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Luxury Spanish Kitchen Design Ideas for Personal Chefs

Jeff Doubet shares Spanish kitchen design ideas + construction photos of a luxury build, and personal chef products + resources for planning a quality kitchen. Historically, many of the kitchens in early Spanish Colonial Revival homes were small and tucked away in a corner of the house. Larger estate homes had adjacent butler pantry rooms, but other kitchens were mostly simple, functional spaces to work in.

a Spanish Colonial Revival Style Kitchen and Family Room in Montecito California Has Dark Stained Wood Ceiling Beams

But today, there is a high demand for redesigned kitchens in high-end Spanish homes. These modern kitchens are made to be charming. At the same time, they are now being designed to become luxurious areas for enjoying and entertaining family and friends.

a Luxury Spanish Style Kitchen Has an Oversized Plaster Range Hood That Extends Approximately  Feet Creating an Alcove for Two  Wide La Cornue Range Ovens Installed Side by Side in This Recently Completed Montecito California Spanish Colonial Revival Home

Scroll over 30 photos to see how this local Montecito, CA home was redesigned into an inviting Spanish style kitchen. Open to the family room, the build became a work/live space any private chef would be proud to own (or work in).

Spanish kitchen design ideas + Construction

The pièce de résistance of this high end Spanish kitchen design is the unusually wide cooking alcove.

a Luxury Spanish Kitchen in Montecito California is Equipped with a Pair of  Wide La Cornue Cornufe Albertine Range Ovens

This Spanish-style cooking set-up is approximately 11 feet wide. Follow along as I show you how it was built.

Framing and Construction of a Very Wide  Foot Range Hood Alcove Being Built into a Spanish Style Custom Home in Montecito California

Construction Photo 1: In this image you can see how the cooking alcove was initially created. It was framed with an engineered beam to span the full width, with no need for extra supports. Also, see how the wood beams are supported by the wall and ceiling framing.

a Spanish Arch is Being Framed in a Home Renovation in Montecito California

Construction Photo 2: A wide arch is framed next to the cooking alcove. The steps lead to the dining room, now being framed with corbel details (at a wide opening to the piano room). An antique Spanish door is being installed in the far background.

a Young Contractor Working at a Cut off Saw As He Builds a Spanish Style House in Montecito Ca

Construction Photo 3: An Artisan builder cuts custom wood venting. In the background you can see how blue board was installed at the cooking alcove. Blue board is the recommendation for veneer plastering, applied throughout the interior of this Spanish home.

Framed by a Spanish Arch Passage a Young Contractor Working at a Cut off Saw As He Builds a Spanish Style House in Montecito Ca

Construction Photo 4: Bags of veneer plaster are stacked in a central location in the house. This way, the plasterers have easy access to their supplies as they work throughout the main level of the home.

a Spanish Interior Door Installer Works on Adjusting the Antique Door Hardware in a Luxury Home Being Built in Montecito California

Construction Photo 5: It was several weeks later when I shot this image. All of the blue board had been hung, and veneer plaster finishes applied. Now, the door specialist returns to install antique door hardware on the Spanish-style arch top panel door.

Planning Spanish kitchen design Ideas For The Wow Factor

Building luxury Spanish kitchen design ideas into your home can be a lot of fun. There are countless decisions that go into creating a one-of-a-kind masterpiece. Each move you make adds to the unique character and design of your home.

a Husband and Wife Cut a Decorative Foam Component on a Table Saw in the New Spanish Colonial Revival Kitchen They Are Building in Montecito California

Construction Photo 6: The talented project owners work on another custom project. He has a building background, and she is an amazing designer. Here, they cut a foam mock up for an exterior component for the facade of their home.

