This summer, Diane Keaton listed the adobe home in Tucson she purchased two years ago. Keaton’s houses become opportunities for expressionism, and she spent a fair amount of time and money adjusting this one to suit her vision before putting it up for sale this month for $2.6 million.

The 4,572 square-foot structure dates to 1879. It’s a row house design, single-floor, with period details a-plenty, including vigas, raw timber, and a courtyard that incorporates an elder bit of flora for a centerpiece and is ideal for cool evenings.

The design sensibility of the interior is a mix of rough-edged rustic and literate urbanity; the softness of the adobe corners are the common denominator. The kitchen’s a good place to start, with a utilitarian island capped with a butcher block, industrial cabinetry and counter, a bit of niche shelving, a window bench, stone tile floors, and a clerestory high in one wall.

Other outstanding spaces include the living room, which sports a series of clerestories and a trio of pendant light fixtures, and the master bedroom—one of four bedrooms in the house—which features a long bench-capped cabinet and plank floors. But the rule of thumb is surprise, with a chaser of well-engineered rusticity which never falters into flashy kitsch.

Keaton won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in 1977’s Annie Hall. She recently starred in HBO’s The Young Pope. Her latest feature, Love, Weddings & Other Disasters is pending release.