Santa Barbara home designer and consultant Jeff Doubet starts a new blog. Hi, my name is Jeff and this is where I will be sharing more Spanish-style home designs, photos and pro insights.
Spanish Home Design Photo Blog is an Extension to the Coffee Table Book
I consider my photo blog as “additional, and expanded pages” to the 240 page Design Consultation in a Book Creating Spanish Style Homes: Before & After – Techniques – Designs- Insights. In it, I organized my top Spanish home and landscape designs created between 2003 and 2018. I paired those design drawings with lots of photos, and wrote stories about favorite clients and team collaborations.
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Spanish Home Designer Self-Publishes A Coffee Table Book
Producing a high quality coffee table book for Spanish home design enthusiasts was a huge undertaking. All in, the book took me 3,800 hours to build. Years later I pinch myself to think we actually pulled it off. In October 2018 my wife Lori and I made a very substantial investment and had 2,000 copies professionally printed overseas. Fortunately, our self-publishing gamble paid off. And thanks to Amazon… we have sold many copies all around the world. It worked out beautifully, and the coffee table book has really helped my design and consulting business grow.
After a whirlwind three year effort to build and launch the book- I was exhausted. I dropped out of writing and updating my websites for several years. I needed a break, and Lori and I radically change things up.
We bought a vintage style trailer, remodeled and sold it. We then upgraded to a new Airstream and joined Harvest Hosts. We really enjoy exploring local area wineries, farms and trips to Southern Oregon. And we love fishing at nearby Cachuma Lake! On my long hiatus from writing and uploading photos to my websites… we also bought a classic 1956 Ford F100 pick up- which I continue to tinker on to this day. A dream fulfilled, as I had restored one just like it- in my early 20s.
This was the same truck I migrated (escaped) from my hometown of Minneapolis in February of 1985. A sporadic whim to get out of those bitterly cold winters, and jump start a new life here in sunny Santa Barbara. If you local… look for me in the truck, as I continue to visit various job sites and photograph new content for the Creating Spanish Style Homes Photo Blog.
Spanish Home Designer, Consultant, Teacher and Student!
After 22 years in the field, I am still growing in my knowledge and experience as a Spanish home consultant. I continue to develop new relationships, and learn from other experts in the field.
I will be interviewing a diverse group of talent in the coming years. Those I think will be interesting to you, and the Spanish-style home design build enthusiasts at large. If you have a topic suggestion, or something you would like to learn more about- Please contact me here.
Well friend, this wraps my first Spanish Home Design Photo Blog post brought to you from beautiful Santa Barbara, CA! I hope you enjoyed learning how to infuse more Santa Barbara Style into your own Spanish home design project. Scroll to explore more helpful links and resources for designing and building your own Spanish-style home and landscape.
