoan community of Albuquerque, went to La Cueva High School and Albuquerque Academy, and still holds deep ties across the state. New Mexico design is its own language, from Pueblo Revival and Santa Fe style to Territorial detailing, and it rewards a designer who understands vigas, kiva fireplaces, adobe walls, nichos, and the high-desert light that changes everything about a palette.
Living with Lolo is a Scottsdale-based firm named Best Interior Design by Phoenix Magazine three consecutive years (2024, 2025, and 2026). As a luxury interior designer Scottsdale homeowners already trust, Lauren Lerner leads projects across the Southwest, and New Mexico is home. The firm holds an active Arizona General Contractor license (ROC #347577), and brings that construction fluency to every New Mexico project through detailed project management and direct coordination with local licensed general contractors.
That combination is rare in New Mexico. Most designers here hand you off to a separate builder and disappear during construction. Living with Lolo stays. We plan the design, protect the budget, manage the schedule, and coordinate the contractor on your behalf, so nothing gets lost between the drawing and the finished room. Explore our portfolio, our services, and our design and build process to see how we work.
Who We Work With Here
Designed for the New Mexico Client
Our New Mexico clients are building or reimagining homes that will hold up for decades, not trend cycles. Many are out-of-state buyers drawn to New Mexico for its lifestyle, culture, and light, and they want a designer who can translate that pull into a home that feels rooted rather than imported. Others are longtime New Mexicans finally building the home they have pictured for years.
In both cases they want honest guidance, a real plan, and a team that manages the details so they do not have to. Whether the project is a new build in Rio Rancho or a full renovation in Albuquerque, that is the Living with Lolo standard.
The Client We Are Built For
Our Work in This Area
Recent Projects in New Mexico
Living with Lolo currently has an active custom home new build underway off Rio Grande Boulevard in Los Ranchos, in Albuquerque's North Valley, a ground-up build with full interior design, delivered in partnership with a local licensed general contractor. We drive the design and manage the project while a vetted New Mexico builder handles licensed construction on the ground. New Mexico's luxury market is leading the country: Santa Fe climbed to the number one spot in the Spring 2026 Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com Luxury Housing Market Ranking, and luxury prices there grew 11.3 percent year over year while the national figure fell, per the Santa Fe Q1 2026 luxury market report.
Browse our full portfolio to see recent work, or book a discovery call to discuss what is possible for your home.
Luxury Interior Design Across New Mexico
Albuquerque
Home for Lauren Lerner, who grew up in Tanoan and knows the city's luxury pockets, from North Albuquerque Acres and the North Valley to Los Ranchos, Corrales, and Placitas. We design and manage new builds, renovations, and full furnishings across the metro, currently including an active custom new build in Los Ranchos.
Santa Fe
Named the number one luxury housing market in the United States in the Spring 2026 Wall Street Journal and Realtor.com ranking, with nearly 70 percent of buyers from out of state. Santa Fe design demands real fluency in Santa Fe style and Territorial detailing, adobe, vigas, and kiva fireplaces, whether in Las Campanas, Tesuque, or along the Old Santa Fe Trail.
Rio Rancho
One of New Mexico's fastest-growing communities, full of newer construction and custom new builds. It is an ideal fit for how we work, because coordinating design and construction early is where the value is on a new build. We help Rio Rancho owners plan interiors before the walls go up.
Taos
Rewards a designer who respects its artistic, historic character, where traditional Southwestern craft meets a strong contemporary art culture. We design Taos homes and second homes that feel authentic to the place, with materials and palettes drawn from the landscape.
Our Differentiator
Interior Design + Construction Fluency, Working as One Team
Most New Mexico luxury projects involve real construction, not just decorating: new builds, additions, reconfigured floor plans, kitchen expansions, and resort-style outdoor living that need a designer who understands construction, not just a vision board.
Lauren Lerner and Living with Lolo are an award-winning interior design firm and a licensed Arizona General Contractor (ROC #347577). In New Mexico we bring that construction fluency to your project through detailed project management, coordinating directly with your local licensed general contractor. You get one design team accountable from concept to completion, and a builder we manage on your behalf.
Living with Lolo brings this same integrated approach to homes across the Southwest. For clients planning a mountain project, see our guide to luxury interior design for Park City ski homes.
Design Only
Separate designer and builder. Multiple contracts. Communication gaps between design and construction. No single point of accountability for timeline or budget.
Living with Lolo
One design team from concept to move-in. Licensed Arizona GC fluency (ROC #347577) applied through hands-on project management, coordinated directly with your local licensed New Mexico builder.
What We Can Do That Others Cannot
Read construction drawings, catch costly problems early, manage the build schedule, and hold the contractor to the design intent, because we have built homes ourselves as a licensed general contractor in Scottsdale.
The Client Experience
You leave town, we manage the project. You return to a finished, fully furnished home, with a New Mexico builder and a design team that were coordinated the entire time.
What Our Clients Say
Trusted by Homeowners Across the Southwest
"I cannot say enough amazing things about Living with Lolo and the incredible job they did on my remodel from start to finish. Their level of engagement throughout the entire process was outstanding."
Bill W. · Google review
"Working with Lauren and her entire Living with Lolo team has been such a pleasure."
Trevor and Denise · Google review
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions About Interior Design in New Mexico
Let's Talk About Your Home
Your New Mexico Home Deserves This
Whether you are building in Rio Rancho, renovating in Albuquerque, or furnishing a second home in Santa Fe or Taos, Living with Lolo brings local knowledge and national-caliber design to the table. Tell us about your home and what you want to create, and Lauren Lerner and the team will take it from there.
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