Jeff Doubet Spanish-style Home Designs and Drawings with Mediterranean Landscapes

 

Santa Barbara Spanish-style home designer Jeff Doubet has been helping clients see the potential in their fixer upper homes since 2003.

In the fall of 2018, Jeff published a large, full color 240 page coffee table book on the subject.

Creating Spanish Style Homes : Before & After - Techniques - Designs - Insights by author Jeff Doubet is available on Amazon, HERE.

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Local Santa Barbara, Montecito and Hope Ranch homeowners seek inspiring ways to fix up their properties.

I have created hundreds of these concept design renderings over the years.

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE PHOTO

This is the "BEFORE" project located on a nice Montecito neighborhood street.

On pages 54 - 55 of my book I include the full drawings, as well as the floor plan that was developed for this project.

 

 

 

 

Jeff Doubet, Santa Barbara Home Designer specializes in Old World Spanish detailing

 

 

 

Hi, my name is Jeff Doubet, and I am a local Santa Barbara home designer who specializes in Spanish-style designs.

 

I appreciate authentic Spanish architecture, and the special Montecito and Santa Barbara homes that were uniquely designed and built back in the 1920s and 30s.

 

I am particularly drawn to designing "homes with charm", and have a design philosophy that includes artfully crafting new compositions using the tried and true, authentic materials and techniques of our Santa Barbara heritage.

 

My book is a mix of design drawings and photos I have never shared on my websites, as well as my top design tips and techniques for creating beautiful, authentic Santa Barbara Spanish-style homes and landscapes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These images are examples of the type and mix of photos I have intermixed in my full color photography coffee table book.

I captured these particular images while a friend and I explored various streets and towns in Spain-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As other like-minded travelers will attest, there is something special about walking the same streets that others enjoyed hundreds of years ago.

 

 

 

 

Weaving bits of history in to the future...

 

 

 

This original Spanish home design proposal was for a new ADU accessory dwelling structure.

Also included: a modest "Greeting Tower" and a pass-through gated entrance to the small motorcourt beyond.

Old World details that are reminiscent of simple, historic Montecito homes.

 

 

 

 

This was part of a whole house renovation design proposal for the fixer upper in Montecito.

This is just one example of over 200 designs I share in my book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

BEFORE PHOTO

for the concept design I developed for the Montecito couple. Thehome was seeking a new identity, and ripe for a classic Montecito Spanish renovation.

 

 

 

 

Jeff Doubet Santa Barbara Home Designer: A quality resource for original Spanish home designs.

 

 

 

Local Santa Barbara Designer Jeff Doubet specializes in Spanish home designs.

Whether you are contemplating a remodel- or wish to design a new home, I am available for a consultation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a construction photo for the concept design rendering, above.

The design collaboration with the homeowner and their team included careful planning and use of classic Santa Barbara colors, finishes and details.

 

 

 

 

 

The client had sold a Malibu beach house and were seeking a home designer that could help them design a Santa Barbara-style home on a 5 acre parcel.

I enjoyed helping them with the creative design ideas for floor plan, site plan, elevation design etc.

Their local team oversaw the technical planning, permitting and construction.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a photo of the U-shaped Spanish-style home, in the middle stage of construction.

This wing of the house has a single car garage with shop, as well as the ADU or guest wing, however the owner desres to use it.

 

 

 

In my book Creating Spanish Style Homes : Before & After - Techniques - Designs - Insights I share over 800 photos and 220+ original design renderings. I also feature completed photos of this newly constructed Santa Barbara style Spanish Revival custom home and landscape.

The book is an excellent investment for those that seek information about designing and building quality Santa Barbara style homes and landscapes.

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Classic Jeff Doubet Spanish-styling and Design in Santa Barbara

 

 

Santa Barbara California has a rich heritage in Spanish Colonial Revival architecture and has been greatly influenced by the country of Spain itself.

 

This hand-drawn rendering represents a commission to re-design the landscaping with a new kitchen outdoor eating patio.

An overall aesthetic upgrade to this local Santa Barbara historic hotel.

 

 

 

 

The owners of this boutique hotel were seeking ideas to improve the street appeal for their guests.

The long drought in California has taken a toll on the grass and landscape.

In my concept rendering, I proposed new Santa Barbara sandstone walls, drought tolerant plantings and how the outdoor patio deck could look.

 

 

 

Jeff Doubet, a Spanish Home Designer in Santa Barbara who Honors Historical Spanish Home Design.

 

 

A hundred years ago, Designer George Washington Smith broke new ground introducing classic, historic Spain into the beautiful homes and landscapes he designed in Montecito, California and beyond.

I am an admirer of his artistic eye, and how he incorporated many of these authentic Spanish materials and architectural details.

His push for timeless designs has become an important part of our architectural history.

 

 

It was a great honor to help a client who was in escrow to purchase this historic GW Smith home. The wish list for an expansion plan included adding a 3 car garage, outdoor patio area and a new fireplace.

For my Coffee Table Book, I obtained written permission from a wide variety of local historic organizations to infuse local historic photography and info into the book to create context for the stories within.

Thank you Casa del Herrero, and many others!

 

 

 

Jeff Doubet is Designing Beautiful Spanish-style Homes in Montecito, CA

 

A Conceptual Design rendering for a Spanish Revival home on San Ysidro Lane in Montecito.

My client is a great admirer of the work of Wallace Neff and requested that I develop ideas to upgrade their home with Old World Spanish style detailing, along with new 2nd story addition.

Upstairs would be His + Her offices and yoga studio- all with Pacific Ocean views.

 

 

 

 

BEFORE PHOTO

 

This design keeps the west side of the house fairly simple (with the upgrades) and the bulk of the changes are on the East, where the 2 story addition is proposed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff Doubet Spanish-style Landscaping Ideas for Montecito, California

 

 

Transforming your Montecito property with quality landscape design ideas can start with a visual sketch of your thoughts and ideas.

Here I help a young couple put their dreams on to paper. They include a new Spanish-style ADU structure with a covered outdoor kitchen.

After the drought, a beautiful new pool was built where the fountain was initially drawn.

 

 

 

BEFORE PHOTO

If you pan over to the right side of my sketch (above), you will see an outdoor dining area with new pizza oven proposed.

This is part of a second tier of development, all cascading down from the main house.

A new sandstone wall compliments the existing firepit and a few wide steps will lead down to the new ADU / Pool Cabana.

 

 

Modern Spanish-Style Home and Landscape Designs for Santa Barbara

 

The clean design lines of this Modern Spanish-style home design in Santa Barbara California were the work of another Home Designer and colleague, Steve Morando.

Steve and his Developer client commissioned me create a perspective rendering of the CAD work already completed. My drawing was part a presentation to surrounding neighbors, as well as the Santa Barbara Architectural Board of Review.

 

 

 

 

I specialize in home and landscape designs that have an old world look and feel, yet are original and pushing toward new classic status.

I am not sure I will get there, but I do continue to enjoy carrying on the time-honored traditions of home design.

Creating romantically hand drawn conceptual design renderings and sketches are enjoyable to create and are enjoyed by a wide range of people.

This design concept rendering is for a pool cabana / ADU for another client lucky enough to live in beautiful Montecito.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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