Hacienda Home Style .com

Just found this on Apartment Therapy… go check out their website… you will be lost for days. 

This Spanish Colonial Style Home is in Melrose, California. The exterior has been left in the traditional style… but the interior looks like a box of Easter Candy.

The use of found objects and pre-loved items is impossibly enchanting.

Can you tell I love this house. But it is so sugary sweet inside…. I'm afraid I'd gain a few pounds just looking at it.

The decorating is eclectic, but really well done. No Junk Shop look here. but you can just feel the love that went into the design.

The home owners are defiantly flea market and garden shop fans.  

This Spanish Colonial was built in 1922 in the bungalow style. Surrounded by mature landscaping and built with large arched windows… you can just tell this home was a real find.  

I for one am glad they shared their pictures of the entire home… so we could all drool.

A quote from the article :  Best advice given or received: Don’t be afraid. We are bombarded with the do’s and don’ts from Home shows, magazines and now the Internet. Even though these media are great informers, if you like the color purple, use it. My art teacher always said, “Keep it simple, stupid.”

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Hacienda Spanish Style Homes are rich in traditional elements and resplendent in color. These elements can be replicated in a Southwest home and garden.

Typically a Spanish style home is located behind high garden walls with outdoor living areas… reflecting Mexico's vibrant culture. Bright colored walls, lots of stone and brick on walls and floors and plant filled courtyards dominate the outdoor living spaces. 

The homes and gardens of Mexico are like a canvas for unique artistic works made by the locals. Many of these handmade objects are formed using ancient techniques… handed down for generations… to create designs that mix with both traditional hacienda style and modern Spanish style homes.

Traditional two story structures usually have high ceilings and rough hewn beams. Stone floors were often used in these fine old homes… as well as the hand made terra cotta tiles. Some of the more wealthy families had fresco's painted by local artists. The walls were often a reddish hue that was most likely whitewashed many times.

Handcrafted religious pieces, such as angels and crosses adorned many doorways and walls. The recessed shell design niches are a traditional Colonial design element.

Stones embedded in a cement walkway can produce a cobblestone effect… which was very popular in old Haciendas.

Doors are mostly weathered and accented with clavos (large decorative nail heads ) and almost always had a large ornate door knocker or grate covered speakeasy door.  

Mosaic's and colorful tile are used throughout the homes and gardens. The  cocinas (kitchens) were often covered entirely with tile… floor to ceiling as well as the counters. 

Few surfaces would be found without this embelishment… including door frames, flooring, sink surrounds and hand painted tile murals. Bathroom sinks hand painted in the Talavera style are still a classic style feature in many Mexican homes.

The four traditional colors of the Mexican hacienda are… red, yellow, blue and white. These colors mixed with vibrant tile and rustic antiques will have you living in a Hacienda Spanish Style Home.

Decorating a Hacienda Style Home in the Traditional Mexican Style Interiors can be a challenge.

Our homes are usually new… without the well used looking edges we want to have so that our furnishings and accessories blend well. 

Possibly our home is older, but not built in a traditional hacienda style. 

Either way, the decoration of our interiors can be a challenge.

What we need is lots of pictures. We need photos of old haciendas and new homes that have designed in the Spanish style we crave.

This big book is about 3 pounds and 191 pages of gorgeous colorful Spanish Style Homes. 

The combinations of glistening tile and rustic furniture is only done well by those that are not afraid of color and texture. These pages are filled with pictures of entryways, living rooms, kitchens, dining rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms, ceilings & floors, stairways, niches, fireplaces, lighting and fantastic art.

Put this great big book on your gift wish list…. better yet get it for yourself! 

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Traditional Mexican Style Interiors