In the background, a new 42″ refrigerator sits, ready to be installed in one of the bays on the left wall. Positioned alongside a 42″ freezer, a 3rd bay is being built out as secret walk-in pantry. Fridge, freezer and pantry doors will be hidden behind an “antique ice box” facade.

a General Contractor Homeowner and Talented Cabinet Builders Discuss the Details of Installing Antique Ice Box Hinges on to Custom Refrigerator Panels at a Custom Spanish Style Home Being Built in Montecito California

Construction Photo 7: The homeowner, general contractor and talented cabinet makers have an impromptu meeting. They are deciding on the perfect placement for the nickel plated antique icebox hinges and handles. The project is both decorative and functional.

a Young Cabinet Maker Installs Oversized Antique Ice Box Hinges on a Custom Refrigerator Cabinet Doors in a Luxury Spanish Style Home Being Built in Montecito California

Construction Photo 8: Here the cabinet maker installs one of the heavy metal latches for the fridge door.

a Husband and Wife Try out a New Hidden Pantry Door Fabricated for a Spanish Style Kitchen Using Antique Hinges from an Old Ice Box

Construction Photo 9: The homeowners confirm that the installed antique icebox handles are properly positioned for their use. The custom fabrication of faux icebox doors using high density fiberboard were designed to hide the walk-in pantry, freezer and fridge.

a Hidden Kitchen Pantry is Revealed when a Faux Ice Box Door is Opened in a Spanish Style Kitchen Being Built in a Luxury Home in Montecito California

AFTER Photo: The “Ice Box” wall is now complete. The hidden walk-in pantry on the far left, and the fridge and freezer units next to it. A perfect Spanish Colonial Revival kitchen design solution to hide the necessary large appliances.

Planning More Spanish kitchen design Details

Every surface of a high quality Spanish kitchen has a design detail that needs to be addressed. From the type of countertop edge detail to cabinetry function and layout, to backsplash materials…

a Woman Works on Cutting out a Rough Cardboard Template As She Tries to Figure out the Perfect Shape for the Backsplash of Her Spanish Style Kitchen Sink

Construction Photo 10: On this day the homeowners rough in a design for a custom sink backsplash to be cut from a slab of soapstone.

Construction Photo of a Small Spanish Style Kitchen Being Built in a Luxury Home in Montecito California

Construction Photo 11: The rough paper template for the Spanish-style backsplash was placed on the wall. An easy way to see how the shape looks with the surrounding open shelving.

a General Contractor Works with a Homeowner to Design the Final Details of a Custom Backsplash for a Kitchen Sink a Luxury Spanish Home Being Built in Montecito California

Construction Photo 12: The general contractor discusses the technical aspects of the project. Getting the Spanish Colonial Revival sink backsplash to align with faucet plumbing is the current task at hand.

Spanish Style Open Shelving is Being Built in a Luxury Kitchen at a Custom Spanish Colonial Revival Home in Montecito California

Construction Photo 13: Building open shelving with traditional Spanish-style wood brackets. They mount to the veneer plastered wall.

a Young Cabinetmaker Installs Furniture Base on Custom Cabinets in a Luxury Spanish Style Home Remodel in Montecito California a Terra Cotta Clay Floor in the Foreground

Construction Photo 14: The cabinetmaker installs a furniture base detail to the bottom of the wood cabinets.

a Close Up of Upholstered Bar Chairs at a Large Kitchen Island a Recently Completed Spanish Colonial Revival Kitchen in Montecito California

AFTER Photo: This is how the oversized farmhouse sink backsplash turned out. It fits perfectly with the surrounding Spanish Colonial Revival details.

Spanish kitchen design Ideas For Small Spaces

Spanish style ADU’s (accessory dwelling units), guest houses and apartments can be improved with quality kitchen design features.

a Small Spanish Style Kitchen Butler Pantry Under Construction with New Cabinets Being Built on Site

Construction Photo 15: This mother-in-law apartment was designed with a private entrance, and can easily be used as a Spanish-style ADU. The backsplash and open shelving designs from the main kitchen were built into this small kitchen, as well.

a Small Spanish Style Butler Pantry in a Luxury Home in Montecito Ca Has Soapstone Countertops White Cabinets and Terra Cotta Clay Floor

This is how the build turned out once all the details were completed. My book sits on top of a leathered soapstone countertop.

a Small Spanish Style Butler Pantry in a Luxury Home in Montecito Ca Has Soapstone Countertops White Cabinets and Terra Cotta Clay Floor

AFTER Photo: The completed small Spanish style ADU kitchen. White cabinets and open shelving, soapstone countertops, terra cotta clay floors and dark stained beams. All look great with the Santa Barbara white veneer plaster on the walls, and the antique arch top door.

