Southwestern Home Design Ideas


Example of a mid-sized southwest yellow tile and porcelain tile travertine floor and beige floor powder room design in Houston with raised-panel cabinets, brown cabinets, a two-piece toilet, blue walls, a vessel sink, granite countertops, multicolored countertops and a built-in vanity


Santa Fe country kitchen with handpainted tile backsplash, granite counters and knotty alder cabinets
Kitchen - mid-sized southwestern kitchen idea in Albuquerque
Kitchen - mid-sized southwestern kitchen idea in Albuquerque
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Example of a southwest built-in desk brown floor study room design in Los Angeles with gray walls


Photo of a mid-sized southwestern partial sun front yard gravel garden path in San Francisco for winter.


Inspiration for a mid-sized southwestern drought-tolerant and partial sun side yard brick garden path in Phoenix.


Photo of a southwestern drought-tolerant and full sun front yard gravel garden path in Albuquerque for summer.


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Example of a mid-sized southwest master ceramic tile and brown floor bedroom design in Phoenix with beige walls
Example of a mid-sized southwest master ceramic tile and brown floor bedroom design in Phoenix with beige walls


The terraced beds providea great opportunity to mix textures, color and cascading plants. The grasses soften and anchor the wall.
Design ideas for a mid-sized southwestern full sun courtyard landscaping in Albuquerque for summer.
Design ideas for a mid-sized southwestern full sun courtyard landscaping in Albuquerque for summer.


The owners of this charming Spanish-style home wanted an oasis in their small backyard. In just 1,400 square feet, not only did we give them a pool and spa, but also an inviting area for lounging and eating, created from repurposed vintage brick. Their love of Mexican design is seen in a new Talavera-tiled outdoor shower area. Softly billowing California native plants mingle with a growing collection of cacti and succulents.


Visible from the kitchen and guest bed rooms, the third primary exterior space is a “morning patio” located on the east side of the house. Broad and finished in the ubiquitous concrete grid pattern, this private area repeats the motif seen throughout the exterior of large bowls placed on trapezoidal pedestals and planted with agaves. It’s another space in which the landscape rises above a series of low walls,but in this case, the sweep of those walls offers a curvilinear geometry that contrasts with the deck’s grid pattern.
The star of this space is a curved and ascending rusted-steel wall in the form of a half spiral. Its presence discretely divides the space, lending the guest room patio a sense of privacy from the public breakfast patio. On the guest patio side, the steel wall encompasses a small waterfeature in which a delicate plume of water rises just a couple of inches above the water’s surface to provide a tranquil, trickling sound that conjures feelings of serenity in the calm, quiet space. The sweeping wall of corten steel also has a continuous six inch wide vertical cleft that allows an axial glimpse of the plume from the public side and, from the opposite angle, a sliver view through to the public space beyond. A cantilevered steel sluice spills from the cleft into a pebble filled reflecting bowl that overflows yet again into a final pebble filled basin set only one inch below deck level.
At night, the plume, lower basin and impact zone of the sluiceway are all lit from beneath the water's surface, projecting a dancing light onto the graceful arch of the corten steel room divider.
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Inspiration for a mid-sized southwestern full sun backyard stone landscaping in Albuquerque.


Mid-sized southwest master blue tile and ceramic tile ceramic tile and multicolored floor bathroom photo in Houston with shaker cabinets, white cabinets, white walls, a hinged shower door and a drop-in sink


Photographs by Kirk Gittings
Southwest kitchen photo in San Francisco with stainless steel appliances
Southwest kitchen photo in San Francisco with stainless steel appliances


Updated, remodeled and restored historic Spanish Estate
Freestanding bathtub - southwestern master multicolored tile terra-cotta tile, brown floor and double-sink freestanding bathtub idea with medium tone wood cabinets, an undermount sink, marble countertops, gray countertops and a floating vanity
Freestanding bathtub - southwestern master multicolored tile terra-cotta tile, brown floor and double-sink freestanding bathtub idea with medium tone wood cabinets, an undermount sink, marble countertops, gray countertops and a floating vanity


Cantera stone inlaid rug, beams, corbels, Saltillo base
Entry hall - southwestern terra-cotta tile entry hall idea in Phoenix
Entry hall - southwestern terra-cotta tile entry hall idea in Phoenix


This beautiful front yard landscape has a paver walk way way with a paver entry way as well. The focal point of the landscape is the raised stucco planter with the palm tree in it. Sitting under the windows of the house, there are columns that have copper planters with sculptural desert plants and in the garden beds are yellow flowering plants. All of this is tied nicely together with the green of the artificial turf!!


Design by DH Design Services LLC, Builder , Janecek Homes, Photos by Daniel Park
Mid-sized southwest white one-story stucco exterior home photo in Phoenix with a hip roof
Mid-sized southwest white one-story stucco exterior home photo in Phoenix with a hip roof
Southwestern Home Design Ideas


Elevated spa cascading into pool provides the acoustics of a water feature and the stunning views from the highpoint on the property overlooking the lake below.
Photo by Rachel Paul Malkowski
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