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A Jeff Doubet Spanish style shed design built in Santa Barbara, California

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A small Spanish style home design renovation in Santa Barbara, California

Spanish Colonial Revival style fireplace with hood being worked on by a Plasterer in Santa Barbara, CA

A popular Jeff Doubét small Spanish style house design features a modest entry tower with cast concrete medallion, round top wood front door, local Santa Barbara sandstone garden walls and arch top windows with plaster surround details around them.

A plaster vent grille installed in a Spanish home in Santa Barbara, California. A drywall expert touches up the wall in this blog post about plaster vent grilles and covers on the Creating Spanish Style Homes Photo Blog.

A painter rolls black paint on an iron railing in front of a Santa Barbara CA Spanish style home and landscape that is being renovated

A young plasterer uses a steel trowel to smooth out fresh stucco he has applied around 3 terracotta clay vents installed in the gabled end of a Spanish-style home in Santa Barbara, CA.

A wrought iron Juliette balcony with awning is a focal point of this 2 story Spanish style accessory dwelling unit ADU in Montecito, California

Artisan installing a Spanish clay floor in front of a Spanish Colonial Revival style fireplace in Montecito, California

An artistic composition of Santa Barbara Home Designer Jeff Doubet designed Spanish windows, round glass and iron window in the backdrop of an arch top picture window in local Santa Barbara CA modern Spanish home renovation

A Jeff Doubét Spanish style pool shed design that was built into a backyard pool landscape in Santa Barbara, CA

Young man plastering the exterior two story balcony of a Spanish Colonial Revival home in Montecito, California.

A massive Spanish courtyard fireplace design is completed and the homeowner builds a fire in the firebox in prep for a dinner party in Santa Barbara, California.

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Spanish grille installer in Santa Barbara, California

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A Spanish wall niche in a staircase hall of a Santa Barbara, California home.

A roofing crew is busy installing a two piece mission tile clay roof on a Spanish Colonial Revival home being renovated in Montecito, California.

Small Santa Barbara Spanish style home two story design by Jeff Doubét

Roofing team installing a Santa Barbara style Spanish roof in beautiful Los Olivos, California

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A small historic Spanish style home in Santa Barbara, CA has a red tile roof and plaster chimney. — Historic Spanish Home

A small Spanish-style home with modest entry tower. A king palm tree in the foreground. — Historic Spanish Home

A Spanish-style split level home with a 2 story section above the garage door. Fluted decorative plaster details, a thick wood arbor and a doghouse style fireplace chimney in the background. — Spanish Split Level

A small Spanish courtyard style home in Santa Barbara, CA has thick wood shutters, stone garden walls and cypress trees. — Spanish Split Level

A small two story Spanish style home has elliptical archtop windows, green garage door, a round top entry door tucked under a red tile roof stoop. — Small Two Story Spanish

A two story Spanish style courtyard home renovation in Santa Barbara, CA has an iron Juliette balcony, plaster door surround at front entry, authentic wood shutters and a gravel courtyard. — Small Two Story Spanish

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A Spanish interior design build project includes a wide elliptical archway with a view to the living room with modern Spanish style fireplace. — Modern Spanish Interior

A Spanish interior design that includes an arched passageway centered between two large built-in wall niches with stained wood shelving. A round iron light hangs from the ceiling and a view to the dining table with large tv screen on the back wall. — Modern Spanish Interior

A Spanish luxury kitchen design build project includes an oversized island with Calacatta marble countertop. Heavy wood ceiling beams and an 11 foot wide cooking alcove with 6 feet wide range and double ovens below. — Luxury Spanish Interior

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A colorful Spanish style interior design project includes rich window coverings for wood windows, dark hardwood floors and stained kitchen cabinets. — Spanish Beach House

A Spanish Revival interior design that includes a wide arched opening that frames a Spanish fireplace with hood detail. Terra Cotta clay floors. — Spanish Beach House

Santa Barbara California Spanish style interior design of an open concept kitchen family room with dark wood floors and ceiling beams — Santa Barbara Spanish Interiors

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Spanish Shed Designs + Construction Photos

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A high quality Spanish shed with thick plaster walls. An arched top wood plank door and wood window are deeply recessed into the exterior. A red tile roof and a plaster cupola with iron finial are also features of this special shed design. — Spanish Shed I

A high quality Spanish shed with white plaster walls with terra cotta clay flower pots mounted on the wall. A red tile roof and a simple wood plank door. — Spanish Shed I

Designing and Building Spanish Style Home eXTERIORs

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young men installing a Spanish style red tile roof — Spanish Roofing

young man plastering around Spanish clay pipe vents on the exterior of a house in Santa Barbara, CA. — Spanish Roofing

young man plastering the exterior details of a plaster door surround at a Spanish home remodel in Montecito, CA — Exterior Plaster Work

A young man paints an iron railing near a newly installed Spanish style tile exterior staircase of a major home renovation in Santa Barbara, CA. — Exterior Plaster Work

A young man installs terra cotta clay tiles in a Spanish style chimney cap made of plaster walls and with a red tile roof. — Spanish Chimneys

A home designer works on templating the final design features for a Spanish style exterior fireplace being built in Santa Barbara, CA. — Spanish Chimneys

Two young men planning the layout of Spanish style decorative tile to be embedded in exterior plaster at a Spanish home renovation in Santa Barbara, CA. — Spanish Tiles

Two young exterior plasterers working on the facade of a Spanish Colonial Revival style home in Montecito, CA. Plastering the details of a cement window grille. — Spanish Tiles

Designing and Building Spanish Style Home InTERIORs

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installing a Spanish style clay floor in the classic design "Squares and Pickets" in a Montecito, CA remodel. — Spanish Clay Floors

A young man builds a Spanish style range hood using cement plaster in a Santa Barbara, CA remodel. — Spanish Clay Floors

A young man applies the final coat of plaster on an interior Spanish fireplace — Spanish Fireplaces

A young man applies veneer plaster to an interior archway in a Spanish home being built in Montecito, CA. — Spanish Fireplaces

Designing and Building Spanish Style Landscapes

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A red brick driveway is newly installed at a Spanish style home in Santa Barbara, CA. — Spanish Driveways

young men installing a large olive tree in a Spanish home renovation in Montecito, CA. — Spanish Driveways

A male model walks under a Spanish-style pergola at a newly completed Spanish covered patio landscape project in Santa Barbara, CA — Spanish Pergolas

Plants recently delivered to a Spanish home and landscaping project in Montecito, CA — Spanish Pergolas

Design Elements for High End Spanish Style Homes

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A close up photo of a round Spanish style window as viewed through a larger arch top picture window in the foreground. — Spanish Windows

A dark stained wood Spanish style garage door with decorative Spanish tiles on a staircase leading up to it. — Spanish Windows

A Spanish style wall niche installed near a open staircase with blue and white decorative Spanish tiles and dark hardwood stair treads. Also, an iron railing. — Spanish Wall Niches

Thick plaster wall corbels installed in an interior passageway of a Spanish style home recently remodeled in Santa Barbara, California — Spanish Wall Niches

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A Montecito California Fixer Upper home Before photo — BEFORE PHOTO

The owners of this 2 story fixer in Montecito wanted to re-design and transform their home into a classic Spanish home.

A Spanish Home Designer Jeff Doubet hand drawn concept design rendering for a 2 story Spanish Colonial Revival style home in Montecito, CA — A Jeff Doubét design rendering

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A newly built and remodeled home in Montecito, California. A Spanish Colonial style home designed by Jeff Doubet Santa Barbara Home Design. — A completed Jeff Doubét home design AFTER PHOTO

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