Fred and Carol Schwartz both grew up in Marin, he in Mill Valley and she in Novato. In 1980, they moved to the Boston area where they lived in a house by the ocean with a huge yard, a big front porch, ...

Drive through Los Angeles neighborhoods like Beverly Hills, Glendale and Los Feliz, and you’ll see a concentration of Spanish Colonial-style homes. On the exterior, you can’t miss the stucco facades, ...

Sure, a log cabin is cozy, but have you been inside a Spanish-style house? The earthy palette, natural materials, and organic forms immediately envelop you in a warm nestlike space. However, what’s ...

A retired San Antonio executive has listed his Terrell Hills mansion, which looks like a sprawling Spanish mission and boasts architectural details imported from Europe, India and other parts of Asia.

Every house you touch has refinement,” a longtime friend and Los Angeles antiquarian recently told interior designer Sheldon Harte. The comment was less flattery than observation. No matter the style ...