Spanish Tile Collection 1

Santa Barbara Home Designer Jeff Doubét shares Spanish Tile Collection 1 – A series of favorite photos showing how address numbers were embedded into stucco.

Two Santa Barbara Tile Installers Temporarily Hold Up Spanish Tile Address Numbers to Try out a Potential Design Layout
Installing Local Santa Barbara Sandstone Hand Chiseled Stone Steps at a Spanish Style Home Remodel
Santa Barbara Sandstone Steps Being Installed

The exterior plaster team had just finished the final coat of their beautifully applied Santa Barbara Mission Style finish.

a Young Plasterer in Santa Barbara California Works on Applying Stucco on Garden Walls at a Spanish Style House and Landscape Renovation in Santa Barbara
Plasterer Working on Garden Walls in Santa Barbara Ca

Above: The landscape reno is well under way. The talented plasterer works on roughing in the plaster finish on the front garden walls.

Planning Spanish Address tile installation

So everything was going great… when I got a call from the homeowner. She was excited about how nice things were turning out, and now wanted to upgrade the project with decorative Spanish address tiles near the front door. I cringed a little as I listened… knowing the team would need to cut into their newly finished art work.

Preliminary Planning for Spanish Address Tile Placement

Heroes come in all forms, and the out of town client was lucky to have her plastering team still on site. Above: The Artisans hold up loose tiles in a design configuration I thought she might like. I snapped a photo and texted it over. Within a minute or two we had her approval and were off to the races.

Planning the Placement of Spanish Style Tiles and Address Numbers Included Tracing Them on to the Exterior Stucco of the House Before Cutting Stucco
Tracing the Spanish Address Tiles on to Exterior Stucco

I asked the guys to hold their pose while I traced around the tiles. They would use these pencil lines as a reference when cutting into the new wall. Soon they would be on their way to fulfilling the homeowner’s dream.

How to install Spanish Tiles in stucco

Ideally, it’s best to plan to install your new Spanish address tiles on the first (scratch coat) of the stucco process. I will explain this a little bit further, but it enables the plasterers to apply the second coat of stucco right up to, and around the tiles.

Santa Barbara Tile Setter Getting Ready to Install Spanish Style Address Tiles into Stucco by Cutting the Stucco with a Grinding Tool
Getting Ready to Cut the Exterior Stucco
Spanish Style Tiles As Address Numbers Are Shown Embedded in the Exterior Plaster of This Local Santa Barbara Spanish Style Home
Spanish Address Numbers Embedded in Exterior Stucco

Above: If you happen to be a Scroller and just want me to cut to the chase… here is a shot of the completed project:)

Young Man Cutting Exterior Stucco at a Local Santa Barbara Ca Spanish Style Home in Preparation of Installing Address Tiles
Precisely Cutting Exterior Plaster in Prep for Spanish Tiles
a Close Up of a Tile Setter Using a Hatchet Hammer and a Estwing Nail Puller As a Chisel to Carefully Remove a Thin Layer of Plaster to Make Way for Spanish Tile Address Numbers in a Santa Barbara Spanish Home
a Hatchet Hammer is Used to Begin Stucco Chipping

Helpful tools to get the job done

a Tile Setter Uses a Hatchet Hammer and a Estwing Nail Puller As a Chisel to Carefully Remove a Thin Layer of Plaster to Make Way for Spanish Tile Address Numbers in a Santa Barbara Spanish Home
Chiseling out a Thin Layer of Exterior Plaster
a Close Up of a Tile Setter Using a an Estwing Nail Puller As a Chisel to Carefully Remove a Thin Layer of Plaster to Make Way for Spanish Tile Address Numbers in a Santa Barbara Spanish Home
Chipping Stucco with an Estwing Tool

Tips for Installing Spanish Tile Numbers

Spanish Deco Tile Numbers Are Glued to a Stucco Wall of a Spanish Style Home in Santa Barbara California and then Stucco Patch Was Applied
Spanish Tile Numbers Being Installed in Stucco

A Jeff Doubét Spanish Entry Design

a Jeff Doubét Designed Spanish Entry Door and Garden at a Local Santa Barbara California Home
a Jeff Doubét Design for a Spanish Entry

A few more favorite photos of the completed project. These shots show how seamless the project looks, now that the painters touched up the house paint around the newly installed Spanish tile address numbers.

Santa Barbara Sandstone Steps Lead Up to a Deeply Recessed Arch Top Spanish Entry Door with a Heavy Wood Arbor at a Newly Completed Remodel in Santa Barbara California
Heavy Wood Arbor + Sandstone Steps
a Rustic Spanish Style Arch Top Wood Entry Door Deeply Recessed in an Exterior Plaster Alcove and Spanish Tile Address Numbers in a Local Santa Barbara California Jeff Doubet Design Project
a Rustic Spanish Wood Door with Speakeasy Door and Iron Grille

A close up shot of the rustic Spanish door I designed for the project. I have always loved the romance of a speakeasy door, and I try to incorporate custom versions of them into as many projects as I can.

a Close Up of a Spanish Wood Entry Door Speakeasy Door with Iron Grille the Speakeasy Door is Left Ajar with a View of the Mondrian Pendant Light in the Background
Spanish Speakeasy Door with Iron Grille
a Spanish Wood Entry Door is Nestled into a Deeply Recessed Plaster Alcove and a Lantern Style Light Provides a Sense of Warmth to This Entry at a Santa Barbara California Spanish Style Home
Spanish Lantern Adds to the Ambiance to This Entry
Sandstone Steps with Boulder Accents Are in the Foreground of a Drought Tolerant Landscape of This Santa Barbara Spanish Style Home Renovation
Santa Barbara Sandstone Steps with Boulder Accents Within a Drought Tolerant Landscape

This is how the sandstone steps with boulder accents turned out after the drought tolerant landscape was installed at this local Santa Barbara Spanish style home and landscape renovation.

Showcasing Classic Santa Barbara Paint and Stain colors

Classic Santa Barbara paint and stain colors for Spanish style architecture are featured in this project. I have spent countless hours researching historic colors for the look Santa Barbara is well known for. In this image, I also showcase the front entry door oversized sandstone step. The rustic, hand-hewn craftsmanship makes this landing have an Old Mission look and feel.

Classic Santa Barbara Paint and Stain Colors for Spanish Style Architecture Are Featured in This Image of a Front Entry Door with Sandstone Step Landing
Classic Santa Barbara Paint and Stain Colors and Other Materials

Below: I love how the homeowner followed through on my early Concept Design Rendering. She chose to plant succulents in the clay pots, since she and her husband would be in town only now and then. The pots sitting on the new plaster garden walls flank the wide sandstone steps leading up to the front door.

Planted Succulents Are Showcased in a Clay Pot Sitting on a Plaster Wall at This Santa Barbara Spanish Style House and Landscape Renovation
Planted Succulents in Clay Pot in Santa Barbara
a Single Story Spanish Entry Door with Sandstone Step Landing at a Local Santa Barbara California Spanish Home Renovation
Spanish Entry Door with Santa Barbara Sandstone Landing

Well friend, I am ready to post this story. I hope you enjoyed learning a little bit more about how you can infuse more Santa Barbara Style into your own design project at home. Please check back to see what I write about next!

Photo Credits: © Jeff Doubét  |  Design by Doubet, LLC  |  Santa Barbara Home Design

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