Finishes of a large Spanish Cooking Alcove

Finishes are a big part of the Spanish kitchen design ideas you will need to think about while planning and building your own project.

a Young Plasterer Works on Applying a Bullnose Detail on an Oversized Plaster Range Hood Being Built in a Luxury Kitchen and Custom Spanish Home in Montecito California

Construction Photo 16: This homeowner chose to do an entire wall of Calacatta Gold marble, imported from Tuscany, Italy. The veining is more pronounced than common Carrara. Here the expert plasterer is applying a thin coat of veneer plaster on the cooking alcove hood.

a Young Plasterer Works at Applying a Bullnose Detail at a Plaster Range Hood in a Spanish Style Home Under Construction in Montecito California

Construction Photo 17: A close up of how the Artisan is forming veneer plaster into a natural bullnose edge detail.

a Large Luxury Spanish Style Kitchen Has La Cornue Gas Range Ovens and an Island with Upholstered Chairs a Pair of Hand Made Wrought Iron Light Pendants Hang from Dark Stained Wood Ceiling Beams

AFTER PHOTO: A close up of the kitchen island with upholstered chairs, and two oversized pendant lights overhead. Also, the completed farm sink backsplash made of soapstone.

Installing Spanish Colonial Revival Flooring

Many of the Spanish homes I have designed include the Spanish clay floor patterns used a hundred years ago in Montecito and Santa Barbara.

a Flooring Contractor Installs a Spanish Colonial Revival Style Terra Cotta Clay Floor in a Luxury Home Being Built in Montecito California

Construction Photo 18: An expert Spanish clay floor installer sets the Spanish Colonial Revival design using a Squares and Pickets design pattern. Click the feature length story to see dozens more photos of his process of installing this floor.

a Spanish Arch Passageway Leads into a Kitchen and Family Room of a Luxury Home Renovation in Montecito California

AFTER Photo: A thick arch passage leads from the dining room into the kitchen and family room. Note the Spanish-style recessed thermostat box and old style push button light switches. Nice design details and touches you can include in your own build, as well.

a Spanish Colonial Revival Style Family Room with Fireplace Dark Stained Wood Beams Above and Terra Cotta Clay Flooring

AFTER Photo: The completed Spanish Colonial Revival family room adjacent to the kitchen. Details include a simple fireplace design, dark stained wood ceiling beams. Plaster corbel details at the passage way, and Tecate clay floors in a Squares and Pickets floor pattern.

a Spanish Colonial Revival Style Kitchen and Family Room Has Dark Stained Wood Ceiling Beams and Red Terra Cotta Clay Floors

The ceiling was re-engineered to enable the removal of a load bearing wall. This opened the original kitchen to the family room. Looking from the family room to the kitchen and the dining room through the arched passageway.

More Design Options for Spanish Style Kitchens

An 11 foot long iron pot holder bar was installed along the full length of the cooking alcove. A wall niche was also incorporated into the nook. Unlacquered outlet plates combined with black outlets coordinate nicely with the La Cornue range finishes.

Spanish Kitchen Design Ideas   a Large Chef Style Kitchen Range Alcove Was Created by Building a  Foot Wide Plaster Hood Above a Pair of  Wide La Cornue Range Ovens Flanked by Lower Cabinets in a Luxury Home Construction Project in Montecito California

A pot filler was installed on the wall of Calacatta marble. The oversized rectangular pieces were laid out in a herringbone pattern. Consider these Waterworks transitional design options for your luxurious pot filler.

 Inches of La Cornue Stainless Range Ovens Are Installed in a Ten Foot Wide Alcove Built into a Luxury Spanish Kitchen Recently Built in a Montecito California Home

If you would like to learn more about the range ovens you can Find a La Cornue dealer near you HERE.

a Spanish Kitchen with High Quality Cookware Pots Pans Utensils and an Expensive La Cornue Range Oven

AFTER Photo: A downlit arch top wall niche highlights a small vase of yellow flowers. A perfect touch to accentuate the Old World aspects to this modern day Spanish style kitchen renovation.

Well friend, this wraps another site visit episode in beautiful Montecito, California. I hope you enjoyed learning how to infuse more Santa Barbara Style into your own Spanish interior design project. Scroll to explore more helpful links and resources for designing and building your own Spanish-style home and landscape.

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