If you’ve been dreaming about adding a Spanish-style she shed or casita to your property but think your space is too small for all that romance and character—I’m here to show you otherwise!
This 8′ x 13′ structure packs a lot of style into a compact footprint. Custom arched-top windows, heavy exposed beams, and subtly textured walls that hold their own. Not only that… they coordinate with features we designed into the main house remodel, as well.
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“Hey guys, welcome to the Spanish shed series where I share on site photography and ideas you can build into your own Spanish-style she shed, treehouse or tiny house you’ve been planning. In this couple of images, I wanted to share an 8’ x 13’ small building that I designed, and… I’m just showing you the far end of the building where a queen size bed is installed.
This structure was built after we remodeled the inside of the house, so if you scroll down… you’ll see a picture of myself holding a design drawing in my hand, and Artisans are putting on the texture on the wall. But you’ll note these very special windows that we ordered for both the house and the tiny house. They have an arched-top windows on it.
But we were going for, you know kind of a historic Wallace Neff interior look you know, he was an architect back in the 20s and 30s that was just designing very charming homes both small homes and estates. And of course, the homeowners and I were studying a lot of those books about him and I came up with this design… on my own, which kinda plays into that era. Interestingly enough, this client went on to buy a Wallace Neff home, and so I’m just kind of sharing some photos from the past.
I am proud about how this project turned out, and I thought you would also appreciate ideas for your own small space. You can see in the photo with the bed that we used heavy beams, even though it was a tiny little space. We used big fat beams and roof rafters. We mimicked this eyebrow shape over the window that we did in one of the guestrooms of the house.
And the whole idea here is also, you know, whatever you do on the inside of your house… consider it for interior design details in your little she shed or tiny house or ADU or… you know, whatever you’re building. You can really expand the feel of your property, big or small by adding a similar, or the same details in the different structures on your property.
Hope that was helpful. I’ll be uploading additional interior design photos from other sheds that I’ve designed- including this one. But in the meantime, have a look around throughout the rest of the website. There’s lots of cool stuff to discover. Have a good day”—Jeff Doubet, August 31, 2025
Small Spanish Interiors in Montecito, CA
I thought I would share these photos of small Spanish interiors. It’s not so much about square footage of a room or home, rather the rich materials you can specify and build into them!
For example, here we oversized the ceiling beams. They did not have to be anywhere near this big, but we thought it would be cool to do them like this. High quality wood windows with elliptical arch tops were more expensive, but they add extra charm to a tiny space.
Adding little corner niches on both sides of the bed was another detail that was fun to incorporate. A vintage wood Spanish entry door was installed as is, nothing needed changing.
For the small study/guest room in the main house, you can see how we designed and built high-quality design elements that have the distinctive look of 1920s and 30s historic Spanish home interiors. A cozy fireplace with plaster hood is flanked by little window seat areas, below elliptical arch top windows .
We framed the windows with a special, oversized plaster eyebrow detail. Large coving on the ceiling was created with a custom designed architectural foam detail. Plaster corbels above the built-in bookshelves also bring a lot of character into this small space.