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Mosaic Architects

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Mosaic Architects creates unique, sophisticated, one-of-a-kind homes and estates.Mosaic's dedicated team of professionals provide planning, architecture, interior design, engineering, landscape, and sustainable design services throughout the US. Clients benefit from Mosaic's broad range of experience and highly personalized services. Projects include exquisite custom homes, seamless remodels, and successful hospitality resorts. Mosaic works in a variety of  ...

Mosaic Architects Kitchen Remodel

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This award winning remodel was truly a transformative experience, for the home and its users.The homeowner came to Mosaic Architects with an outdated, fragmented, ambiguous kitchen. Natural light was minimal, and the flow between entry, living, kitchen and dining spaces was non-existent. Dove-tail detail on cabinetry counter. What the homeowner desired was an open-plan, highly-functioning kitchen that ...

Riviera Home Designed by Jeff Shelton

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There’s a reason Annie and Paul de Bruyn Kops use the word “magical” to describe their Riviera home.With artisanal features like sculpted stucco walls and handcrafted tiles, the three-thousand square foot space feels like a gigantic work of art. This makes perfect sense since Annie was a longtime art instructor at Cold Spring ...

Santa Barbara Tile Designed by Jeff Shelton

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Among the details that make architect Jeff Shelton's playful Spanish-Moorish-inspired houses so attractive are the colorful geometric cement tiles he designs.Santa Barbara Tile is now available for purchase at local stores. "You see cement tiles all over Spain, France, Italy and Mexico", Shelton says. But you might not realize that they are not your usual ceramic ...

Ensberg Jacobs Design

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This 1920’s quintessentially romantic Spanish home, located in downtown Santa Barbara, needed restoration, remodeling and bit of expansion to revive for a young family of four.                 Many of the original features needed restoration and remodeling provided much needed upgrades throughout. Architectural interior adjustments were required to insert an internal stairway connecting the lower garage level to the main level.                  An addition at the rear ...

The Ablitt Tower in Santa Barbara

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Architect Jeff Shelton successfully completed the design challenge to build a home on a 20' by 20' lot in the commercial area of downtown Santa Barbara. It took four, long years for Neil and Sue Ablitt and their architect to get approval for their home from the city of Santa Barbara, partly because of their project's improbable downtown ...

Ferguson-Ettinger Architects, Inc.

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Established in 1990, Ferguson-Ettinger Architects' projects are site sensitive, whether urban or rural, drawing inspiration from its immediate context and their commitment to sustainable architecture.         For the Ferguson-Ettinger firm, each project they take on is unique, forging together the use of indigenous and raw materials with rigorous attention to detail to create modern, yet tactile and light-filled ...

Ensberg Jacobs Architects Mid-Century Modern

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This 1,379 SF remodel is lean and green without expensive bells or whistles.Remodeling has respected the original design’s essential qualities – dynamic indoor-outdoor spaces with abundant natural light, natural ventilation via jalousies and “Santa Barbara” doors, and an efficient plan that allows for intimate and large scale entertaining.       The original quirky post & beam structure with ...

Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects

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Established in 2003, Neumann Mendro Andrulaitis Architects is located in the seaside community of Carpinteria, California. Each project, from small-scale renovations to multi-million dollar projects, is approached with a passion for the art of design and a commitment to a quality built environment.                 The core design staff has worked together for many years and has ...

AB Design Studio

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AB Design Studio is a full service architecture firm, providing world class high quality architectural services to their clients.Clay Aurell + Josh Blumer created AB Design Studio in 2005.They manage a collaborative process for ideas and concepts to create valuable products that exceed all expectations.   Since its inception, ABDS has worked with various clients on an ...

Shubin + Donaldson Architects

Founded  by principals Russell Shubin and Robin Donaldson as a design-based architectural practice which specializes in developing livable environments with a refined sensitivity toward the land, its users and context. With extensive experience in residential multi-family master planning, community planning, commercial buildings, educational facilities, custom residential, and commercial interiors, Shubin+Donaldson Architects pride themselves on an explorative ...

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Harry Kolb, Sotheby's International Realty

Jeff Shelton Tile Design, Santa Barbara

C'est Cheese, Santa Barbara

Jodi G., Santa Barbara

Ann James Interior Design., Santa Barbara

Coast 2 Coast Collection, Santa Barbara

Jane, Santa Barbara

Shaw Design, Santa Barbara

Rue de Lillie, Summerland

Erin Reinecke Balint Irresistable Beaded Jewelry, Santa Barbara

p o r c h, Santa Barbara

Montecito Cafe, Montecito

Maison K Antiques, Santa Barbara



Alchamey Cafe, Santa Barbara

Wall Space Gallery Santa Barbara



Plum Goods, Santa Barbara

Waxing Poetic, Santa Barbara

The Dailey Method, Santa Barbara

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Lily, Montecito, Santa Barbara

Little Amelia Jane, Summerland, Santa Barbara

A.H. Gaspar, Jeweler, Santa Barbara