Inside Kingdom & Co.
Hosted by Lincoln Rogers and the Kingdom & Co. team, we started this podcast to pull back the curtain on the design-build world. This podcast was born from a desire to bring clarity and confidence to a process that often feels overwhelming. Whether you're renovating, building from the ground up, or simply exploring your options, we're here to offer refined insight and trusted guidance. From navigating timelines and budgets to understanding design choices and construction challenges, this podcast is your guide to a smoother, smarter experience from concept to completion.
Santa Barbara Estate: The Front Facade | Inside Kingdom & Co. Podcast
In this episode of Inside Kingdom & Co., Lincoln Rogers and John McDonough walk through the front facade of the Santa Barbara Estate, exploring the unique asymmetrical balcony designs, handcrafted chimney caps, European-inspired cobblestone motor court, and authentic stucco detailing that give this home its distinctive European feel.
Lincoln: All right, so John, in a lot of things that we do, a lot of people want symmetry.
They want things to be consistent.
But here it seems to be almost not the rule, where they do everything seems to be differently.
But you don’t notice it.
It’s just, when I say you don’t notice it, it’s subtle and it’s beautiful.
Explain to me.
John: Yeah, that’s a great way to start it off, is if you look at most balconies that we do on houses, every balcony is kind of the same.
Lincoln: Right.
John: Might have a little different wrought iron or something, but everything’s basically the same.
If you look at the details on this house, if you look at the balcony here and you look at what’s underneath the balcony, I love that shape.
And then you look at, we’ll show you another balcony around the corner.
Every balcony is completely different.
The one in the back was supported by wrought iron.
These are stucco with the chamfered edge, with the sateo tile coming over the side.
So every detail, if you look at the wrought iron on this one.
Lincoln: I love how it curves around like that.
John: Isn’t that cool?
Lincoln: It’s really pretty, yeah.
John: Every detail was literally just thought out on this home, from the chimney caps, every chimney cap is different on the house.
And it took a lot of effort to get these chimney caps approved.
So it took some time with the county because of the details involved in them.
Lincoln: And the fascia there, that’s different.
I’ve never seen anything like that here in Vegas.
John: Yeah, this fascia, as we zoom in and we go around to the garage, you’ll see it a little bit more, but the actual stucco chamfers out to each piece of tile.
Lincoln: Right.
John: A lot, a lot of time and labor to get each thing to line up perfectly right.
But that was a true architectural element they did back in that timeframe.
Lincoln: Right.
Beautiful.
Really cool.
Good stuff.
John, I want you to kind of give us a rundown on this side of the home, when it comes to the driveway, the fascia, just all the details of this area, because I think this is one of the most prettiest part of the homes as well.
Like this angle and this whole thing is just gorgeous.
John: I love it.
I love it.
It’s a drive cord.
It’s a motor cord is what they call it over in Europe.
And the owner wanted this to feel like a motor cord.
He wanted it to have that European feel and these actual pavers that you see on the ground are four by four by four cobblestone, individually set on top of concrete.
So very labor intensive, but it has that European feel like you see the streets over there with the cobblestone.
Lincoln: Right.
John: I love the wood garage.
You see, these are all real wood garage doors that you would see on houses back east.
Lincoln: Right.
John: And in Europe, a lot of maintenance, they have to be maintained every six months to a year and restained, but look how beautiful.
What else I love, once again, is the detail underneath the balcony up there, completely different than the one we just looked at.
Lincoln: Love that.
John: So every detail is just different as you walk around the house.
And as we get closer, you’ll see the chamfered stucco going up to the tile again.
Lincoln: So John, this feels like we’re in Italy.
Why?
John: Yeah.
If you look at the details in here, the stucco chamfered on the roof.
Once again, look at the cap of right here, just on the corner.
Lincoln: Yeah.
John: The doors are all the stained real wood doors.
You’ve got the cypress trees here, which you see in Italy.
You’ve got the individual pots lining the driveway here with the plants inside of them.
Just a really unique feel for a motor court.
And it feels like it’s encased here with these two stuccoed arms coming around.
