4. Spanish-style Mansion

A mansion is a huge real estate investment. Spanish architecture is a timeless choice for creating the floor plan for the house of your dreams. With its balance between indoor and outdoor living spaces, a Spanish style mansion is the perfect home for entertaining. Rooms opening onto a generous courtyard accented with a pool, hot tub, and outdoor kitchen give it a resort-type feel.

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A Spanish revival mansion may include multiple courtyards, fountains, and room-sized, multi-level turrets. Wrought iron Juliet balconies often adorn multiple second-floor bedroom windows. These impressive homes make guests feel as though they’re staying at a real Spanish castle.

Tile murals are an important design element in Spanish inspired homes. Whether you use tiles imported from Spain, Mexican tiles, or hand-paint your own, a tile mural is an elegant art form that suits Spanish architecture. Watch this video to get tips on designing a Mexican tile mural:

5. Modern Spanish-style House

A modern Spanish home combines the best of modern design with Spanish colonial revival architecture. Arches and wrought iron may not appear on the exterior, with yards of white stucco and dark-wood trim providing the Spanish flavor instead. Most owners replace the small window openings on a Spanish colonial home with modern, wide picture windows.

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Inside, you may find an equally eclectic kitchen that modernizes Spanish revival architecture. Look for sleek metal cabinets, hand-painted tile and exposed rustic wood ceiling beams. Modern Spanish home design might ask you to paint exterior walls a dark shade of brown instead of the traditional white or tan. Classic red tile roofs could appear in other colors, or owners can replace them entirely with metal or another contemporary roofing material.