Showcasing a Spanish entry foyer remodel in Santa Barbara, CA. From an ugly mess to a well-designed masterpiece, follow along as I highlight various features that create the undeniable charm within Santa Barbara Spanish style home interiors (and exteriors)! (LISTEN to audio, or read text, below)
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Jeff Doubét Talks About – Remodeling a Spanish Entry Foyer: Before After (and during!)
“Hey guys, showcasing a Spanish entry foyer remodel, right here and beautiful Santa Barbara, California! From an ugly mess to a well-designed masterpiece… follow along as I highlight various features that create the undeniable charm within Santa Barbara Spanish-style home interiors, (and exteriors)!
So, this is a follow up to my previous blog post. Remember, if you’re following along- it was an exterior post about how the front entry of this home went from a Mansford roof home to a beautiful Spanish-style home.
And today, I’m just going inside to show you what that entry foyer looks like. I had (previously) mentioned the windows that would look out at the view. This is a two-story entry foyer, and you can see that it was just a tract house before, and we added all these rich materials that Santa Barbara is known for.
We took out a “cheapo” metal railing, and put in the handmade wrought iron railing. We brought in these handmade terra-cotta clay floor tiles (oversized), and if you scroll down to the “during” photo… that’s when the guys were laying out the Herringbone pattern in the entry foyer itself.
In the After photo, you can see the iron grille that we mounted to the single French door, the wood French door that we installed. And that was a fun way of getting an “expensive looking” door for not that that much money. I mean, we did pay for the iron grille, and that is hinged- so it can open, and you can clean the glass.
But instead of ordering an iron door, I had this idea of just ordering a nice thick wood French door, and then have the ironworkers make that iron grille to match the Juliet balcony (that you saw in the previous post). And, we just had a lot of handmade stuff like this chandelier- or this pendant light… if you will.
And what else can I tell you about this project? I’ll be continuing the series if you followed way back (and I’ll share a link), but it’s the actual starting from the scratchy looking house (chuckles)… to the final Spanish courtyard home. And I show a lot of the sequence of ripping the thing apart, and building a small addition above the garage,(etc.).
And of course, my design drawings that you kicked it all off. So, Thanks for joining me, and I hope you’ll continue to follow my journey- and that you’re getting wonderful ideas for your own project.”
Jeff Doubét
Transcript of Jeff Doubét: Remodeling a Spanish Entry Foyer: Before After (and during!)
Audio Source: [Listen to the Full Audio]
Date of Recording: September 23, 2025
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Photo Documentation: An-Elegant-Santa-Barbara-Spanish-Entry-Foyer, Santa-Barbara-Fixer-Upper-Foyer-BEFORE-PHOTO, Laying-Terra-Cotta-Clay-Floor-Tiles-in-Santa-Barbara-CA
Locations: Santa Barbara, California
Date: February 20, 2015, April 15, 2016 and June 12, 2016
Photographer: Jeff Doubét
Camera: Canon PowerShot S95
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