Basics of Spanish Style

Due to influences from the Mediterranean, Spanish interior design highlights a coastline-inspired color palette of blues, greens, whites, and browns. And because of the widespread use of terracotta tiles for flooring and roofs, the warmth of terracotta reds and oranges are other major contributors in Spanish color schemes.

Here are some elements to bring to life a Spanish style design:

• Heavy iron cabinet hardware and door handles

• Heavy, hand-carved furniture pieces like armoires, sideboards, dressers and dining room tables

• Terracotta pottery

• Hand glazed tiles on the kitchen backsplash and around the fireplace

• Wrought iron sconces on the walls and chandeliers above tables and in entryway

• Cut steel lampshades and accents