Jeff Doubét | Creating Spanish Style Homes® | Santa Barbara
Your visual guide to authentic Santa Barbara Spanish home design—featuring real projects, expert details, and 22+ years of specialized experience.
Quick Site Guide: What You’ll Find Here!
Your Spanish Home Resource Guide
Creating Spanish Style Homes is a comprehensive visual library for classic Santa Barbara Spanish home design, created by Jeff Doubét who has 22+ years of designing Spanish homes and landscapes in Santa Barbara and Montecito, CA.
The site showcases Jeff’s client projects and content from his popular 240-page book—plus the inspiring Spanish details he photographs throughout this beautiful region where authentic Spanish-style homes have been admired for many generations.
What You’ll Discover
Before & After Transformations
Real Santa Barbara projects showing humble beginnings evolving into beautiful Spanish homes through determination and quality craftsmanship.
Exteriors | Roofing, chimneys, plaster finishes, garage doors, windows, iron work, and landscape integration
Interiors | Kitchens, archways, niches, ceiling beams, fireplaces, flooring, and authentic material choices
Landscapes | Drought-tolerant gardens, olive trees, Spanish sheds, pergolas, driveways, and outdoor living spaces
Architectural Details & Finishes
Close-up guidance on corbels, tile work, clay elements, grilles, registers, and the small touches that define authentic Spanish style.
Artisan Builders at Work
See talented craftspeople hand-plaster details, install clay vents, build custom fireplaces, and create the elements that make these homes special.
Design-Build Case Studies
Behind-the-scenes project stories with photos, drawings, and practical design guidance from Jeff Doubét’s 20+ years specializing in Santa Barbara Spanish homes.
How to Use This Site
- Planning a project? Start with Before & After galleries to see what’s possible
- Working on specific details? Jump to Exteriors, Interiors, or Details sections
- Need to share with your team? Translate any page to Spanish using the language menu (in the top right corner of the page).
- Looking for products? Check the Store + More page for vetted Spanish home products you can buy directly on Amazon, along with installation examples
Hundreds of high-quality photos. Real projects. Authentic Santa Barbara Spanish style.
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Spanish Home Design: Exteriors
Discover hundreds of Santa Barbara Spanish home exterior photos, design tips and special details for Roofing, Chimneys, Plaster, Garage Doors, Windows, Iron Work, etc.
CLICK for entire the Exteriors Collection, or check out these featured projects to learn more.
Spanish Home Design: Interiors
Step inside romantic Santa Barbara Spanish home interiors. See beautiful photos and learn designer tips for Kitchens, Flooring, Arches, Niches, Ceilings, Fireplaces, etc.
CLICK for the entire Interiors Collection, or check out these featured projects to learn more.
Spanish Home Design: Landscapes
Explore beautiful Santa Barbara gardens and landscapes. Study Spanish garden details you can incorporate into your own landscape project. Sheds, Arbors, Drought Tolerant Plants, Driveways, Olive Trees, etc. Quality photos and design tips to learn from.
CLICK for the entire Landscapes Collection, or check out these featured projects.
Architectural Details & Finishes
Discover the beauty of authentic Santa Barbara Spanish home architectural details, materials and finishes. Tile Staircases, Plaster HVAC Registers, Corbels, Tile Accents, etc. Quality photography and pro designer tips to learn from.
CLICK for the entire Architectural Details Collection, or check out these featured projects.
Artisan Builders: Spanish Home Construction
Drop in on talented Santa Barbara artisans and builders as they handcraft amazing Spanish home details. Clay Vents, Stucco Plaster Details, Spanish Fireplace Construction, etc. See and learn from these amazing trades!
CLICK to see all artisan builder projects, or check out these talented teams.
Before & After: Spanish Home Transformations
Access a wide variety of Santa Barbara Spanish-style home transformations. See and learn from before and after photos for interiors, exteriors and landscapes.
I particularly enjoy sharing the backstories for how these special projects are created right here in Santa Barbara. They tend to have humble beginnings, but with grit and determination—you too can evolve your project into something really nice.
Click to see the latest before and after photos.
Spanish Home Design-Build Case Studies
A rare, behind-the-scenes look at Spanish home design in Santa Barbara and Montecito, CA. Jeff Doubet shares beautiful photos and helpful design guidance.
“A picture is worth a thousand words”… and hand-drawn drawings and time lapse project photos are easy ways to learn the general principals of quality Spanish style home design and construction.
BEFORE PHOTO: The owners of this 2 story fixer in Montecito, CA wanted to re-design and transform their home into a classic Spanish home.
CONCEPT DESIGN: Here is the concept design rendering I developed for the property. From starter homes to large estates, there is potential in all.
UNDER CONSTRUCTION: This was a shot I captured while the remodel and new construction build out was well under way. See more in my coffee table book preview
AFTER PHOTO: The Spanish Colonial Revival conversion turned out beautiful! Dozens of talented individuals contributed to it’s success. For more info about this Montecito, CA Spanish home transformation, see Episode 32, Episode 31 and Episode 23 (for starters).
Share with Your Team
Working with Spanish-speaking craftspeople, contractors, or design collaborators? This entire site translates instantly into Spanish. Share any project detail, technique, or photo gallery with your crew – just click language menu at top of any page.
Learn from a Santa Barbara Spanish Home Designer + Photographer
Hi, I’m Jeff Doubét – a Santa Barbara Spanish home designer, consultant and photographer sharing 22+ years of expertise from beautiful Santa Barbara, California!
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I’ve specialized in photographing, designing and consulting on Santa Barbara Spanish homes and landscapes since 2003.
On this site you will see how real homeowners, architects, and designers solve their Spanish home challenges – from initial design concepts to finished interiors, exteriors, and landscapes.
I’m also now photographing other inspiring Santa Barbara Spanish home design resources relating to: Interiors, Exteriors and Landscapes. Be sure to check out my photo galleries as I build out more details, finishes & techniques for designing and building Santa Barbara style homes.
Whether you’re a homeowner planning a dream project, an architect seeking specific Santa Barbara details, or a designer seeking to learn more about this timeless style – Welcome!
LISTEN TO JEFF’S INTRO
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“Hey guys, welcome to Creating Spanish style Homes. My name is Jeff Doubét and I am based in beautiful Santa Barbara, California.
Since 2003, I have been designing and consulting on custom Spanish-style homes and landscapes. I have always carried a camera in my pocket, so I have taken literally hundreds of thousands of photos on site as these homes are being built.
And I just use this platform (as well as the book) to showcase all of the wonderful talent that is out there in Santa Barbara in Montecito.
I hope that you’ll peruse the site and get inspired. These guys and gals who build all this stuff are incredibly amazing. And in my recent retirement (I’ve stepped back from day-to-day design commissions, but remain available for focused, 1 – 4 hour consulting sessions), I’ve decided to upload a lot more content and promote them – as well as being out on the street photographing additional inspirational resources for you”—Jeff Doubet, August 9, 2025
Product Resources for Spanish Homes and Landscapes
Discover Spanish home and landscape products you can purchase on Amazon. Many are showcased at Spanish projects right here in beautiful Santa Barbara, CA
Click to see Amazon links with links to project installations, too.
A Jeff Doubét recommended product for designing and building your charming, high-quality Spanish style home +landscape. A 240 page, full color Coffee Table Book.
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