Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, cedar, light, Oakland, structure, Temescal, triangle, trusses, vaulted ceilings on October 3, 2018| Leave a Comment »
The builder, Steve Coleman, just sent me these snapshots of an almost finished 2-story addition in Oakland. The high window faces east and morning light streams in.
The large room contains kitchen, living room, and dining area.
The roof has a pitch change at the eave (matching existing early 1900’s house) that is carried through to the interior.
Steve’s snapshot video of the white ceiling fan that disappears into the white ceiling:
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Berkeley, framing, process, roof framing, small buildings, utilitarian, vaulted ceiling, wood on September 13, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Contemplating the ridge beam
Garage from down the driveway
Rafters in and half the T@G 2×6 sheathing
Posted in Design Projects, tagged awning, metal, powdercoat, rain protection, roof, steel on August 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Melissa Macdonald Metalwork fabricated these two nice powder-coated steel awnings for us. They will protect the big window and backdoor from the weather. Hopefully, they will install the third one on my house soon. Photos by John McBride
Posted in Design Projects, tagged booth, Dining, kitchen, nook, Oak, Woodwork on July 31, 2018| 1 Comment »
The cabinetmaker, Xylo Interiors in Oakland and McBride Construction’s Oscar, did a nice job on this one.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged modern, trianglular window, vaulted ceiling on February 15, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Photo by the contractor, Steve Coleman. We are pleased with this simple triangular window in a big room with a vaulted ceiling. (Trees block the view on the closer side, so he had to go around the block.) More interior photos soon, but here and here are some older ones during construction. It has beautiful cedar horizontal truss chords.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged construction process, design process, details, fir, furniture, process, salvaged wood, trestle table on November 2, 2017| Leave a Comment »
XYLO Interiors is fabricating this trestle table for my Rockridge cottage project out of the fir framing wood salvaged from the cottage during the remodel. It’s looking good! (See progress photos below sent from the shop)
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, cedar, construction process, Oakland, Rockridge, roof, Temescal, trusses on October 31, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Complex cabinetry coming together in a Rockridge Cottage
Roof framing in Temescal speeding along in advance of the forecasted rain
Posted in Design Projects, tagged Art Deco, Berkeley, details, historical styles, indoor-outdoor, integral color stucco, parlor, small buildings, small house, small spaces, stucco, value, windows on October 30, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This very small house in South Berkeley just sold. I remodelled it and added a small additon back in 2012. The realtor, ABIO Properties, and photographer Peter Lyons generously shared their photos with me.
I was very proud of the solution I came up with on a very tight budget to add a second bedroom in existing space and a big living room at the back This way the bedrooms both were close to the bathroom and the living area at the back got a great connection to the garden.
Berkeley Craftsman managed to skillfully execute the design within the budget.
OLD FLOOR PLAN
NEW FLOOR PLAN
I didn’t invent this stucco window detail. I copied it from a few 1920s houses in Berkeley, but I was quite pleased with its enhancement of what was a very plain front façade. The window sill is clear cedar stained dark.
We did something similar at the back around the 8′ wide glass doors One simple detail goes a long way on a small house
You can see more shots and the interior on Zillow.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, cedar, construction process, dog, roof framing, trusses, vaulted ceiling on October 27, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Steve Coleman is installing the big cedar roof trusses on our North Oakland project this week.
I returned to see more of the roof framing. Very exciting!
The little supervisor enjoys the view from the new second floor
These are the clear cedar bottom chords for the last two big trusses. very pretty.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ceramic tile, Fireclay, geometric design, glass tile, grout colors, hexagon, Oakland, patterns, Rockridge, shower on September 8, 2017| Leave a Comment »
I am pleased with the way this bathroom is turning out!
Photo by Alex Wein
Recycled glass and ceramic tile from Fireclay.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged addition, Berkeley, framing, process, remodel, small spaces, vaulted ceiling, windowseat on September 7, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged house, house surgery, modern spanish eclectic, San Mateo, steel, steel moment frame on August 22, 2017| Leave a Comment »
This was a dated Spanish Eclectic house with minimal connection to the yard and lots of little rooms. We tore out most of the walls on the main floor. This required adding a steel moment frame that we left exposed, finished with gun-blue and wax. Living room, dining room, and kitchen flow together and all enjoy a view out big doors to the deck and yard. The owners exercised a lot of restraint in their selection of interior finishes and materials. Upstairs we added an open plan, light-filled master suite with vaulted ceiling and updated the other bathroom and bedrooms. A radiant heating system in the floor was added throughout. Now it’s time to fill the white walls with art and break it in!
Built by Accolade Construction, Engineering: AJ Miller & Associates,
Photos by Open Homes Photography
Before Shot
Entry Hall
Living/ Dining
View through main floor
Kitchen
Kitchen
MAster Bath
MAster Bedroom
Master Suite
Master Bath
