Posted in Design Projects on December 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
These photos are from a 1948 William Wurster house in Orinda. Many strange additions and remodels have happened over the years, but there remain some nice remnants of the original design. I am looking forward to bringing back the original charm and adding some new charm too.
Mirrored wall reflects the view in this glass room
Clear redwood walls and a very simple, well proportioned rectangle
What was once a long covered exterior walkway to the bedrooms
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, houses, monkeybars, Oakland, Rockridge, stained glass, wood on December 18, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I also realized that I never shared these photos of the dining room and hallway in that same project. So many great details.
I think I was waiting because the owner plans to recover the purple couch in a deep blue to match the windows. Might never happen.
Photos by Nancy Kalter Dills
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cabinets, closet, color, creative, details, furniture, lighting, lighting design, metal, Oakland, Rockridge, stained glass on December 17, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This bedroom was part of a recent full house remodel in Rockridge. I finally had a chance to publish a few photos. Due to the multicolor light, the colors are not perfect in these photos, but hopefully you can get the idea. Photos are by Nancy Kalter-Dills.
This one shows the pair of colorful stained glass casement windows – A collaboration with Sabina Frank of Berkeley. It also shows the steel bed designed by myself to go with the windows and fabricated by Frank Trousil in Richmond. Lights are from Metro Lighting in Berkeley and the flooring is ash.
The next few show the custom closet system fabricated by Martin Lee in Oakland. My favorite part is the picture frames built into the doors. This gives the owner the opportunity to personalize the doors that they look at from the bed every day.
Hard to see in this photo, but Martin created crafty little wooden levers to hold in the picture and the glass on the inside of the door.
Posted in Design Projects on December 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
It is always exciting to see the building take shape, and nice when it feels bigger than expected. 
Posted in Design Projects on December 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
They are working on the roof deck railing today 
Posted in Design Projects on December 7, 2015| Leave a Comment »
I saw this house last week and liked the colors- subtle variation for the siding and trim, with a deep, rich turquoise door
Posted in Design Projects on December 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged concrete, process, slab, small buildings, video on November 20, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged big doors, deck, indoor-outdoor, metal, Patio, small house on November 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects, tagged awning, process, roof, steel on November 6, 2015| 1 Comment »
The first three shots here are showing the site work for a new little ceramic studio. We are saving that little citrus tree and the foundation will angle around it. This will create an interesting interior space with a cozy sitting area on one end and a wider studio area at the other. The lot slopes down to the right and we are adding a retaining wall along the property line to level the lot. The concrete walls will be board-formed and hopefully look very nice.
This is John McBride, hard at work. Oscar and Jose behind working on the excavation for the footing.
Here you see a new 3/16″ thick steel awning recently installed. Gonzalvo is installing the lag screws. There will be another similar awning over the doors above. I tried to talk the owner into painting them bright blue or fireball orange to match their front door, but she chose a more conservative and very classy grey brown. Kind of like wrought iron.
Posted in Design Projects, tagged cedar, metal roof, select tight knot, small buildings, standing seam, studio on November 4, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Design Projects on October 31, 2015| Leave a Comment »
All that is left of the old shed is a pile of concrete rubble. (Photo J. McBride)
A very small addition in Richmond – for now it is an open air kitchen while they sister the cantilevered floor joists. Nice coordinated outfits guys. (Photo T. Malloy)
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