Courtyard Villa

Tulum, Quintana Roo March 2025

A private villa arranged around a lap pool and a planted courtyard. Photographed over two mornings, working with the light as it moved through the palms — the rough limestone of the bedroom wall, the walnut and linen of the interiors, and the long view down the pool from the pergola.

Tulum villa courtyard with a lap pool, framed by palm fronds on either side

Two built-in wall niches: the upper shelf holds a turned wood vase, a bud vase of dried eucalyptus, and a piece of white coral; the lower shelf holds a rolled green herringbone throw and a small ceramic buddha-head candle holder

A tall wood-framed floor mirror reflecting a bed with white linens and a fringed woven pillow, a walnut nightstand, and a white ceramic jug holding dried lavender

Bedroom with a rough limestone block accent wall behind the bed, a wood ceiling fan, a tall leaning floor mirror, and a doorway open to an ensuite bathroom with a freestanding tub

A narrow lap pool running the length of a plant-lined courtyard, wooden loungers and a hanging rattan chair beneath a vine-covered pergola, a tree trunk rising through the canopy above