My client wants to remove a major load-bearing wall. His dog, Io, is concerned that the foundation is adequate to support the posts.
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Tearing Out a Load-bearing Wall
Posted in Design Projects, tagged dog, engineering, load-bearing wall, process on March 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Stained Glass!!!!
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bright color, color, details, houses, patterns, stained glass on March 5, 2014| 1 Comment »
Thanks to Sabina Frank we will have cheerful colored light streaming in from the south side where we once saw only the neighbor’s looming stucco wall with aluminum windows.
House Surgery
Posted in Design Projects, tagged floorplans, house surgeon, house surgery, houses, interiors, kitchen, remodelling, small spaces, value on February 19, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Many houses have floor plans that don’t work very well. In the case of this project, the first problem is a nice living room disconnected from the rest of the house. (You have to go through the vestibule to get to the living room and the vestibule is not very big, especially if you include a coat tree and shoe storage. When I arrived and saw the space it also became clear that the kitchen/ diningroom connection could also be improved, as well as kitchen storage and counter space.
The budget isn’t grand, but a lot can be gained with a few small changes.
We will close the opening between vestibule and dining room and open a bigger one directly from dining room to living room. Then we will eliminate a big chunk of hallway between kitchen and dining and use this space to expand the kitchen counter and add some dearly needed kitchen storage.
Someday things might shift back the other way, but for now, most people seem to prefer informal dining that is very connected to the kitchen.
Choosing Wood Flooring
Posted in Design Projects, tagged ash, floor finish, flooring, green, riftsawn oak, rubio monocoat, wood, woodgrain on January 9, 2014| 1 Comment »
My client is choosing between two very different woods for their flooring throughout the house. The samples are both very nice, so I thought I’d share them. Both of these are finished with clear Rubio Monocoat, an environmentally friendly wood finish that is more matte than conventional floor finishes. We are also hoping that since it is not shiny it might not show wear as much. It is much easier to repair scratches in this type of finish.
The first sample shown here is Rift Sawn Oak. It has a very regular grain pattern of tight straight lines. It is a medium warm brown color.
Select Rift Sawn Oak with Rubio Monocoat
The second sample is ash. Ash has a very pretty, much less regular grain pattern and an ash blond color.
Ash Flooring with Rubio Monocoat
They can’t go wrong with either of these, but I am particularly partial to Ash.
Landscape Follies
Posted in Design Projects, tagged fence, garden, landscape, process, whimsy, wood on December 3, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I did these sketches a while back for a client who wanted to divide a shared yard and create more privacy
One of Many Uses for the Collar Ties after you Vault the Ceiling
Posted in Design Projects, tagged collar ties, designing for children, designing for kids, details, exposed beams, fun, interiors, techtonics, wood on November 11, 2013| Leave a Comment »
I am a fan of having some exposed structure in a house. This photo shows one of the reasons. In addition to hanging a bouncy swing, these beams can make a great place to hang a mobile or colorful flags, wrap holiday lights, store fishing poles or a small boat, install lighting to shine up on the ceiling, and more.
In addition they add a three-dimensionality to the space and light filtering down through the beams from high windows creates interesting shadow patterns.
Four-Square
Posted in Design Projects, tagged accessory dwelling unit, ADU, Berkeley, boxes, cottage, Four-square, historical styles, houses, small buildings, utilitarian on November 8, 2013| Leave a Comment »
We are working on the repair and remodel of an actual 4-square cottage from the early 1900s!
Small Addition for a Woman and her Ficus
Posted in Design Projects, tagged bathroom, Berkeley, Ficus, garden, houses, process, small addition on November 2, 2013| 1 Comment »
This small addition is a spa-like bathroom designed to be more accommodating to a person growing older. My client also wanted space for plants in the room, including her large ficus plant that was outgrowing her house. They are getting close to finishing the project, but I took some photos of the almost finished interior. Most of the interior design elements were chosen by the client…but deedsdesign guided the project in subtle ways.
Some of the collaborators:
Richard Pollack Tile, Peter Renoir Plumbing, Semolina Design (Provided and fabricated the Richlite remnant), Angress Construction
addition almost finished
Peter Renoir Plumbing (Blake and Modesto) Finishing the Plumbing Installation – Blue Richlite Countertop is a remnant fabricated by Semolina Design.
Henry and Ruben ponder the floor framing
Marcia and the house before
Marcia’s Ficus
Environment Matters
Posted in Design Projects on October 27, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Rat Park
Rat Park was a 1970s study of drug addiction in rats. The Canadian Scientists showed that rats alone in small cages tended to quickly become morphine addicts, but that the same rats avoided the morphine laced water after being moved to nicer cages with toys and other rats to play and mate with and space to raise a family.
Working on Stained Glass this Week
Posted in Design Projects, tagged color, patterns, process, windows on October 17, 2013| 4 Comments »
Digging out the Basement
Posted in Design Projects on October 15, 2013| Leave a Comment »
More Beautiful House Bones Exposed
Posted in Design Projects, tagged houses, process, wood on October 13, 2013| Leave a Comment »
This is another whole house remodel project in Oakland. Stay tuned for more photos soon.
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