Lincoln: Beautiful.
In this episode of Inside Kingdom & Co., Lincoln Rogers and John McDonough walk through the front facade of the Santa Barbara Estate, exploring the unique asymmetrical balcony designs, handcrafted chimney caps, European-inspired cobblestone motor court, and authentic stucco detailing that give this home its distinctive European feel.
Lincoln: All right, so John, in a lot of things that we do, a lot of people want symmetry.
They want things to be consistent.
But here it seems to be almost not the rule, where they do everything seems to be differently.
But you don’t notice it.
It’s just, when I say you don’t notice it, it’s subtle and it’s beautiful.
Explain to me.
John: Yeah, that’s a great way to start it off, is if you look at most balconies that we do on houses, every balcony is kind of the same.
Lincoln: Right.
John: Might have a little different wrought iron or something, but everything’s basically the same.
If you look at the details on this house, if you look at the balcony here and you look at what’s underneath the balcony, I love that shape.
And then you look at, we’ll show you another balcony around the corner.
Every balcony is completely different.
The one in the back was supported by wrought iron.
These are stucco with the chamfered edge, with the sateo tile coming over the side.
So every detail, if you look at the wrought iron on this one.
Lincoln: I love how it curves around like that.
John: Isn’t that cool?
Lincoln: It’s really pretty, yeah.
John: Every detail was literally just thought out on this home, from the chimney caps, every chimney cap is different on the house.
And it took a lot of effort to get these chimney caps approved.
So it took some time with the county because of the details involved in them.
Lincoln: And the fascia there, that’s different.
I’ve never seen anything like that here in Vegas.
John: Yeah, this fascia, as we zoom in and we go around to the garage, you’ll see it a little bit more, but the actual stucco chamfers out to each piece of tile.
Lincoln: Right.
John: A lot, a lot of time and labor to get each thing to line up perfectly right.
But that was a true architectural element they did back in that timeframe.
Lincoln: Right.
Beautiful.
Really cool.
Good stuff.
John, I want you to kind of give us a rundown on this side of the home, when it comes to the driveway, the fascia, just all the details of this area, because I think this is one of the most prettiest part of the homes as well.
Like this angle and this whole thing is just gorgeous.
John: I love it.
I love it.
It’s a drive cord.
It’s a motor cord is what they call it over in Europe.
And the owner wanted this to feel like a motor cord.
He wanted it to have that European feel and these actual pavers that you see on the ground are four by four by four cobblestone, individually set on top of concrete.
So very labor intensive, but it has that European feel like you see the streets over there with the cobblestone.
Lincoln: Right.
John: I love the wood garage.
You see, these are all real wood garage doors that you would see on houses back east.
Lincoln: Right.
John: And in Europe, a lot of maintenance, they have to be maintained every six months to a year and restained, but look how beautiful.
What else I love, once again, is the detail underneath the balcony up there, completely different than the one we just looked at.
Lincoln: Love that.
John: So every detail is just different as you walk around the house.
And as we get closer, you’ll see the chamfered stucco going up to the tile again.
Lincoln: So John, this feels like we’re in Italy.
Why?
John: Yeah.
If you look at the details in here, the stucco chamfered on the roof.
Once again, look at the cap of right here, just on the corner.
Lincoln: Yeah.
John: The doors are all the stained real wood doors.
You’ve got the cypress trees here, which you see in Italy.
You’ve got the individual pots lining the driveway here with the plants inside of them.
Just a really unique feel for a motor court.
And it feels like it’s encased here with these two stuccoed arms coming around.
Lincoln: Beautiful.
Inside Kingdom & Co.
Hosted by Lincoln Rogers and the Kingdom & Co. team, we started this podcast to pull back the curtain on the design-build world. This podcast was born from a desire to bring clarity and confidence to a process that often feels overwhelming. Whether you're renovating, building from the ground up, or simply exploring your options, we're here to offer refined insight and trusted guidance. From navigating timelines and budgets to understanding design choices and construction challenges, this podcast is your guide to a smoother, smarter experience from concept to completion.
