The hand-painted ceramic tiles depicting Spanish history have taken the brunt of sun and weather. A motorcyclist passes the Columbia Restaurant, where a panel of tiles was being installed on ...

Walker Zanger’s New Duquesa Luxury Tile Collection Brings Hand-Painted Artistry to Ceramic Tile. Published on July 25, 2014. ... Duquesa (the Spanish word for “Duchess”) ...

“Many of the Spanish Colonial homes in California were built in the 1920s, so Art Deco accents like big leather club chairs or warm veneered wood side tables work great. The Spanish influence also ...

Hand-painted tile—most of it made in Portugal—was applied to the hearth, the bathrooms, the baseboards, and, most memorably, inset in the closet doors in the boat house.

DANA POINT Over the last 10 years, a line of tiles has snaked its way down the wall at Baby Beach, growing a few times a year. Those tiles have been painted by people from around Orange County and ...

The Columbia’s hand-painted ceramic tiles, initially crafted in Seville, Spain, have adorned its facades since 1978, depicting Spanish explorers, intricate Moorish patterns and Mediterranean ...